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  1. Albert Pierrepoint (/ ˈ p ɪər p ɔɪ n t / PEER-point; 30 March 1905 – 10 July 1992) was an English hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956. His father Henry and uncle Thomas were official hangmen before him.

  2. Nov 28, 2008 · James Henry Corbitt was a regular at “Help the Poor Struggler”, the piquantly named Oldham pub Pierrepoint bought and managed after World War II. Known as “Tish” to Pierrepont’s “Tosh,” the two had sung a duet of “Danny Boy” on the night that Corbitt went out and murdered his girlfriend in a jealous rage.

  3. Sep 23, 2024 · Who was Albert Pierrepoint? He was one of the most famous British executioners, responsible for carrying out over 400 executions during his career. Born in 1905, Pierrepoint followed in the footsteps of his father and uncle, making execution a family trade.

  4. Albert Pierrepoint (1905–1992) was the most prolific British hangman of the twentieth century, executing 434 men and women between 1932 and 1955. This table records the locations of each of the executions he participated in, the numbers in brackets being the number of executions he was assistant executioner at (often assisting his uncle ...

  5. Jun 23, 2019 · Albert Pierrepoint was the most prolific and famous hangman in British history. The death penalty was abolished in Great Britain in 1965 but before that Pierrepoint had become something of a strange celebrity.

  6. Nov 6, 2015 · In this film, the character of Pierrepoint, played by Timothy Spall, is haunted by executing an acquaintance and, eventually, traumatised by the many hangings he has carried out.

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  8. Apr 7, 2021 · Pierrepoint was Britain’s official hangman between 1941 and 1956. He executed 200 Nazi war criminals, half of the total number of people he hanged during his career. He wrote in his memoir that the death penalty did not deter a single person and only served as a means of revenge.

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