How they hanged convicted prisoners at Bodmin jail Cornwall

Bodmin jail is a really scarey place to visit in Cornwall. If you were convicted of murder, sheep stealing or a crime that gave a death sentance this place would have been where your last day would have been

[@clm7381]

A lot of people used to hang out there

[@Tramseskumbanan]

Hang on, even more people used to hang in there.

[@Marco90731]

Bodmin Ballets

[@MrKen-wy5dk]

I have visited the museum in Huntsville, TX. They have the original "Old Sparky" electric chair on display there. If any of you have the chance, make sure to visit the place. It will give you a real appreciation for life.

[@malayneum]

this is what happen for anyone convicted of drug smuggling in Malaysia.

[@wcstevens7]

malayneum ...Quite right too. Hang the evil bastards.

[@felixbeutin9530]

you know the death penalty doesn't deter crime ?

[@sorin_ea6]

Singapore too

[@felixbeutin9530]

@@wcstevens7 uhm ... bloodthirsty much ?

[@rucksackransack]

I can assure you that if you are hanged, you will commit no further crimes.

[@noonsight2010]

Actually one of the few accurate accounts of British judicial hanging.

[@joecrowbar777]

They should dig up Jimmy Savile and use him, repeatedly, as the hanging dummy.

[@charleekirk4351]

Now that would be some justice

[@slumdogpreacher6964]

Justice for all Pedophiles and Rapists!

[@Steven_Rowe]

Very interesting. Back in the 60s my dad worked in the East End, at this time hanging had been abolished ie 1965. He went to a tarp and rope manufacturing in Bermondsey to get some ropes for his work truck. He told me they made hangmans ropes there and described how they didnt have he tradition noose with coils like we all thought.. I googled it a year ago and sure enough John Edgington of Old Kent Road Bermondsey. Im a mine of useless information. However the ropes were still made, im sure the home office still bought them along with oversea

[@rustomkanishka]

There's a family of traditional executioners in India. They make the rope by hand and it does have the rounded knots on top. The rope is made using wax to make it quite heavy so that when the condemned falls through the rope snaps and breaks the second and third vertebrae. It's India so there are rumours so apparently it's not unheard of for there to be a small religious ceremony by the hangman where he asks for forgiveness. You're not the only mine of useless info, although admittedly it has been quite handy.

[@neilhamilton5469]

The company was John Edgingtons

[@alantyrrell254]

he forgot to say after the body is taken down the executioner and his understudy wash the prisoner before he goes in to the coffin

[@johnnyaidulis7904]

alan tyrrell tricked into straitjacket bonfdsagek''i is a No escape straitjacketsm'9'rrrvb

[@danielquill]

Bodmin Jail is an 18th century prison - maybe that wasn't the practice then.

[@carlogambacurta548]

Uhhhh ... so kind!

[@baronstjohn]

Bodmin jail draws in many tourists and to be convicted of a crime the fear of being hanged must have been mind blowing that you won't continue to be alive. Even for a minor crime like involving corn below.

[@geezerp1982]

no, all hanging offences were felonys ! and yes, felony and midermenour are biritish terms that the yanks (once again) copied ! the terms were abboished in 1967 but still stand for old laws such GBH which it is still considered a felony and can only be tried at the crown court otherwise all offences today are either sammary or indictable crimes

[@noonsight2010]

You entirely miss the point I was making. "Crime" is another word for "felony". I think you were also referring to misdemeanour!

[@geezerp1982]

@@noonsight2010 actually a felony is an indictable offence

[@Foebane72]

Brave volunteer!

[@RockinProfessor]

I was eagerly anticipating something to go wrong and........

[@MrDREWASIDE]

Albert pierrepoint the original "king of swing"!

[@carlogambacurta548]

He was the most huma Ne he could be.dp whas not his respinsibity

[@baronstjohn]

Yes this is what happened when you were convicted of stealing and murder many years ago.

