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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.
- The Beginnings of An Executioner
- Executing Nazis and Beyond
- Albert Pierrepoint’S Legacy and Craft
- His Views on Capital Punishment
Albert Pierrepoint, born March 30, 1905 in Yorkshire, was always going to be an executioner. At the age of just 11, Pierrepoint wrote in an essay, “When I leave school I should like to be the Official Executioner.” But Pierrepoint’s morbid dreams didn’t come about by accident. His father and uncle were both executioners, and Pierrepoint wanted to c...
Just after the close of World War II, Britain’s most famous executioner truly made a name for himself by hanging approximately 200 war criminals, many of them Nazis. Between 1945 and 1949, Pierrepoint traveled to Germany and Austria more than 20 times in order to execute some of the most disturbing Nazis to have committed atrocities during the war....
The reason that Albert Pierrepoint was able to become so famous — the reason he was called upon to kill people again and again — is that he developed a reputation for being extremely quick, calm, and efficient during his executions. The mark of a good executioner is, among other things, that they properly size the noose and rope according to the pr...
While Albert Pierrepoint may have remained suitably detached during his career, he did go on to voice his opinions after his resignation. In 1974, he wrote a memoir entitled Executioner: Pierrepointin which he stated that capital punishment doesn’t deter criminals: However, just two years later after the book’s publication, Pierrepoint appeared to ...
- William Delong
Feb 9, 2024 · By the time Pierrepoint died in a Southport nursing home, aged 87, in the summer of 1992, his name had already begun to pass from memory into history, a black and white figure from the scarcely...
Albert Pierrepoint, executioner, born Clayton Yorkshire 1905, died Southport 10 July 1992. ALBERT PIERREPOINT came from a family that occupies a unique place in British justice.
Nov 6, 2015 · Some press reports about Pierrepoint when he died in 1992 suggested that he was troubled by his past. However, the clearest portrayal of Pierrepoint in this way is found in the eponymous biopic...
- Lizzie Seal
Sep 19, 2021 · Between 1932 and 1956, at least 433 men and 17 women died at the end of his rope. His personal record included 17 hangings in one day - of which he said, ‘was my arm stiff!’ Diminutive, always immaculately-dressed and with a penchant for cigars, boxing and coin tricks, Pierrepoint became a publican in 1946.
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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.
