I thought I'd open this blog with an image that I stumbled upon during my research this week. It contains two forms of shaming punishments adopted relatively infrequently in my period of study. I thought it was warranted, not least to show that hanging was the dreadful apex of a whole arsenal of bizarre and sadistic state punishments. Also, if …
Author: paddyxavier
My name is Dr. Patrick Low. I received my PhD in December 2019 for a thesis on capital punishment and post-mortem punishments in the North-East of England between 1752-1878. I am particularly interested in the reporting of executions in the press, postdeath practices on the body of the executed, the execution crowd and burial procedures. I have appeared on a number of episodes of BBC's Murder, Mystery and My Family and am available for other projects relating to my studies. I also created the website www.criminalcorpses.com for a brilliant Leicester University & Wellcome Trust Project. I am not quite as pretentious as my photo suggests. patrickxavierlow@gmail.com
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