[@southpakrules]

+Bartholomew Horatio Brunel Any Proof? Or are you just farting with your mouth? Because i can also say that ALL of them were guilty!

[@TLK22]

I only stole an apple.

[@ORIGINOLINDIVIDUAL]

Hang on a minute...

[@irwinyco4237]

Nice Joke There.

[@wilrobles9824]

Hang in there, young man.

[@frederickpurcell3543]

Hehe

[@michaelpanchura2288]

Dark pun

[@brianlee5649]

Lol. I don't know why, but I thought this pun was funny.

[@ajmc5522]

Dear god!! Big up to the volunteers!!!!

[@narvin3]

Too risky to be a volunteer. Accidents happen

[@sherry866]

Very interesting !! thanks !!! I wish I could visit cool places like that 😞

[@justus4038]

That was a violent drop that would leave a mark

[@glennmiller9768]

He should have asked for a volunteer from the audience.

[@sigridbohne]

Yes ;))) There was an adversity in Malaysia, a man putting his head in the noose and his wife took pictures but suddenly the trapdoor opened

[@sigridbohne]

it was obviously difficult ... 😂😂😂 when they let him down, it was too late now the trapdoor is always open at sightseeing

[@klaus-juergennowak9553]

I would have most definitely volunteered❤

[@diabeticdiaries7954]

I thought for sure something was going to go wrong. I even had to pause the video to prepare myself for it.

[@sigridbohne]

mostly a hanging goes well ;)))

[@sigridbohne]

yeap

[@sigridbohne]

I'm absolutely agree ;)))

[@thebrothers3971]

The waiting to be hanged must have been worse than the actual event, I wonder if they had nightmares about it?

[@ronniebaxter7221]

I'm sure they do.

[@1701spacecadet]

Sure hope so.

[@NiSiochainGanSaoirse]

You could guarantee it.

[@pakacha70]

Many death row inmates faces severe physical trauma as well as mental disorders while waiting their execution

[@tinanash194]

What gets me in When ppl say ‘oh it’s not nice’ and I think what, was the murder they committed nice? It should never have been abolished and it should be bought back. No one has any justice anymore.

[@Ya-average-11B]

Why did they leave the body hanging for 1 hour if he was dead?

[@roblloyd8453]

Dindu Nufn I have read that it takes quite a while for the heart to stop ticking. IS this truthful?

[@carlogambacurta548]

To be sure. ....

[@feraltex]

Well in the 1700s I had a relation hung in Bodmin for treason against Henry and the corn laws, but it was in the square not the prison

[@baronstjohn]

Yes there are supposed to be many lost souls in the cells. If you are fortunate to be alone for 5 - 10 mins you can smell fear. A sweet sickly smell l noticed when walking around the jail. l dont think l could spend a night in the jail. Imagine if you are the last one to lock up. This is a great place to visit and one you will remember for a very long time.

[@geezerp1982]

not a jail, hangings were carried out in HM Prisons ! county jails were used for remand and people convicted of midermeanours ! (yet another thing that the americans copied from us )

[@baronstjohn]

55 executions were carried out and William Hampton age 24 years was the last

[@Zeamus634]

For what crime?

[@xpressj.carter617]

GREAT ✅✅

[@skylarkman2000]

@@Zeamus634 Murdered His Girlfriend when She broke off the relationship.

[@judgejudge6921]

This is the platform of heroes, not the platform of cowards

[@grahamcoles1966]

i was just checking them planks were longer than the trap door :-)

[@loraverbonitz7396]

The justice system mandates that people have a speedy trial. Why not a speedy execution when they are given the death sentence? I’m fed up with their so called justice of letting them battle the courts for 20 years before justice is finally carried out, making justice for the victims and their families a long drawn out process.

[@jrgboy]

Here in the UK the only appeal allowed was for insanity, which was hardly ever upheld, the execution was usualy carried out within 90 days of sentencing, I believe Albert Pierrepoint said the average time from him entering the cell till the drop was around 7 seconds.

