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Moot Hall - site of Richard Charlton's trialNewcastle' Moot Hall - site of Richard Charlton's trial. Image courtesy of https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/moot-hall/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/p07y98jc.jpgBBC One's A Christmas CarolBBC One's A Christmas Carol https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/nro-8751-52-768x544-1-e1577101827154.jpgNRO-8751-52-768x544Northumberland Record Office (NRO 8751/52) Morpeth Prison (ND). https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/barry-redfern.jpgBarry RedfernFormer Super Intendent of Northumberland Police and author of several books on execution in the North East of England, Barry Redfernhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/marcus-price.jpgMArcus PriceMy Father in law and Fashion Supremo Marcus Price.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/24.jpgThe Railwayman - Charles Dickens All Year Round"'Do you see it?' I asked him." by E. A. Abbey. 10.1 x 13.2 cm framed. From the Household Edition (1876) of Dickens's Christmas Stories, p. 249. The "tale of the uncanny" originally appeared without illustration in Mugby Junction in the December 1866 "Extra Christmas Number" of All the Year Round. [Click on the image to enlarge it. Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham. Formatting, color correction, and linking by George P. Landow. Image courtesy of Victorian Web2022-03-29T10:34:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/talks/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screenshot-2020-07-28-at-10.50.15.pngScreenshot 2020-07-28 at 10.50.15https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/p07tw2c5.jpgMurder Mystery and My Family - Herbert Rowse ArmstrongMurder Mystery and My Family - Herbert Rowse Armstronghttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/p074qypr.jpgMurder Mystery and My Family BBCMurder Mystery and My Family BBC. Michael Gilligan case. Image courtesy of BBC Iplayerhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-11-17-at-12-04-07.pngscreen-shot-2016-11-17-at-12-04-072021-11-03T16:55:35+00:00weekly0.6https://lastdyingwords.com/2021/02/16/the-original-tommy-fury/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/talksport-tommy-fury.jpgTommy FuryTommy Fury - Image courtesy of Talk Sporthttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tommy-fury-boxer.jpgTommy Fury BoxerTommy Fury of Boxing and Celebrity Love Island Fame. 2021-02-16T10:16:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2020/06/19/the-hated-hangman/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/a-brighton-hot-bath-george-cruickshank-1807.jpgA Brighton hot Bath - George Cruickshank 1807George Cruickshank, A Brighton Hot Bath, or Preparations for the Royal Wedding!! (Sidebotham, 1816). Prince Leopold being forcibly bathed before his wedding to Princess Charlotte of Wales as he was 'so filthy and venereally diseased.' Just one of hundreds of prints that detail the highest society to the eschatological and more besides in Vic Gatrell's wonderful work.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/king-louis-execution-00005-public-domain-review.jpgking-louis-execution-00005-Public Domain ReviewDialogue: I lose a head I find one: [print] / [unidentified]. Image courtesy of Public Domain Review via Gallica.BNF https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screenshot-2020-07-14-at-12.53.26.pngScreenshot 2020-07-14 at 12.53.26John Murdoch, 'a sketch of him taken from the life' that appeared in the Newcastle Journal report of Jacob Fredrik Ehlert's execution at Durham in 1839. https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/newcastle-witch-pricker.jpegNewcastle Witch Prickerhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/joel-harrington-imperial-city-of-nuremberg.jpgjoel-harrington-imperial-city-of-nurembergThe Hangman's House in c17th Nuremberg. Positioned on an island in the city, demaractaing the social seperation of the hangman. Image courtesy of Joel Harrington's fascinating The Faithful Executioner (full ref below).2020-07-15T12:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2020/04/20/peterrushton/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ziggurat-chogha-zanbil-susa-iran.jpgZiggurat-Chogha-Zanbil-Susa-IranZiggurat at Choghā Zanbīl near Susa, Iran. Robert Harding Picture Library/Sybil Sassoon.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/peter-rushton.jpgpeter rushtonPeter Rushton. 2020-04-24T08:19:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2020/01/17/orwell-and-the-rope/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/execution1-e1579530515855.jpgThomas Rowlandson An Execution outside Newgate Prison (after 1790).Thomas Rowlandson An Execution outside Newgate Prison (after 1790). https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/tyburn-british-museum.jpgTyburn - British MuseumThe very unremarkable site of execution as seen in William Capon's 1880 work. A view of Tyburn, looking across Hyde Park towards London; in the foreground, to right, is the shadow cast by a gallery used for spectators to public executions; directly behind the gallery is a paddock bordered on the left side with some farm buildings and on all other sides with a fence; several cows graze in the paddock. 