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This book provides an insight into the dark side of life. This collection of true stories vividly recreates a series of heinous murders committed in Bolton.

Over the years the high walls of London's Pentonville Prison have contained some of the most infamous criminals. .

Recounts the lives and tales of the Pierrepoint family, their reasons for taking up the profession and the inside details of the execution cases and the deeds themselves. This book provides an insight on the feuds and intense rivalry between fellow hangmen as well as the notorious cases that kept the family firmly in the spotlight.

For 55 years, generations of the Pierrepoint family served as fearsome hangmen in England. The dynasty began in 1901 with Henry Pierrepoint, who was followed into the gruesome profession by his brother Thomas, and in time, his eldest son Albert. Between them, they carried out an amazing 900 executions. This book recounts the lives and tales of the Pierrepoint family, their reasons for taking up the profession, and the inside details of the exe...

For decades the walls of Durham Gaol have contained some of the country's most infamous criminals. Until hanging was abolished in the 1960s it was also the main centre of execution for convicted killers from all over the north east. A total of 76 people took the short walk to the gallows here. This book features each of the 76 cases.

Hanged at Winchester

Hanged at Leeds

The history of execution at Walton began with the hanging of an Oldham nurse in 1887.

Fully illustrated with rare photographs, documents and news-cuttings, Hanged at Manchester is bound to appeal to anyone interested in the darker side of the north west of England's history.

Hanged at Birmingham