[@jadedarling8852]

Read the Constitution...there's a part there about "due process". Now, after you've read that go over and read your State's Court procedural rules and then the Federal Procedural rules. Keep in mind after the State Appellate process, then comes the Federal Appellate process and then following that, one last appeal to the US Supreme Court. Now, at each step, these courts also have immense caseloads from the county and then the Federal district. You know, corporation A sues person B or vice versa and that long and tortuous path that most times gets settled. So, it's not the court system, per se, that's the problem, it's the number of lawsuits and appeals that the courts have to handle. Now, the conservatives keep talking about "tort reform" which means, they want to deny you YOUR day in court. Are you willing to give up your right to sue and due process just so you can kill maybe one or two people per year?

[@sigridbohne]

I agree... speedy execution when they are given the death sentence, best by hanging... quick and easy

[@geezerp1982]

@@jrgboy wrong ! you had the right to appeal to the court of crimnal appeal for many things such misdirection by the judge to the jury etc hangings were carried out quicker then usa becuase we didnt have backlog of condamned felons awaiting appeals !

[@carlogambacurta548]

Batteria soon than losing time .time is money.

[@feraltex]

Read it Leo !!.. I visited the Historic Jail at Bodmin, Whilst researching my family tree on my mothers side, they came from a small village called Roach, nearby. I have no other info on my relation of the 18th Century, except the info supplied from Bodmin records, but was able to trace another male relation back to the 3rd crusade (11th Cent) who it said "Bore Arms to the Governor of Calais". (Means he was a soldier)...That's all Fokes

[@johngrindley169]

The village is called Roche Dallas, Roche is famous for the hermits chapel built on a great granite hillock, it is also part of the Jan Tregeagle legend which spans from Alternun via Bodmin moor to Roche,. Roach is the English spelling of Roche and is on the map in its Cornish name Roche. so you would be better off to search for your ancestors in the Roche Parish records.

[@19bootsy68]

Bring it back I say...Venables, Thompson, Huntley, Sutcliffe and Co...your days would be numbered ☠.

[@jayburton6723]

You pull the lever

[@sammygilchrist2513]

Ass fuckinh

[@MrAndyLocksmith]

19bootsy68 I’d pay to do this job.

[@rosemarydudley9954]

@@jayburton6723 aaaaaah NO. Let meeee, it's my turn to pull the lever, you did it last time....LOL

[@gazza2933]

@Anne Phair Yes and lived on into old age!

[@skylarkman2000]

Excellent, very interesting and informative. We'll done .

[@baronstjohn]

Thank you

[@mrelano65]

I would like to see it back in the UK.

[@NiSiochainGanSaoirse]

Fuck off mate. We're not barbaric

[@NiSiochainGanSaoirse]

@Ancient Power since innocent people were posthumously pardoned. End of discussion.

[@johngraham5996]

someone saying boo when the tourguide says we cant execute this chap 😂😂

[@alancrook1034]

Read Albert Pierpoint's autobiography and you will be told different.

[@doomjuan4892]

What a thoroughly engaging display, where was this?

[@baronstjohn]

In the county of Cornwall, England there is a town called Bodmin. This town has a historic prison which tourists can visit. At the time of my visit a demonstration on how those chosen to die by the rope was given. Interestingly the video has become an icon on the procedure of how to hang a convicted criminal. Your punishment for murder, theft, adultery or even the stealing of live stock would have been the rope. Today there have been witnesse reports that ghosts of those hanged appear at night and with noises that frighten the living. Enjoy your visit and remember to be aware of everything within the prison.

[@doomjuan4892]

@@baronstjohn cheers for the response, will definitely be taking a look with the family when the lockdown is finished.