1785. Image courtesy of British Museum under CC licence. https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/74417914.jpg74417914Execution of Doolan and Redding. Broadisde. 1841. National Library of Scotland, Word on the Street Archive. https://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/view/?id=16835 https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/george_orwell_c._1940.jpgGeorge_Orwell,_c._1940George Orwell c. 1940. Image by Cassowary Colorizations. CC licence. https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/l0007160.jpgL0007160 Execution of the William BurkeGeorgCassowary Colorizations2020-01-20T15:01:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2020/01/03/death-by-excercise-the-dreaded-treadmill/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sir-william-cubitt.jpgSir WiIlliam CubittSir William Cubitt by Unknown artist oil on canvas 29 3/4 in. x 25 in. (756 mm x 635 mm) Bequeathed by Rex Wailes, 1990 Primary Collection NPG 6109 Image courtesy of National Portrait Gallery under Creative Commons Licence. https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/800px-punishment_sisyph.jpg800px-Punishment_sisyphSisyphus (1548–49) by Titian, Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain. Image courtesy of Wikimedia. https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/screenshot-2020-01-02-at-13.47.20-e1577972915866.pngScreenshot 2020-01-02 at 13.47.20An illustration of a treadmill at Brixton Prison. (Saxthorpe, near Aylsham, Norfolk; 1824). Shelfmark 6307.n.37. Image courtesy of British Library https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/description-of-the-tread-millhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/peter-pan-screencap-peter-pan-1726733-768-576.jpgPeter-Pan-Screencap-peter-pan-1726733-768-576.jpghttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/januaryblog11-1024x773-1.jpgJanuaryblog11-1024x773.jpgDetail on treadmill at Newcastle Gaol. http://historyofnewcastle.blogspot.com/2015/04/newcastle-gaol.html?m=1THOMAS Oliver map 1830 shows treadmillhttps://blog.twmuseums.org.uk/insults-and-infighting-in-seventeenth-century-newcastle/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/20191225_205308.jpg20191225_205308.jpghttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/screenshot_20191225-215833_chrome.jpgScreenshot_20191225-215833_Chrome.jpghttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/20191225_202946.jpg20191225_202946.jpghttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/20191225_203055.jpg20191225_203055.jpghttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/20191225_140018.jpg20191225_140018.jpg2020-01-03T13:48:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2017/09/01/quacks-bavs/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/101453.jpg1014532019-11-02T23:48:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2017/08/30/the-changing-presentation-of-punishment-in-the-north-east-of-england-1816-1868-part-2/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jawsspielberg675.jpgDirector Steven Spielberg. Courtesy of http://www.damndirtygeeks.com/?p=2413Director Steven Spielberg. Courtesy of http://www.damndirtygeeks.com/?p=24132017-09-14T10:34:59+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2017/07/12/the-changing-presentation-of-punishment-in-the-north-east-of-england-1816-1868/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/slide26.jpgSlide26https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/slide25-e1504101280595.jpgSlide25https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/slide24.jpgSlide24https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/slide23.jpgSlide23https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/slide22.jpgSlide22https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/slide21-e1504101223177.jpgSlide21https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/slide20.jpgSlide20https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/slide19.jpgSlide19https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/slide18.jpgSlide18https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/slide17.jpgSlide172017-09-07T12:17:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2017/08/23/conferences-criminal-corpses-and-the-power-of-communicatin/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2017-08-31-at-09-01-15.png1868 conference website homepageConference website homepage.