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episode 10: Half hanged Smith(and other stories)
Hanging was the traditional execution throughout England and Scotland for Centuries, but it wasn't always successful. In todays episode we look at some who survived the process. They were known as the 'Half-Hanged'.
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bcmj.org/premise/history-bloodletting
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Seddon, Peter, Crime's Strangest Cases, portico, 2012
https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/half_hanged.html