Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Early History of Hanging
Chapter 2 Jack Ketch
Chapter 3 John Price
Chapter 4 Richard Arnet
Chapter 5 ‘Mutton’ Curry and Askern
Chapter 6 Calcraft: Celebrity Executioner
Chapter 7 Samuel Burrows
Chapter 8 The Long-Drop Man
Chapter 9 James Berry
Chapter 10 Bartholomew Binns
Chapter 11 Throttler Smith
Chapter 12 Billington Tales
Chapter 13 The Man from Rochdale
Chapter 14 Pierrepoints and the Last Hangmen
Steve Wade
Syd Dernley
Henry Allen
Harry Smith
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index