Tag: prison

I wrote a book.

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So, time for one of my periodical plugs for Criminal Curiosities. As you might know it’s available via Amazon in ebook format, so feel free to pick up a copy and also to leaave an honest review.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075X2LD2F

 

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It’s been quite some time since I last posted ere, but I have been extremely busy with paid work and earning a living. Part of that has been writing my first book.

Criminal Curiosities is a collection of crooks, all with something about their crime, trial or punishment that is singular to them. The first prisoner to face the guillotine, the first to commit a robbery using a landmine, the first case in which the murder victim’s actual body had a starring role in reconstructing the crime for the jury trying his killer and so on.

So, if you’re curious as to who was really America’s first Public Enemy Number One, ever wondered who was first to take a seat in the electric chair or perhaps you’ve never heard of the art forger brave enough to bilk Hermann Goering out of sixty million dollars (at today’s prices) feel free to…

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Justice; Regular or Extra Crispy.

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Execution has long been part of criminal history, society’s ultimate sanction for the very worst offenders. Less enthusiastic supporters regard it as a necessary evil and a deterrent even while acknowledging its distasteful nature. Opponents believe it no deterrent at all, that it’s applied arbitrarily and makes society as uncivilized and barbarous as the condemned … Continue reading Justice; Regular or Extra Crispy. →

On This Day in 1924 – Howard Hinton, Georgia’s first electrocution.

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It’s common to find ‘Peachtree Bandit’ Frank Dupre, armed robber and murderer executed on September 1, 1921 with Luke McDonald, listed as the last man to hang in Georgia. He wasn’t. That was Arthur Meyers, a murderer hanged at Augusta on June 17, 1931 for a murder committed in March, 1924. It’s equally common for … Continue reading On This Day in 1924 – Howard Hinton, Georgia’s first electrocution. →

On This Day in 1909, Vere Thomas ‘St. Leger’ Goold: A long way from Tipperary.

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A long, long way as it turned out. When Vere Goold took his own life on this day in 1909 he was far from Tipperary (his ancestral home) and everything else he'd ever known. Once the son of a prominent Irish family, a talented boxer and Wimbledon tennis star, he died a convict, murderer and … Continue reading On This Day in 1909, Vere Thomas ‘St. Leger’ Goold: A long way from Tipperary. →

On This Day in 1953 – France’s last inmates return from Devil’s Island.

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"The Bagne is a charnel house, a mass grave, running from syphilis to tuberculosis, with all the tropical diseases one can imagine (carrying malaria, ankylosis, amoebic dysentery, leprosy, etc.), all destined to work hand in hand with an Administration whose task it is to diminish the number of prisoners consigned to its care. The fiercest … Continue reading On This Day in 1953 – France’s last inmates return from Devil’s Island. →

On This Day in 1963: New York State’s Last Execution, Eddie Lee Mays.

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August 15, 1963 was an historic day in New York's penal history, although nobody involved knew it at the time. New York's lawmakers didn't know it. the Warden of New York's infamous Sing Sing Prison (now the Ossining Correctional Facility) didn't know. Dow Hover, New York's last 'State Electrician', didn't know it. Eddie Lee Mays … Continue reading On This Day in 1963: New York State’s Last Execution, Eddie Lee Mays. →

On This Day in 1964 – The Last Executions In Britain.

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As regular readers are aware, I cover true crime here and the death penalty is a regular feature. Being an abolitionist, it's with some small satisfaction that we're going to look at Britain's last executions. To the minute, if you happen to be reading this at 8am. On August 13, 1964 Gwynne Evans and Peter … Continue reading On This Day in 1964 – The Last Executions In Britain. →