# William Calcraft
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william calcraft (11 October 1800 – 13 December 1879) was a 19th-century English hangman, one of the most prolific of British executioners. It is estimated in his 45-year career he carried out 450 executions. A cobbler by trade, Calcraft was initially recruited to flog juvenile offenders held in Newgate Prison.
The Career of William Calcraft - It's money for old rope really.
A perfect example of life beginning at thirty William Calcraft was a man who only realised what he wanted to do with his life at the age of 29. And that thing was hanging other people on behalf of the British Crown.
Despite starting his third decade he still managed to spend 45 years sending unfort…
Gallows Lore
We examine the lore of the gallows, focusing on the British Isles, encountering hangmen as figures straddling history and myth, strange histories and folk-tales, as well as superstitions and magical practice associated with the hanged man’s rope and body.
We begin, of course, with a bit of gallows…
Episode 67 - William Calcraft: Hangman Extraordinaire
He didn’t mind if his victims suffered a little before they died. Or a lot. He also got drunk before executions, sold pieces of the hanging rope, and went for swings on the legs of the hanging. Meet William Calcraft, world’s worst hangman.
Nikki Druce Host Of ‘Macabre London’ Podcast Reveals Her Real Life Ghostly Experience. Listen If You Dare!
Who doesn’t like a good old-fashioned ghost story, or to be scared stiff watching a creepy movie? It’s even more heart pounding when weird spooky things happen in the City where we live – London. Today’s guest Nikki Druce is the creator and host of Macabre London, an original podcast telling the st…
Amanda Howard - Stories of the Hanged
This is the Story of the Hanged ... criminal and political cases, the guilty and the wrongly accused.
There are some incredible stories herein, badly conducted hangings, innocent men and women, miraculous survivals and horrific deaths. Writer Amanda Howard has uncovered a relatively unknown history…
3: The Execution
In this episode MP Chris Bryant concludes the three part story of James and John, the last two men in Britain to be hung for the crime of sodomy. It’s late November 1835 and James and John are in the “hell above ground” of Newgate Prison, among their only visitors is a young writer called Charles D…
Exploring the Gruesome 1868 Outrage and Murder in Scotland
Exploring the Gruesome 1868 Outrage and Murder in ScotlandNews of the Times Episode 444 | 1869In today’s episode, we journey back to Scotland to the year 1868 — a time of change. And at the heart of it, a crime so chilling in its day, it would capture international attention.Robert Smith, a young d…
Exhibit III: The Resurrectionist’s Rope
Ah… this one carries weight.
This is Exhibit III: The Resurrectionist’s Rope — a length of coarse hemp once used by William Calcraft, London’s most notorious executioner. It appears simple. Functional. The sort of object history rarely pauses to look at closely.
But this rope stood at the meeting…
Dressed to Slum: Lunatics, Lockups, and a Lovely Day for a Hanging
Before wealthy Victorians wandered the slums for thrills, they were already lining up to watch public executions, touring prisons, and peering into asylums. In this episode of Dressed for the Grave, we explore how punishment, madness, and suffering became public entertainment. From Maria Manning's …
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