The Resume

(circa 1875-January 4, 1903)
Three-ton elephant
Part of the Forepaugh Circus at Luna Park, Coney Island, New York
Electrocuted for killing three people

Why she might be annoying:

She had killed three keepers in three years.
Thomas Edison used her electrocution as propaganda about the dangers of the alternating current promoted by competitor George Westinghouse.
A crowd of 1,500 came to watch her execution.
Edison also had her death filmed to further spread the news.

Why she might not be annoying:

She killed one handler after he fed her a lit cigarette.
She was originally going to be hanged, but the ASPCA protested that would be cruel and unusual punishment.
She died more quickly than Mary, so the ASPCA may have been right.
Clips from the film of her death were used in videos by Nine Inch Nails and in the Errol Morris documentary 'Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr..'
A memorial to her was erected at the Coney Island Museum (2003).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 13]
• Elephants
• I Died Before My 30th Birthday (Ranked: 28)
• I Died in 1903 (Ranked: 28)
• I Joined the Circus
• Killer Animals
• Known By a Single Name
• Menagerie of Animals
• Profiles 23251-23500 (Ranked: 23341)
• When Bad Things Happen to Good Animals

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 136 Votes: 41.91% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 37 Votes: 45.95% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 39 Votes: 58.97% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 53 Votes: 41.51% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 150 Votes: 34.67% Annoying