More likely it's because all the people who could possibly sue are now dead. A wall-size photo of their corpses lets you know that. The crumbling stonework of The Old Jail in St. Augustine, FL , adds nicely to its ominous atmosphere, as do the dozens of broken-down dummies wearing prisoner stripes that fill the exercise yard. The House Of Frankenstein Wax Museum in Lake George, NY, features more torture tableaus than you can shake a stick studded with impaled heads at. Prerecorded screams fill your ears as dummies are flayed alive, garroted, and boiled in oil.
Capital punishment is the ultimate punishment, and also the ultimate thrill.
The Old Wyoming Prison Museum in Rawlins, WY , features a real gas chamber . Several places allow you to don the hood and participate. At the 1869 Territorial Prison and Wax Museum in Virginia City, NV , dropping a dime into a slot can bring an animated execution to life, complete with buzzers, flashing lights, and a quivering victim. It's loads of laughs. Send us mail .