[@kennethlyneham138]

"The number of people sentenced to die for crimes they didn't commit is often described as "not merely unknown but unknowable," wrote the study's researchers, led by Samuel Gross of the University of Michigan. And there is no systematic method to determine whether a criminal conviction is right, which would prevent the deaths of wrongly-sentenced people. Because of this, very few false convictions are discovered in the justice system." And it is for this reason that the death penalty is an indictment on the community that supports it. The last man hanged in Australia was innocent of the crime he was hanged for. His hanging was politically expedient, it got a politician relected.

[@roblloyd8453]

Kenneth Lyneham That is NO doubt why it has to be PROVEN beyond a shadow of a doubt. Today we have video. mouth of two or more EYE witnesses plus forensic methods which cut down the risk of a wrong finding of justice.

[@RevoeLad]

I was thinking of Dartmoor prison. I’ve been there but not here I’m from Blackpool but I’ve lived in Devon before but only ever been to Cornwall for the saltash car auction. So I need to go there.

[@chadhauck1]

Back when people didn't fuck around. If you killed...you were killed.

[@vincentslevin1194]

Richard Kuklinski w

[@kernow9324]

I live near Bodmin. I really should visit the old gaol. Fascinating.

[@ThomasCullen-jp4fy]

The key was to make sure the drop was far enough to take off the head, or short enough to strangle them. The later happened to many nazi war criminals hung by the Americans. The ones hung by the UK were better off as the executioner (Pierrepoint) was and expert. He even used a table of height, weight and neck length to determine how long the rope should be. Splendid fellow he!

[@mwbright]

Well, that was disgusting.

[@pigslefats]

Why not make the trap narrower so the guards don't have to balance on boards?

[@cyriljuniordim9777]

people buckle on the way down and they would hit their heads if the trap were narrower

[@pigslefats]

@@cyriljuniordim9777 So they hit their heads on the boards rather

[@johnrussell3755]

at 0.36 what if the trap door had accidentally opened and the poor demonstrator had been hanged in real ?

[@donnamenhenitt5957]

If you notice after the volunteer has left the platform, the guy talks about removing the safety pin from the leaver. The pin is to stop the leaver accidentally being moved thus stops the trap door falling in

[@skylarkman2000]

That would have been embarrassing !

[@weatherboi]

We need to bring back the death penality here in Canada. Most States have this reinstituted and should be used for those who do commit Capital Murder.

[@petermuller5800]

That's factually wrong. In the last decade, there hasn't been a single state "reinstituting" the death penalty. In contrast, there's a worldwide movement towards abolition.

[@ant13665]

in Australia we too have second-hand americans who advocate blindly following our corrupt, violence ridden 'ally' in state sanctioned murder. fortunately, most Australians(and evidently Canadians) are rational, and realise that what starts with simple revenge, becomes inexorably a political tool.

[@weatherboi]

