Weird Darkness

Weird Darkness

#BotchedExecutions | Half-Hangit Maggie And The Man Who Survived Three Ropes

October 8, 202621 min

0:0020:30

About this episode

Margaret Dickson was hanged in Edinburgh in 1724 and began moving in her coffin when the men taking her home stopped for a drink. In 1803, in Sydney, three ropes in a row failed to hang Joseph Samuel. From the book “BOTCHED EXECUTIONS: Four Centuries Of Failed Hangings, Electrocutions, Gassings, Injections And Firing Squads” by Darren Marlar at https://weirddarkness.com/botchedexecutions WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: October 07, 2026 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HM3LZM9M/

Comments

No comments yet.