The Man They Could Not Hang story
Dr. Savaard is obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. A young medical student offers his services to him, but before he can bring him back to life, Savaard is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to hang. He vows revenge on the judge and the jury before his hanging. His assistant claims his body and revives him by using his technique. The vengeful Savaard goes on a killing spree.
12 total · 6 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| artificial body part | major | Dr. Savaard was transplanted with an artificial heart after being hanged and was brought back to life as a result. Dr. Savaard transplanted an experimental artificial heart into the body of young medical student Scoop Fole. [heart] |
| father and daughter | major | Dr. Henryk Savaard and Janet Savaard. |
| revival long after death | major | Dr. Savaard was revived after being hanged for murder. Dr. Savaard pronounced a medical student dead and then attempted revived him by transplanting him with an experimental artificial heart, but the police arrested him before he could finish the procedure. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | Dr. Savaard sought to kill all the jurors who had sentenced him to hang after being revived from the dead. |
| the quest for immortality | major | It was Dr. Henryk Savaard's goal in life to bestow humankind with the gift of eternal life. This he planned to do by replacing people's failing organs with artificial ones. |
| unethical human experimentation | major | Dr. Savaard killed a young medical student in order to bring him back to life with an artificial heart. |
| capital punishment | minor | A few members of Dr. Savaard's jury objected to sentencing him to death. |
| engaged couple | minor | A young medical student assured his fiancée that they'd be off to eat chop suey just as soon as Dr. Savaard killed him and brought him back to life. |
| facing one's own execution | minor | Dr. Savaard faced execution with a brave face. |
| hexes and curses | minor | Some reporters wondered whether the Dr. Savaard jury was cursed after six of them had been found hanged. |