Yes, you are right to certain point, not just over the last decade. Most States 'reformed" what they already had as we see here: Reinstating the Death Penalty Although the separate opinions by Justices Brennan and Marshall stated that the death penalty itself was unconstitutional, the overall holding in Furman was that the specific death penalty statutes were unconstitutional. With that holding, the Court essentially opened the door to states to rewrite their death penalty statutes to eliminate the problems cited in Furman. Advocates of capital punishment began proposing new statutes that they believed would end arbitrariness in capital sentencing. The states were led by Florida, which rewrote its death penalty statute only five months after Furman. Shortly after, 34 other states proceeded to enact new death penalty statutes. To address the unconstitutionality of unguided jury discretion, some states removed all of that discretion by mandating capital punishment for those convicted of capital crimes. However, this practice was held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Woodson v. North Carolina (428 U.S. 280 (1976)). Other states sought to limit that discretion by providing sentencing guidelines for the judge and jury when deciding whether to impose death. The guidelines allowed for the introduction of aggravating and mitigating factors in determining sentencing. These guided discretion statutes were approved in 1976 by the Supreme Court in Gregg v. Georgia (428 U.S. 153), Jurek v. Texas (428 U.S. 262), and Proffitt v. Florida (428 U.S. 242), collectively referred to as the Gregg decision. This landmark decision held that the new death penalty statutes in Florida, Georgia, and Texas were constitutional, thus reinstating the death penalty in those states. The Court also held that the death penalty itself was constitutional under the Eighth Amendment. In addition to sentencing guidelines, three other procedural reforms were approved by the Court in Gregg. The first was bifurcated trials, in which there are separate deliberations for the guilt and penalty phases of the trial. Only after the jury has determined that the defendant is guilty of capital murder does it decide in a second trial whether the defendant should be sentenced to death or given a lesser sentence of prison time. Another reform was the practice of automatic appellate review of convictions and sentence. The final procedural reform from Gregg was proportionality review, a practice that helps the state to identify and eliminate sentencing disparities. Through this process, the state appellate court can compare the sentence in the case being reviewed with other cases within the state, to see if it is disproportionate. Because these reforms were accepted by the Supreme Court, some states wishing to reinstate the death penalty included them in their new death penalty statutes. The Court, however, did not require that each of the reforms be present in the new statutes. Therefore, some of the resulting new statutes include variations on the procedural reforms found in Gregg. The ten-year moratorium on executions that had begun with the Jackson and Witherspoon decisions ended on January 17, 1977, with the execution of Gary Gilmore by firing squad in Utah. Gilmore did not challenge his death sentence. That same year, Oklahoma became the first state to adopt lethal injection as a means of execution, though it would be five more years until Charles Brooks became the first person executed by lethal injection in Texas on December 7, 1982.

[@mcaddicts]

Weatherboi Why were not a police state and executions do nothing to deter crime. Crime rates are lower in Canada than the US.

[@jamess.7427]

+Weatherboi Fucking right on, bro!! I'm Canadian and I was thinking that very same thought in my head! I think pædophiles deserve to die, Too, the fucking skin hound GOOFS!! Give all skinners the fucking rope!! (Aka cho-mos)! If I had a say, skinners would hang by their necks!!

[@bobbyt1318]

Why wait an hour after -- doesn't seem very sporting, does it?

[@tomb306]

Well that way they make sure he is very very dead ,not just dead

[@ianrobinson151]

Bobby T It is a very old tradition and is supposed to allow the soul to leave the body. I do not know about modern practices but in the 1970’s if a person died in hospital then the body would be left for a hour before being taken away.

[@roblloyd8453]

Bobby T Sporting? What is sporting about getting your neck stretched?

[@MathewSmithTheGuyOnline]

Just a heads up all of the jail hangings happened at the camel trail feild when it used to be connected by bridge, they also say that you can still hear screams on the field { which i & my partner] have experinced at 12am... the hanging pit was used occasionally although :)

[@robertspence831]

Down you go, mate.....

[@matthewwynne5046]

Screw that! I would not be standing on that thing with a noose around my neck

[@a44489]

1 hr well just enough time for a cuppa of tea

[@flyerh]

Good Mancunian accent there in our Cornish Jail 😳

[@williesnyder2899]

GEEZZZ!!!!!!

[@peterleone3264]

interesting execution by hanging why do they hold the ropes so you do not fall into the pit?

[@miamackay3661]

peter leone: I think that's why.

[@a44489]

Save countryside save trees

[@baronstjohn]

Dallas that's fascinating please tell us more.

[@feraltex]

WHEN I visited Bodmin back in the 80.s the rerecords only showed date, name, and why. (Mine was for Rebelling against the Corn Laws)

[@baronstjohn]

@DeepSixed300 l have spoken with the TV production team and it can be confirmed that they found no evidence of any set up when the programme was being recorded. The question l would ask you is , could you spend a night alone there l know l could'nt

[@richardgoffin-lecar1951]

Bodmin gaol is known to be one of the most haunted places in the UK.

[@toddhogg9500]

I agree Gary!

[@opheliakwofie5390]

Who is here in 2021🥺

[@trex7168]

let's bring it back once a year for Hang Week , heck yes

[@jamesfmarquess6466]

Gruesome, even in exhibition

[@haydenbrylee]

If the guy with the accent fell and landed on the lever, that tourist would've died!

