I wrote a history of the town of Trowbridge in Wiltshire
A blog about history and true crime. Historical trivia and stories about true crime.
Saturday, 25 November 2023
Friday, 24 November 2023
Survived hanging
On 24 November 1740, William Duell was hanged for murder. He was taken to the surgeons and laid out to be dissected but he regained consciousness (in those days hanging killed by strangulation rather than by breaking the neck). Duell had his sentence commuted to transportation. This is my history of capital punishment in Britain
Thursday, 23 November 2023
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