Its Murder Up North

Join me for the final episode in the Albert Pierrepoint series. In this instalment I will look at the what lead to the abolition of capital punishment, and visit some key cases, from the hanging of Edith Thompson to the final executions of Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans.Follow the show onFacebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/mupnorthX (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/murd

During the 1940's and 1950s there were a series of cases that involved children in the vicinity of Wigan, some of which remain unsolved to this day. While another perpetrated by Norman Green would be the case that became Albert Pierrepoint's final execution. Join me as I explore the solved and unsolved cases, and what led to the most recognisable executioner in British history hang

Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in England, but her story was not a simple one, with it being likely that experiences she had throughout her life may have contributed towards her actions on Easter Sunday 1955.Join me for this the third part of the Ruth Ellis story.ResourcesDaughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul BerryExecutioner: Pierrepoint an autobiographyA Fine Da

Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in England, but her story was not a simple one, with it being likely that experiences she had throughout her life may have contributed towards her actions on Easter Sunday 1955.Join me for this the second part of the Ruth Ellis story.ResourcesDaughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul BerryExecutioner: Pierrepoint an autobiographyA Fine D

Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in England, but her story was not a simple one, with it being likely that experiences she had throughout her life may have contributed towards her actions on Easter Sunday 1955.Join me for this the first part of the Ruth Ellis story.ResourcesDaughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul BerryExecutioner: Pierrepoint an autobiographyA Fine Da

Styllou Christofi was the penultimate woman to hang in England, although she received little media interest, despite the fact that her crime was arguable more brutal, and sensational than that committed by Ruth Ellis the final woman to go to the noose, six months later. Join me as I delve into the case of Styllou Christofi, a true mother in law from hell. ResourcesExecutioner: Pier

17 years after Albert Pierrepoint assisted his Uncle Tom in the execution of Dorothea Waddingham he would act as the main executioner for Louisa May Merrifield another woman whose chosen weapon was poison.ResourcesDaughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry, published by Pan books ltd.Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiographyBradford Observer - Tuesday 21 July 1953 Lancashire

In today’s episode I delve into the part Albert Pierrepoint played after the war crime tribunals which occured at the close of the Second World War, and the 1948 execution of a transgender man, whose identity and sexuality may have contributed to them not having their sentence commuted to life in prison.ResourcesDaughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry, published by Pan

In today’s episode I cover the case of the woman, whose execution would be the first female hanging Albert would witness while working as an assistant for his uncle, and lead executioner, Thomas Pierrepoint.ResourcesPortsmouth Evening News - Thursday 30 January 1936 Daily Mirror - Saturday 18 January 1936 Daily Herald - Thursday 30 January 1936 Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday

Join me in this episode as I delve into the capture, confessions and conviction of John Christie.resourcehttps://www.studysmarter.co.uk/explanations/history/european-history/austrian-hungarian-empire/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republikanischer_Schutzbund https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-36906504 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6817312/ http://www