Confessions of the Hangman Podcast
1) What's in a name
Had it been solely in the hands of the Snuneymuxw first nation , the crime might have been forgiven. But to the Canadian legal authorities killing a four-year-old because of his name, was unambiguousl...Show More
2) The dammed camera
From the same cell-block that had housed the famous Louis Riel, Gaddy and Racette were led to the scaffold on June 13, 1888. A grimly humorous footnote was added in 1894. Photographer Allen Sutherlan...Show More
3) Liberty village history
In 1887 Robert Neil had received a two-year sentence in the Central Prison for stealing a barrel of apples from a G.T.R. car on Dominion Day 1887.. he would eventually kill guard john Rutledge ...The ...Show More
4) The Bluebell murder
The tale of Robert Evan Sproule is indeed a sad one. It has been much talked about and written about over the years, He came from Maine, Poor Robert really was an unfortunate man. He had found a promi...Show More
5) The largest mass hanging in Canadian history
The Frog Lake Massacre was part of the Cree uprising during the North-West Rebellion in western Canada. Led by Wandering Spirit, young Cree men attacked officials, clergy and settlers in the small set...Show More
6) The heart of Manitoba
What can be said that has not already been said about the man who gave his heart for his country Louis Riel was the undisputed spiritual and political head of the short-lived 1885 Rebellion. He never ...Show More
7) The lazier murder
In 2007, a rough stone slab was discovered in a section of the Glenwood Cemetery in Picton set aside for families unable to afford the price of a plot. Scratched in uppercase letters on the stone are ...Show More
8) Execution as a deterrent
William Robert Robertson, commonly known as Robby, about 19 years old, was hanged in the prison in New Westminster in the spring of 1884. He was convicted mainly on his own evidence for the murder of ...Show More
9) A wicked boy
Lawyer John Maxwell had written notes in preparation for a murder defence in 1883. The trial for which Maxwell was preparing arose from the gruesome murders of four members of the Cooke family of Litt...Show More
10) The Buck lake murder
The spring arises at Kingston, in the year 1882, opened on Wednesday, April 19th. The business before the court on the first two days did not occasion any great public interest. But On Friday the 21st...Show More