Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman is a British drama film directed by Adrian Shergold and written by Jeff Pope and Bob Mills. The film portrays the highly fictionalized account of the British executioner ...

The Bible says "Thou shalt not kill", but that's just a book the state sticks in a defendant's hand before it condemns him to death. Such complexities, or ironies, or whatever they are, were never the ...

A SMILING pub landlord led a secret double life and was responsible for the deaths of nearly 600 people. Anyone supping a pint in a boozer where Albert Pierrepoint worked would more than likely be ...

The Vault is Slate’s new history blog. Like us on Facebook; follow us on Twitter @slatevault; find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. Albert Pierrepoint was an ...

07:00, Sun, Sep 24, 2023 Updated: 07:44, Sun, Sep 24, 2023 Many Brits around the country have a regular boozer where they are at least familiar with the person who pulls their pint. However, there was ...

Albert Pierrepoint, the Lancashire grocery deliveryman who doubled as England’s most prolific and self-effacing executioner between 1934 and 1956, was not, as the title of Adrian Shergold’s new drama ...

As Timothy Spall plays him, Albert Pierrepoint is rather dispassionate about all this killing. He sees himself simply as the instrument of the state, an efficient tool whose purpose is to expedite a ...

A chilling insight into the mind of man who killed hundreds of people has been revealed as the notebook of a prolific British hangman is exposed. Albert Pierrepoint executed more than 400 people over ...

The meticulous notes mention Derek Bentley, who was wrongly hanged for murder A notebook and other items belonging to Britain's most famous hangman have sold at auction for £20,000. Albert Pierrepoint ...

Movie Review | 'Pierrepoint — The Last Hangman' By Stephen Holden Timothy Spall is the quintessential blundering bloke in English movies. You’ve seen him in several Mike Leigh films, playing a portly ...

Pierrepoint (opening June 8 at Landmarks Hillcrest Cinemas) bears the subtitle The Last Hangman. Apparently that's not entirely accurate but the film proves to be a fascinating portrait of a man whose ...