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/circa-social-memory-presentation-021.jpgcirca-social-memory-presentation-021https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2017-08-29-at-13-29-28.pngScreen Shot 2017-08-29 at 13.29.28Picture Credit http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0596k27https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2017-08-30-at-10-04-36.pngScreen Shot 2017-08-30 at 10.04.36An unamed man awaits his execution, in BBC's Quacks. Picture Credit http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0596k27https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/the-lit-phil.jpgThe-Lit-PhilFantastic Literary and Philosophical Societyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/noose.jpg200533182-001Hangman's noose against black background2017-08-31T10:02:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2017/01/05/cornwall-and-capital-punishment-hanging-around-on-holiday/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/15896417_10101859685183392_992507142197683263_o.jpg15896417_10101859685183392_992507142197683263_oTrebah Gardens. Image author's ownhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/15896275_10101859681515742_7056901830171073486_o.jpg15896275_10101859681515742_7056901830171073486_oGiants Night, Lostwithiel (New Years Eve). Image author's ownhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/15895858_10101859681530712_1537986674421593182_o.jpg15895858_10101859681530712_1537986674421593182_oGiants Night, Lostwithiel (New Years Eve). Image author's ownhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/15895800_10101859681675422_1683672829260999365_o.jpg15895800_10101859681675422_1683672829260999365_oTrebah Gardens. Image author's ownhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/15875461_10101859685058642_8598584954312226008_o.jpg15875461_10101859685058642_8598584954312226008_oTremeheere Gardens with my girlfriend. Image author's ownhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/15874926_10101859681435902_8776613549692980802_o.jpg15874926_10101859681435902_8776613549692980802_oA Foggy Fowey Harbour. Image author's ownhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/15843976_10101859681840092_983100491764581392_o.jpg15843976_10101859681840092_983100491764581392_oA Fowey Boozer with a nod to Cornwall's criminal past. Image author's ownhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/15800539_10101859681316142_6561383632205082413_o.jpg15800539_10101859681316142_6561383632205082413_oA Sculpture at Tremeheere Gardens. Image author's ownhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/15800360_10101859681835102_8099398675293858808_o.jpg15800360_10101859681835102_8099398675293858808_oImage author's ownhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/15800338_10101859681301172_1805389142962501124_o.jpg15800338_10101859681301172_1805389142962501124_oSt Michael's Mount. 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Image courtesy of national trust.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/p1020563.jpgP1020563https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/p1020558.jpgP1020558Deputy Dog (Aka Remy) sniffing out the site for any clues or more likely just looking for something to piss on.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/p1020576.jpgWinter's Gibbet 7th Feb 2016 - Image by Patrick Low (www.lastdyingwords.wordpress.com)The awesome beauty of the Northumberland countryside - beautifully juxtaposed with a Nissan NV200 !https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/p1020608.jpgP1020608Winter's Gibbet on the horizon.2017-03-17T11:49:32+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/12/15/christmas-capital-punishment/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/screen-shot-2016-12-22-at-15-00-07.pngscreen-shot-2016-12-22-at-15-00-072016-12-23T10:56:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/12/13/gibbets-gin/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/who_was_john_christie__the_real_story_of_the_rillington_place_serial_killer.jpgwho_was_john_christie__the_real_story_of_the_rillington_place_serial_killerhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/p04jqxf5.jpgp04jqxf5Muslims Like Us - BBChttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/gin-lane-hogarth.jpggin-lane-hogarthWilliam Hogarth Gin Lane Description English: Gin Lane, from Beer Street and Gin Lane. A scene of urban desolation with gin-crazed Londoners, notably a woman who lets her child fall to its death and an emaciated ballad-seller; in the background is the tower of St George's Bloomsbury. February 1751. Image courtesy of WIkimedia Commons.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/winters-gibbet.jpgwinters-gibbet2016-12-16T10:41:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/11/24/murder-in-the-ouseburn-books-of-human-skin/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/l0043481.jpgL0043481 A notebook allegedly covered in human skinL0043481 A notebook allegedly covered in human skin Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org A notebook allegedly covered in human skin. The label reads 'The cover of this book is made of Tanned Skin from the Negro whose Execution caused the War of Independence'. c. 1770 - 1850 c. 1770 - 1850 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/tooth-of-saint-apollonia.jpgtooth-of-saint-apolloniaReliquary containing a tooth, reputedly that of Saint Apollonia, in the treasury of the cathedral of Porto, Portugal. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commonshttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/v0010453.jpgV0010453 William Hunter (1718-1783) in his museum in Windmill StreetV0010453 Credit: Wellcome Library, London William Hunter (1718-1783) in his museum in Windmill Street on the day of resurrection, surrounded by skeletons and bodies, some of whom are searching for their missing parts. Engraving, 1782. 1782 Published: H. Humphrey,London (No. 18 New Bond Street) : 8 February 1782 Size: platemark 18.8 x 31.2 cm. Collection: Iconographic Collections Library reference no.: ICV No 10708 Full Bibliographic Record Link to Wellcome Library Catalogue Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/screen-shot-2016-11-25-at-11-00-34.pngscreen-shot-2016-11-25-at-11-00-34https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/danny_dyer__the_man_who_would_be_king.jpgdanny_dyer__the_man_who_would_be_kingImage courtesy of Radio Times2022-03-29T10:31:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/11/18/phrenology-public-speaking-punishments/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/title_wide_banner.jpgtitle_wide_bannerhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/cover-jpg-rendition-460-707.pngcover-jpg-rendition-460-707https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2016-10-31-shane-photo-3.jpg2016-10-31-shane-photo-3V0011105 Credit: Wellcome Library, London Franz Joseph Gall leading a discussion on phrenology with five colleagues, among his extensive collection of skulls and model heads. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1808. 1808 By: Thomas Rowlandsonhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_9973.jpgimg_99732016-11-24T12:58:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/05/04/twos-company-twenty-five-thousands-a-crowd/2016-11-22T00:08:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/09/19/king-power-leicester-and-the-law/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/king-power-stadium.jpgKing Power Stadiumhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-09-28-at-17-56-51.pngscreen-shot-2016-09-28-at-17-56-51https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9167.jpgimg_9167https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9159.jpgimg_9159https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9158.jpgimg_9158https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9152.jpgimg_9152https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9151.jpgimg_9151https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9149.jpgimg_9149https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9148.jpgimg_9148A replica of James Cook's Gibbet on show at Leicester's Guildhall. The original gibbet was buried near the site with the body still encased and "dug up in the twentieth century by workmen carrying out improvements to the junction and the cage was donated to the H. M. Prison Service museum who passed it later to Nottingham’s Galleries of Justice where it remains."[1] [1] Sarah Tarlow, “The Technology of the Gibbet,” International Journal of Historical Archaeology 18, no. 4 (September 14, 2014): 695, doi:10.1007/s10761-014-0275-0.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_9147.jpgimg_91472016-11-22T00:04:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/10/14/france-foucault-florists-forgotten-punishments/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/screen-shot-2016-10-19-at-18-30-18.pngFrench Guillotine stonesThese stones are part of five that mark the location of a Parisian guillotine. The machine of death was constructed at the entrance to the now shut and demolished Prison de la Roquette. Images courtesy of http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/guillotine-place https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/crystal-maze.jpgThe Crystal Mazehttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/napoleon-bonaparte.jpgnapoleon-bonaparteNapoleon Bonapartehttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_9504.jpgOuseburn - Patrick LowThis was taken one evening this week. To the right of the shot is a new art installation with two demonic babies on top of three cars, titled Unfairground, and to the left is the side of The Ship pub (emblazoned with a sheeps head). I always like to imagine the artist commissioned to do the mural slightly misheard the pubs name and the owners just went with it.