[@stephengiles8326]

Hayden he hadn’t removed the safety pin at that point so even if he did fall there’s no way the trap door would have opened.

[@felixbeutin9530]

what is the loop in the rope called and how is it done how does it hold

[@j.uiriagain9813]

There’s a brass eye through which the noose is threaded which creates an adjustable loop….there is a rubber washer which is pulled down in order to fasten the noose….the part which makes contact with the condemned prisoners neck is coated in soft leather to reduce friction and reduce the possibility of laceration and or decapitation….the rope is boiled and stretch

[@felixbeutin9530]

@@j.uiriagain9813 no i meant the one further up the rope

[@j.uiriagain9813]

There’s a rubber washer it’s drawn over the loop on the noose once the noose is tightened it prevents it from slipping.aside from that the only thing above that on the noose is a loop which attarches to a chain which is suspended from A beam above the gallows….if you mean to ask why the rope is coiled before the drop? It’s done to prevent the prisoner getting tangled it’s done to keep the noise at the prisoners head height when they are walked to the drop. It’s looped by hand and held with pack thread which breaks when they hanging happens.

[@themaverick7707]

This was scary somehow.

[@yvonnefinch4562]

All murderers and rapists and drug sellers and mules should get the death sentence and not keep them in jails using the tax payers money to keep them alive that they can have free stuff and what does the tax payer get.

[@vitiate5093]

Don’t mean to hang around here.

[@Marcfj]

Thoroughly disgusting and barbaric!

[@moniquealderman8757]

My god that was very loud 😳 that's scary

[@baronstjohn]

Bodmin Moor Gaol Most Haunted Episode Recap. Synopsis Bodmin Gaol is in Cornwall on Bodmin Moor. The place had an unwelcoming atmosphere overall which was shown by noises that scared everyone and lights that were seen by the cieling. Full Recap The lit walk around showed Derek picking up on a foriegn evil entity that later possesed him twice. A chain was heard rattling and other noises and lights were seen and heard

[@johngrindley169]

Bodmin Gaol is not on Bodmin Moor, it is in fact, in Bodmin, on the nor'west side of the town, the moor is on the east side of the town. I think you have confused it with Dartmoor Prison. But Bodmin Gaol is reputedly to be haunted though, the cell area is open to the sky and stones are thrown mysteriously seemingly from out of nowhere, which has been witnessed many times even in the day. and in one cell an apparition was seen, a woman has been heard crying and a man has been seen looking out of it's cell door, these are stories that I will not state as true, having not being a witness to these to any of them. The gallows are in the forecourt of the prison, but public hangings were conducted in the main square in front of the Crown Court. I was born on a farm in the middle of Bodmin Moor, our top field overlooked Dozmary Pool, I went to Bolventor PS and then to St Mary's School in Bodmin, so Gary, I can say what I've said is correct. Our Cornish and other British criminals down here are sent to Exeter Prison, non=haunted, hence when someone disappears and re-appears months later the popular question is, Been to Exeter then?

[@geezerp1982]

jail !? since when were felons hanged in the county jail ! they were hanged at HM Prison . the county jail / gaol was used for remand until 1877 when the gaols were taken over by the HM Prison service

[@johnrambo4035]

Scary

[@sharonxoxo5871]

That's nice to know

[@minmaungmaung8129]

This type of job is retrenchment proof. Sort of iron rice bowl.

[@johntate9647]

Those killers that have chopped up children while they were alive, do not deserve to have their life taken by execution. Give them life with free cable tv and the best of food.

[@roblloyd8453]

John Tate . . . . laced with arsenic or ground glass.

[@memeushthemushroom4469]

What's the greatest kind of knot that you can tie with ease...

[@baronstjohn]

Memeush The Mushroom it’s called the hangman’s death knot it tightens as the drop descends

[@slumdogpreacher6964]

How much does the "Executioner" get per HEAD?

