At their first meeting, Abe yelled and cursed and banged his head about so violently his parents had to bring him in tied to a chair to stop him injuring himself.

ECONOMIST: Donald Cohen

Thelma King was found tied to a chair and her husband was lying on the floor, Mos told the newspaper.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

One of two men cleared of killing Lynda Spence has sobbed as he told a murder trial she was tied to a chair for 13 days and repeatedly tortured.

BBC: Lynda Spence

The main act was the chair escape, in which Houdini was tied and strapped to a chair by members of the public.

BBC: News