A SMILING pub landlord led a secret double life and was responsible for the deaths of nearly 600 people. Anyone supping a pint in a boozer where Albert Pierrepoint worked would more than likely be ...

The Bible says "Thou shalt not kill", but that's just a book the state sticks in a defendant's hand before it condemns him to death. Such complexities, or ironies, or whatever they are, were never the ...

As Timothy Spall plays him, Albert Pierrepoint is rather dispassionate about all this killing. He sees himself simply as the instrument of the state, an efficient tool whose purpose is to expedite a ...

The macabre notebook listing every execution carried out by Britain's most famous hangman today sold at auction for £12,400. Albert Pierrepoint kept the pocket book throughout his 25-year career of ...

07:00, Sun, Sep 24, 2023 Updated: 07:44, Sun, Sep 24, 2023 Many Brits around the country have a regular boozer where they are at least familiar with the person who pulls their pint. However, there was ...

The meticulous notes mention Derek Bentley, who was wrongly hanged for murder A notebook and other items belonging to Britain's most famous hangman have sold at auction for £20,000. Albert Pierrepoint ...

A grizzly book belonging to the last hangman in Britain has gone under the hammer for at a South Tyneside auction house. Boldon Auction Galleries often have some strange items for sale, but nothing ...

AN EXECUTION diary kept by Britain’s most famous hangman is up at auction for £25,000. Albert Pierrepoint is responsible for the deaths of around 600 people during his 25-year career as an executioner ...

A notorious hangman’s grizzly book of death is going under the hammer in South Tyneside next month – with a jaw-dropping £25,000 estimate. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Shields Gazette, ...

The death penalty was abolished in Britain back in 1965, but up until a few years before the last hangmen were still at work in Her Majesty’s Prison Service. One of these and probably the most ...