"Rebel Without A Pulse", Way to Die #221, is the fifth death to be featured in "The Lighter Side of Death ", which aired on March 1, 2009.
Plot[]
During 1867, a ragtag group of rebel soldiers remained prepared for the Civil War without knowing that it had ended in 1865.
But Private Willie Holmes grew tired of the illusion of Johnny returning home victorious, he was caught trying to escape and was considered a deserter and sentenced to death by firing squad, which are his companions and friends that fought side by side with him from the beginning of the war, they were faced with the unpleasant duty of shooting their beloved Willie, his bastard Colonel would not allow him to be saved.
Willie would only get four lead bullets in the chest as medals, they prepared, aimed and fired, Willie knew that they would shoot him and there was a great auditory stimulus with the sound of the shots that caused him great expectation combined with thinking in pain and in death, Willie's adrenaline was extremely high as he imagined being shot and it was like lightning struck his heart, causing a massive coronary and killing him while all the shots missed and Willie fell to the ground unharmed and dead, sending him to Heaven.
The Colonel and his companions checked the Civil War soldier and discovered that he was unharmed and dead so they knew something had happened, they covered his face with their hat, took off his shoes to give him a burial and sang a song.
"Someday the South may rise again. But you can be sure, Willie never will."
Transcript[]
Narrator: But a funny thing happened on the way to Willie's execution: Everyone fired, and everyone missed. And even funnier: He's dead. Something was definitely not right.
Narrator: Someday the South may rise again. But you can be sure, Willie never will.
Interviewees[]
- Dr. S. Thomas Carmichael - Neurologist
Trivia[]
- This way to die is filmed as if it were an old western movie.
- Entirely, this way to die is in black & white, including Thomas Carmichael's interview.
- It is base on this urban legend.
- Anniston is not a Real City in Georgia, its a City in Alabama.
- This is the first historical death of the series (Excluding Fur Burger, since it was a pilot death for one of the first two pilot episodes).
- This death takes place 116 years before Red, White and Blew, 137 years before Jaw Boned and 140 years before Spit-Ill.
Segment Nicknames[]
- Pulse Out
- Adrenaline Ambush
Foreign Names[]
- Rebelde Sin Pulso (Rebel Without A Pulse) - Latin American Spanish, European Spanish dub and Mexican Spanish dub
- Schuss und Schluss (Shot and Finish) - German dub
Gallery[]
West Georgia