[@marlecmarine5393]

Albert Pierrepoint was paid £15 per head plus traveling expenses, this low pay was one of the reasons he fell out with the Home Office and resigned........:-)

[@rileyhowarth5323]

Is this real

[@StinkFingerr]

Nasty Business.

[@baronstjohn]

Dziękuję, że odpowiedzieliście nadzieję, że Znalazłem ciekawy

[@pigslefats]

If life is confirmed as extinct, take the body down. Why leave the body to hang for 1 hour.

[@roblloyd8453]

pigslefats Tradition.

[@NallDave]

Suddenly my collar feels tight!

[@boiivilla9531]

The fastest punishment......firing squad.

[@roblloyd8453]

Boii Villa Too many people taken from their jobs to do this work. One person and one bullet to the back of the head. All over red rover In a millipoof of a nano second.

[@bohhica1]

Go slap that person in the back who keeps laughing,👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Lv2iish]

Shut up white boy

[@t-mac2791]

What if the prisoner is not dead after the drop?..............

[@TheEvilmooseofdoom]

I think they leave you hanging until you strangle.. I always thought that was the purpose behind the 1 hours wait.. Now I guess it's to make sure they both dead and tender..

[@nicolek4076]

That's where the ghastly skill of executioner really counts. He has to do a number of things perfectly in a very short space of time. This is one reason why in the USA they stopped using hanging as soon as an alternative was feasible. At the Nazi war-crimes trials, the executions were all by hanging; those carried out by Albert Pierrepoint (the British executioner) went off without problem. Many of those performed by US executioners, who had no experience of hanging, were bungled and the victim slowly strangled. The British offered the services of Pierrepoint to the US authorities, but this was declined - perhaps the brutality was intentional.

[@noonsight2010]

They are left for an hour. There is no way anyone can survive. The only people to survive hangings have been when the trap failed to open to do expanded damp wood jamming together or when ropes broke. Prior to the standardization of execution method and equipment, executioners provided their own rope.

[@miamackay3661]

As far as i know, if the victim's neck didn't dislocate he was just left to strangle. Earlier, when death was by strangulation at public executions, the hangman would sometimes pull on the victim's legs to shorten his sufferings, or so I've heard. From Victorian times onwards executioners were too squeamish to do that. If the rope broke they just brought the victim out of the pit and did it again with a new rope. A strong argument against the death penalty, I think, is that there's always the chance of an execution going wrong. The leaving-the-body-hanging-for-one-hour-rule seems to have been a throwback to the days when death was by strangulation. The rule was no longer necessary once death became instantaneous, but they kept the old custom. I wonder why.

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

🎉🚧

[@countryrebel7419]

Is this in Scotland?

[@miamackay3661]

Country Rebel 74: No, Cornwall.

[@NiSiochainGanSaoirse]

No. Opposite end of the UK

[@rosemarydudley9954]

knob 'ead. Did you ever go to school?

[@sarahedwards2]

A few words are hard to understand because of his thick accent.

[@theswedex]

That is a Yorkshire accent.

[@miamackay3661]

The Yorkshire accent is such an attractive one, isn't it? To me it sounds so down-to-earth - the accent of people who get on with practicalities without making a fuss. Here it's horrifying to listen to because the practicalities are about doing something so unthinkable.

[@abrarahmed1888]

Can you imagine it in a thick Black Country accent ?

[@dhuanabsa774]

The whole demonstration is really stupid. Accidents can still happened.

[@skirm123]

This was extreme..

[@chrispearce3107]

Gary is my hero

[@wilrobles9824]

Wow.

[@sharkey6774]

Yeah but you think back in them days pepole used to get hang for nothink

[@dorsetsmartarse1]

How sick is it that people want to know about such things !!

[@cometfun1914]

It's really morbid but it's pretty interesting...

[@rowinfun]

If you don't learn history you are doomed to repeat it.

[@donrutman434]

I assume you watched it. So why the comment??

