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Joseph " Mad Dog " Taborsky (March 23, 1924 – May 17, 1960) was a serial killer who was sentenced to death after a string of robberies and murders in Connecticut during the 1950s. Six people were killed during these events, which became known as the "Mad Dog Killings."
Mar 23, 2021 · Joseph “Mad Dog” Taborsky earned his nickname for the brutal methods he employed robbing and murdering his victims. In the mid-20th century, Taborsky went on a 10-week killing spree that made Connecticut residents think twice before leaving their homes.
Feb 28, 2023 · Joseph Taborsky was the last person in Connecticut to be executed by electrocution in 1960. He and his accomplice killed six people in a series of robberies in 1956-1957, sparking a debate on the death penalty.
Jan 2, 2005 · The last man executed in Connecticut — in May 1960 — was Joseph Taborsky, whose nicknames included “The Chin,” owing to his lantern jaw, and later “Mad Dog,” because of the savagery of the...
Mar 23, 2019 · In June of 1957, Joseph Taborsky earned the unique designation of being the only criminal in Connecticut history to be sentenced to death row twice, after a jury convicted him of multiple counts of first-degree murder.
Joseph " Mad Dog " Taborsky (March 23, 1924 – May 17, 1960) was a serial killer who was sentenced to death after a string of robberies and murders in Connecticut during the 1950s. Six people were killed during these events, which became known as the "Mad Dog Killings."
Aug 10, 2003 · Taborsky had quite a record before embarking on his killing spree, having beaten a death sentence for killing a Hartford package store owner in 1950.
