Capital Punishment – A Selection of Fifty Historical Cases
Capital Punishment – A Selection of Fifty Historical Cases brings together fifty carefully selected cases from the history of execution in Britain, compiled into a structured and professionally formatted volume.
What’s included?
- Fifty historical execution cases
- A professionally formatted PDF ebook
- Carefully structured and edited case narratives
- Material drawn from nineteenth and twentieth century records
- Includes photographs and historical illustrations throughout
- Instant download after purchase
Why this book?
While many of the cases are based on material available on the website, they have been substantially reworked and rewritten for this volume. Each case has been edited for clarity, consistency, and narrative flow, and is presented as part of a structured and continuous work, organised into themed sections, rather than as individual articles.
The book also includes photographs and historical illustrations throughout, providing additional context and making it a more complete and engaging reading experience.
Cases included
- Peter Anthony Allen and Gwynne Owen Evans — Britain’s Last Hangings
- James Francis Hanratty — The A6 Murder
- Robert Andrew McGladdery — Northern Ireland’s Last Hanging
- Henry John Burnett — Scotland’s Last Execution
- Vivian Frederick Teed — The Last Man Hanged in Wales
- Ruth Ellis — The Last Woman Hanged in Britain
- Theodore Schurch — The Last Man Executed for Treachery
- Rhoda Willis — The Last Baby Farmer to Be Hanged
- Ronald Henry Marwood — The Murder of a Police Officer
- Arthur Robert Boyce — From Romance to Execution
- Walter Rowland — For the Murder of a Prostitute
- Clifford Godfrey Wills — A Case of Overkill
- James McNicol — Hanged for Manslaughter?
- Vincent Ostler and William Appleby — Murder in the Course of Robbery
- Dr. Buck Ruxton — The “Jigsaw Murders” of 1935
- Patrick Herbert Mahon – “The Crumbles Murder”
- Susan Newell – A Senseless Murder
- William Murphy – Murder of His Ex-Partner
- The Stratton Brothers – The First Murder Solved by Fingerprint Evidence
- Samuel Sydney Dashwood & George William Silverosa – Hanged by a Palm Print
- John Charles Parr – Murder Outside the Police Station
- Harold Amos Apted – Child Rape and Murder
- Annie Walsh and Michael Talbot – Murder at Carnane
- Louisa Masset – The Murder of Her Son
- Mary Ann Ansell – For the Murder of Her Sister
- The Case of Daniel Driscoll and Edward Rowlands – “If I Am to Die, I Die as an Innocent Man”
- Emily Swann & John Gallagher – The Wombwell Murder
- William Broome – A Robbery Murder
- Selina Wadge – Child Murder in Cornwall
- Frances Stewart – The Murderous Grandmother
- Fowler and Milsom With William Seaman – The Last Triple Hanging at Newgate
- The Executions of the Phoenix Park Murderers
- Margaret Walber – Liverpool’s Locked-Room Murderess
- Elizabeth Berry – A Classic Murder for Gain
- Catherine Churchill – Hanged for the Murder of Her Husband
- Margaret and Laurence Shiel – The Tullamore Gaol Executions of 1870
- Alexander Mackay – The First Private Execution at Newgate
- Thomas Wells – Britain’s First Private Execution
- Frances Kidder – The Last Woman to Hang in Public
- Franz Müller – Britain’s First Railway Murder
- Catherine Wilson – The Last Woman to Suffer in Public Outside Newgate
- Alice Holt – Hanged for Matricide
- Catherine Foster – A Teenage Wife Poisoner
- John Tawell – “The Man Hanged by the Electric Telegraph”
- Abel Ovans and Eliza Dore – The Child Murder at the Newport Millpond
- Rebecca Smith – The Last Woman in Britain to Hang for Infanticide
- The “Bloody Steps” – The Rape and Murder of Christina Collins
- Francois Benjamin Courvoisier – The Murder of Lord William Russell
- Mary Anne Barry – The Last Short Drop Female Hanging
- Edith Thompson & Frederick Bywaters – Love, Letters and the Gallows
Look inside
A short preview of the book, including the contents and a sample case, can be viewed below.
Prefer to start with a free introduction?
If you would like to begin with a smaller selection, you can download a free introductory ebook containing ten historical cases.
About the website
This website is dedicated to the history of capital punishment in Britain, providing detailed case studies, execution records, and historical analysis. The material is drawn from a wide range of historical sources and has been carefully compiled to present a clear and accurate account of each case.
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