http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/12/09/1783-first-hangings-newgate-prison-tyburn/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:41:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/12/09/1783-first-hangings-newgate-prison-tyburn/#comment-11594 ExecutedToday.com » 1788: William “Deacon” Brodie, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde inspiration Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:19:20 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=1537#comment-11594 [...] William Brodie, respectable burgher by day, Deacon of the Guild of Wrights, wasn’t the type for the gallows. Actually, the upright citizen is said to have proposed an improvement in the old Tolbooth gallows, replacing the old-school ladders with a forward-thinking drop mechanism. [...] [...] William Brodie, respectable burgher by day, Deacon of the Guild of Wrights, wasn’t the type for the gallows. Actually, the upright citizen is said to have proposed an improvement in the old Tolbooth gallows, replacing the old-school ladders with a forward-thinking drop mechanism. [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/12/09/1783-first-hangings-newgate-prison-tyburn/#comment-6446 ExecutedToday.com » 1777: William Dodd, mind wonderfully concentrated Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:45:26 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=1537#comment-6446 [...] Johnson, nevertheless, was the true author, and the old scribbler used it to express some of his particular opinions on the proper staging of gallows-theater. It is the duty of a penitent to repair, so far [...] [...] Johnson, nevertheless, was the true author, and the old scribbler used it to express some of his particular opinions on the proper staging of gallows-theater. It is the duty of a penitent to repair, so far [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/12/09/1783-first-hangings-newgate-prison-tyburn/#comment-4553 ExecutedToday.com » 1817: Three criminals in Rome, as witnessed by Lord Byron Tue, 19 May 2009 16:33:43 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=1537#comment-4553 [...] of the exposed heads — is altogether more impressive than the vulgar and ungentlemanly dirty ‘new drop’, and dog-like agony of infliction upon the sufferers of the English sentence. Two of these men [...] [...] of the exposed heads — is altogether more impressive than the vulgar and ungentlemanly dirty ‘new drop’, and dog-like agony of infliction upon the sufferers of the English sentence. Two of these men [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/12/09/1783-first-hangings-newgate-prison-tyburn/#comment-3181 ExecutedToday.com » 1783: John Austin Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:34:08 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=1537#comment-3181 [...] a typical penitent imploring heavenly mercy and taking 10 minutes to strangle to death — the very last execution at that somber and storied [...] [...] a typical penitent imploring heavenly mercy and taking 10 minutes to strangle to death — the very last execution at that somber and storied [...]

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