Jumping off of this thread, what was the first usage of this method of death? (deathod?)
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The first use I saw of the decapitating wire was in The Counseler in 2013.
The earliest instance I know of was in Herschel Gordon Lewis’s trash-biker melodrama She Devils On Wheels (1968).
The Jan 31, 1975 Chopper episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker is certainly a contender for first network TV series use of it a a plot device.