Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky
Deceased Person
1924 – 1960
Who was Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky?
Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky was a murderer who was sentenced to death after a string of brutal robberies and murders in Connecticut during the 1950s. Six people were killed during a string of armed robberies and murders that became known as the "Mad Dog Killings". A number of others were shot, beaten, or pistol-whipped but survived. Taborsky earned his nickname due to the savagery of the killings that condemned him to death. In 1957 Connecticut package store hours were modified to close at 8:00 pm from 11:00 pm due in part as a response to the crimes of Taborsky and his partner Arthur "Meatball" Culombe. He was executed by electric chair at the age of 36. His execution in 1960 was the last in Connecticut until that of Michael Bruce Ross in 2005. Taborsky donated his body to Yale School of Medicine, and his ashes were later buried in the garden of Christ Church Cathedral.
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- Born
- Mar 23, 1924
Hartford - Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- May 17, 1960
Wethersfield
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on July 23, 2013
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