The Executioners
Rated 8.01 votes20081 season47m
They were cobblers, salesmen, barbers and landlords. Working men. Yet they were anything but ordinary. They were the State’s part-time killers; the hangmen.
- First aired
- Sep 17, 2008
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- Crime + Investigation
- Episodes
- 3
- Country
- GB
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Sep 17, 2008This is the story of The Private Executioners…a unique history of British capital punishment, seen through the eyes of those who dispensed it. Though the hangman’s duties were grim, their experiences encompassed pathos, passion and even genuine humor. The program asks: How were hangmen selected? How were they trained? How much responsibility did they bear? Finally, did the hangmen ever believe they had executed the innocent?
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