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_9501.jpg1839 original timber sturcture replaced by iron 1869 - year after executionhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/624.jpg624https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/san-quentin-new-death-chamber-press-room.jpgSan Quentin Prison's New Execution Chamberhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/guillotine-wellcome-images.jpgguillotine-wellcome-imagesBlade from a guillotine, France, c.1794.2016-11-22T00:02:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/10/27/a-warning-for-the-future/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/slide17.jpgslide17https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/slide15.jpgslide15https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/slide14.jpgslide14https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/slide13.jpgslide13https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/slide11.jpgslide11https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/slide09.jpgslide09https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/slide08.jpgslide08https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/slide07.jpgslide07https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/slide06.jpgslide06https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/slide05.jpgslide052016-11-22T00:01:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/11/05/murder-mobs-massive-trump/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/donald-trump-grow-up.jpgdonald-trump-grow-uphttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_9663.jpgimg_9663Shire Hall plaque.2016-11-21T23:59:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/your-turn/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/tired_of_reading_web.jpgtired_of_reading_web'I am tir'd of reading', c. early 19th century, from a print found in a scrapbook of the Bowker family of Winchester; reproduced courtesy of and with thanks to the Hampshire Record Office, catalogue. Courtesy of www.oldbaileyonline.orghttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/thumb_industry_11.jpgthumb_industry_112016-11-21T23:53:49+00:00weekly0.6https://lastdyingwords.com/2016/11/11/post-truths-half-truths-half-hung-macdonald/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/15095714_941132092684605_4617259885521872628_n.jpg15095714_941132092684605_4617259885521872628_nThe willing model undergoes surgery. What the photo doesn't convey is just how cold the Castle was and the model stayed stock still for 90 minutes. remarkably impressive really.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/14947840_937280283069786_3110172796647955359_n.jpgDr Suzy Lishman demonstrating a criminal dissection at Newcastle's Castle Keep. Image courtesy of Newcastle Castlehttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_9871.jpgimg_9871https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_9824.jpgimg_9824https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_9872.jpgimg_9872Not Vitalhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_9842.jpgimg_9842Anthea Hamiltonhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_9856.jpgimg_9856The Hepworth Wakefieldhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_9828.jpgimg_9828https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_9825.jpgimg_9825Kawshttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_9821.jpgimg_9821Not Vital2016-11-21T23:18:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/10/06/scotland-selfies-diabolical-surgeons/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/william-burke-skeleton.jpgwilliam-burke-skeletonThe skeleton of William Burke. On display at Edinburgh's Anatomy Museum. Image courtesy of Murderpedia https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_9378.jpgimg_9378https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_94021.jpgimg_9402https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/l0019663.jpgL0019663 Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. KnoxL0019663 Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox; satirizing Wellington and Peel extinguishing the Constitution for Catholic Emancipation. Coloured etching 1829 By: William HeathPublished: April 1829 Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_9377.jpgimg_9377https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_9402.jpgimg_9402https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/the-dogs-edinburgh.jpgthe-dogs-edinburghThe Dogs, Edinburgh. Hands down my favourite restaurant for miles around.