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TIL During the trial of Robert James (1936), one of the rattlesnakes used to murder his wife escaped into the courtroom causing hysteria. James ultimately was convicted of first-degree murder and ended up being the last man hanged in California.

by whatilearned May 5, 2022, 4:18 pm

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TIL of John Deydras, an imposter pretending to be King Edward II due to being swapped at birth. When arrested he challenged the real king to single combat and was found guilty of sedition. He claimed his cat was the devil in diguise and caused him to do it. Both he and the cat were hanged.

by whatilearned April 11, 2022, 5:12 am

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TiL The Largest Mass Execution in U.S history was at the end of the Dakota War of 1862, where 38 Native Americans were hanged.

by whatilearned March 13, 2022, 1:26 am

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TIL there was a guy who was suspected to be Jack the Ripper, because his last words before he was hanged for an unrelated crime was “”I am Jack The…”, but a modern biographer suggest that he might have been saying “I am ejaculating”

by whatilearned March 10, 2022, 8:44 pm

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Did you hear about the guy waiting to get hanged?

by cringeyjokesman March 4, 2022, 7:31 pm

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TIL about George Maledon, the “Prince of Hangmen.” A hangman for the Federal court in Arkansas, he worked for “Hanging” Judge Parker. In 22 years he hanged over 60 men and shot 2 escapees. Asked if he regretted his job, he said “No, I have never hanged a man who came back to have the job done over.”

by whatilearned February 28, 2022, 1:48 pm

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TIL that Irma Grese, a Nazi concentration camp guard, was hanged for war crimes in 1945 at the age of 22. Auschwitz prisoners called her “The Hyena of Auschwitz”, while the press labelled her “The Beautiful Beast”.

by whatilearned January 26, 2022, 5:05 pm

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Petition to get u/Key_Ad8003 hanged for his crimes against Cummy

by CopyPastaArchive January 11, 2022, 7:36 pm

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TIL that in the 19th century, French doctor Louis Auzoux created papier-mâché models of the human body. Bodies of hanged murderers served as models for dr Auzoux, which is why his models have a head tilting forward (from the noose) and an erect penis (pressure on the cerebellum caused by the noose)

by whatilearned December 8, 2021, 2:55 pm

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TIL In 1848 Irish Nationalist Thomas Meagher was sentenced to be “hanged, drawn and quartered”. Instead he was exiled to Tasmania. He escaped, became a Civil War Brigadier General and the Governor of Montana Territory. While Governor, he fell into the Missouri River and his body was never found.

by whatilearned November 26, 2021, 4:29 am

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TIL only one woman’s head was ever displayed on London Bridge after execution, that of Catholic nun and prophetess Elizabeth Barton who was hanged for treason against Henry VIII

by whatilearned November 25, 2021, 9:58 pm

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TIL Guy Fawkes became involved with a small group of English Catholics, led by Robert Catesby, who planned to assassinate the Protestant King James and replace him with his daughter. After the plot failed and Fawkes was captured, he gave up his seven co-conspirators — all of whom were hanged.

by whatilearned November 6, 2021, 3:27 pm

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