[@miamackay3661]

At school in history class we were split into little groups for project work. My group was told to find out about 19th century executions. I spent all my time drawing a picturesque gallows scene, with people standing about with what I hoped were unhappy expressions on their faces. I put a lot of effort into my artwork. My teacher wasn't pleased. He wanted me to find out the sort of detail given here. It is part of our past and worth finding out about, I think.

[@devilfamily8491]

z morbid fascination

[@jayatissa6028]

Does it reduces crime?

[@noonsight2010]

No. The second hanging proved that!

[@roblloyd8453]

jaya tissa What it does do is it gets rid of a convicted criminal. To answer your question succinctly, we can assume with some degree of certainty some people may 're-consider their potential actions before commiting a crime.

[@stephenwoods4118]

Its a proven fact, people who have been executed have a 0% recidivism rate.

[@oliverforway3868]

Why did they leave the body 2 hang 4 an hour when they was already dead

[@derekstocker6661]

It's called protocol.

[@roblloyd8453]

Oliver Forway It takes that time for the organs to die. Brain especially and no doubt the heart to stop ticking.

[@devilfamily8491]

so as to let their tongues start to dangle out of their mouths, to attract kali ma, the hindu goddess of death and destruction to take revenge on the executioner.

[@theequaliser8026]

Yes humanity has moved on to take any life makes you no different than the person who originally committed the crime of murder

[@jls99500]

The Equaliser and.... this actually makes sense to some of you ??? NO! hell no! because someone is convicted of murder, it does not mean they get to live rent free all expenses paid vacation to a penitentiary on our dime for the next undetermined period..!!!! hell no !! murder is morally wrong! but the punishment needs be to equal or it may happen again ! with bugs in your home you do not ask them to stay in a certain habitat.. you bug bomb the entire home to eradicate the species... to stop them from spreading disease !! the prison industrial complex is so vast with men you simply do not want on the street !! and your saying,... we are supposed to feed a man that put a baby in a microwave? or raped and killed kids.. his own??? are you people fucking plugged in or what ??? killing is killing.. it depends on the reason as to weather or not your a scumbag. like old yeller the dog, got rabies ! had to put him down! no choice, or Ted Bundy, we just had to put him down !! because murder for cannibalism or necrophilia rape is just not acceptable !! we'll feed them for a lil bit.. but ultimately we are all gonna die.. we can fast forward the process for a few special cases !!! so why not all who murder! if I attack you.. I'm bad ! if I defend myself well, and you loose.. Im still bad but alive ! but if I call 911 after I've been shot..and the guy gets away or I don't live.. I'm just dead victim and the killer is still free to kill.. men killing in war? or police protecting themselves by killing unarmed as well as armed civilians is the job, maby even for a plate light out !! so think about it.. ( you live with it or you exterminate it ! ) now where do you draw the line ???

[@rcdogmanduh4440]

That's why I am vegan! Lol

[@gamephreak5]

An eye for an eye. I fully support the death penalty! It's justice done right.

[@roblloyd8453]

The Equaliser YES! And this goes to suppliers of illicit substances which takes some mother's child's life through O'dose. Execute the lot, rope, katana, guillotine, single bullet to the back of the head for those judged to be beyond a shadow of a doubt.

[@raymondlimchoonhiong244]

Inhumane but they deserved it for crimes comitted

[@awkward_gamer_girl2580]

This is so scary :( please stop!!

[@brightephraim3372]

The law of the wicked world can never make a second life but they will forever take life. Law of man has no remedy

[@shabongjessica7217]

This is just an act right?

[@crobulari2328]

Thats the way to do it !!.

[@ben_seymour8354]

Crobular I j

[@rosemarydudley9954]

@uncletigger Takes me back to seaside hols as a child!

[@Marcfj]

Barbaric!

[@roblloyd8453]

Marcfj An eye for an eye a life for a life! The murder was of course done politely and in a humane manner? YES??

[@maksudalam4004]

no