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/l0007160.jpgL0007160 Execution of the William BurkeL0007160 Execution of the William Burke Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Execution of the notorious William Burke, the murderer who supplied Dr. Knox with subjects. From a contemporary print c. 1820's Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_9362.jpgimg_9362https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_9381.jpgimg_93812016-10-14T10:01:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/09/12/jihadis-jarrow-and-justice-being-done/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_8753.jpgimg_8753https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_8750.jpgimg_8750https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_8745.jpgimg_8745https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_8743.jpgimg_8743https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_8651.jpgimg_8651https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_8603.jpgimg_8603https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_8574.jpgimg_8574https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_8570.jpgimg_8570https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_8331.jpgimg_8331https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/joblingsswinginggibbet.jpgjoblingsswinginggibbetJobling's Swinging Gibbet by Jarrow Brewery. Sadly the brewery went into administration last year, but rather befitting of this story it has recently been given a new lease of life under a new name.2016-09-29T11:05:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/05/04/scaffold-the-engine-of-death/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/durham-crown-court.jpgDurham Crown CourtModern Day Durham Crown Court. The building frontage appears entirely in fitting with the descriptions of executions from 1816 onwards. The square stone pegs where the scaffold supports sat still visible to the top left and top right of the central black door.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_5232-e1462447686197.jpgIMG_5232Execution of Thomas Smith and Milner Lockey (Broadside)https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/screen-shot-2016-04-19-at-14-21-56.pngScreen Shot 2016-04-19 at 14.21.562016-05-07T20:50:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/03/09/dying-in-private-execution-in-the-north-east-1868-1878-part-2/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_5712.jpgIMG_5712The astonishing Bowes Museum.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cncs-discipline-talk-014.jpgCNCS Discipline Talk.014https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cncs-discipline-talk-013.jpgCNCS Discipline Talk.013https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cncs-discipline-talk-012.jpgCNCS Discipline Talk.0122016-03-25T15:25:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/03/03/dying-in-private-execution-in-the-north-east-1868-1878/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/robert_mapplethorpe_self-portrait_1980.jpgRobert_Mapplethorpe,_Self-portrait,_1980https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dan-davies-in-plain-sight-saville.jpgDan Davies In Plain Sight Savillehttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mary-ann-cotton-execution-position-durham-gaol.jpgDurham Prison 1857Extract from the 1st edition of the Ordnance Survey map of Durham showing the County Gaol, 1857. (Image courtesy of Durham County Record Office, ref. Durham Sheet xxvii.1.19) Click on image to enlarge. To the bottom right of the image you can see the 'South East' area of the jail where prisoners were executed.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cncs-discipline-talk-010.jpgCNCS Discipline Talk.010https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cncs-discipline-talk-009.jpgCNCS Discipline Talk.009https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cncs-discipline-talk-008.jpgCNCS Discipline Talk.008https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cncs-discipline-talk-006.jpgCNCS Discipline Talk.006https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/view-of-an-execution-newgate-jail.jpgView of an execution Newgate Jail Image Courtesy of http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/Summer11/prisons/#executionhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cncs-discipline-talk-005.jpgCNCS Discipline Talk.005https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cncs-discipline-talk-004.jpgCNCS Discipline Talk.0042016-03-18T17:10:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/02/23/hanging-a-highwayman-part-3/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-03-10-at-13-26-45.pngScreen Shot 2016-03-10 at 13.26.45https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/beacon-lough-house.jpgBeacon Lough HouseBeacon Lough House Date Unknown Gateshead Old Pictures Ref: GL003350 Item Description: 677 Old Durham Road Image Courtesy of http://www.gatesheadhistory.com/large-houses.htmlhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/beacon-lough-house-2.jpgBeacon Lough House 2Beacon Lough House Photographer: Walton, C.R. Date: 1964 iSee Gateshead Old Pictures Ref: GL003512 677 Old Durham Road Image courtesy of http://www.gatesheadhistory.com/large-houses.htmlhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-03-10-at-13-27-41.pngScreen Shot 2016-03-10 at 13.27.41Beacon Lough Plantation from 1877 Ordnance Survey Map of Gateshead from Gateshead Central Libraryhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-03-10-at-13-13-53.pngScreen Shot 2016-03-10 at 13.13.53https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-03-10-at-13-04-27.pngScreen Shot 2016-03-10 at 