The Executioners
They were cobblers, salesmen, barbers and landlords. Working men. Yet they were anything but ordinary. They were the State’s part-time killers; the hangmen.
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- Ep 1
1.Hangman
17-09-200847mThis is the story of The Private Executioners…a unique history of British capital punishment, seen through the eyes of those who dispensed it. Though the hangman’s duties were grim...
- Ep 2
2.Dynasties of Death
29-09-200847mThe story of the French ‘bourreau’ is perhaps the most remarkable in the history of judicial executions. Nowhere were executioners more shunned than in France. Since they were carr...
- Ep 3
3.States of Death
30-09-200847mIn Britain it was the rope. In France; the guillotine. But in its short history the United States of America has experimented with a bewildering array of execution methods….And con...
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