the Gaslight, where a woman saves a man from the tracks in the nick of time.
Whiplash's henchman, Homer, usually wears a tuque. In the cartoon's opening segments, Whiplash is seen tying Nell Fenwick to a railroad track. He is the ...
Those are the ones where the villain in a top hat ties a woman to the tracks,
to find one, kill her male co-workers, tie her up, and head for the nearest train track.
... the trial judge later called "an act of unparalleled evil and barbarity."
(Interestingly, in Gaslight the victim is a male, not a fair maiden.)
And, of course, an unbelievably evil villain can be contrived, as well - Snidely ...
When a Canadian woman was hit by a train, a man captured the scene with his
Old Man Makeup
Family Guy pays homage to Snidely Whiplash when it was revealed on the