13.04.27https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-03-10-at-11-38-31.pngBeacon Lough Plantation from 1877 Ordnance Survey Map of Gateshead from Gateshead Central LibraryBeacon Lough Plantation from 1877 Ordnance Survey Map of Gateshead from Gateshead Central Libraryhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_5028.jpgIMG_5028https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/angel-of-the-north.jpgThe Angel of the Northhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-02-24-at-12-45-01.pngThe division of Old Durham Road and New Durham Road as it is now. Notice the winding "Long Bank" at the start of the Old Durham Road, mentioned above, and the almost Romanesque directness of the New Durham Road. Image courtesy of Google MapsThe division of Old Durham Road and New Durham Road as it is now. Notice the winding "Long Bank" at the start of the Old Durham Road, mentioned above, and the almost Romanesque directness of the New Durham Road. Image courtesy of Google Maps2016-03-11T13:49:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/02/22/hanging-a-highwayman-part-2/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-02-23-at-15-19-21.pngWilliam Todd, Thomas Bell, and Matthew Wheatley, “Gateshead High Fell from Beacon Hill to the Seven Stars Inn,” December 26, 1822, Thomas Bell & Sons, surveyors Plans, Tyne and Wear Archives, http://www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk/DServe2/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=(RefNo=%27DT.BEL/2/211%27).William Todd, Thomas Bell, and Matthew Wheatley, “Gateshead High Fell from Beacon Hill to the Seven Stars Inn,” December 26, 1822, Thomas Bell & Sons, surveyors Plans, Tyne and Wear Archives, http://www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk/DServe2/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=(RefNo=%27DT.BEL/2/211%27).https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image11.jpgWilliam Todd, Thomas Bell, and Matthew Wheatley, “Gateshead High Fell from Beacon Hill to the Seven Stars Inn,” December 26, 1822, Thomas Bell & Sons, surveyors Plans, Tyne and Wear Archives,William Todd, Thomas Bell, and Matthew Wheatley, “Gateshead High Fell from Beacon Hill to the Seven Stars Inn,” December 26, 1822, Thomas Bell & Sons, surveyors Plans, Tyne and Wear Archives, http://www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk/DServe2/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=(RefNo=%27DT.BEL/2/211%27).https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/specular-reflection.jpgSpecular Reflectionhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-02-23-at-13-31-16.pngScreen Shot 2016-02-23 at 13.31.16James Murray. Picture taken from the bookplate of https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_4989.jpgIMG_4989Commemorative Plaque on the site.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_4991.jpgIMG_4991Gateshead Central Library. For anyone who of you 'lazy student' haters, I took this photo as I was sat on the bench opposite 30 minutes early for the library opening - having walked from the River Tyne. Do i get a medal now?https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_4988.jpgIMG_4988Thomas Bewick's house, West Street, Gateshead. Ironically given the Hazlett link, this was also the site of Post Office. 2016-03-04T15:01:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/02/10/hanging-a-highwayman/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bielbys-map-of-newcastle.jpgBielby's Map of NewcastleA Plan of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Gateshead 1788) engraved by J.Bielby. Courtesy of http://www.picturesofgateshead.co.uk/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-02-12-at-12-54-45.pngScreen Shot 2016-02-12 at 12.54.45https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screen-shot-2016-02-12-at-12-54-37.pngScreen Shot 2016-02-12 at 12.54.37Beacon Lough today courtesy of Google Maps. From Left to Right Google Earth, Google Maps.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image3.jpgimage3https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image2.jpgimage2https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image1-e1455279670447.jpg"Plan of the Roads on the South Part of Gateshead Fell" (1805)"Plan of the Roads on the South Part of Gateshead Fell" (1805) Tyne and Wear Archives DT.BEL/2/205 http://www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk/DServe2/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=(RefNo=%27DT.BEL/2/205%27 2016-02-26T14:10:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2016/01/28/social-memory-part-2/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/camila-batmanghelidjh-008.jpgCamila BatmanghelidjhCamila Batmanghelidjh, Founder of Kids Company2016-02-05T11:29:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/12/28/social-memory-and-the-sites-of-execution/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/circa-social-memory-presentation-0181-e1454064834563.jpgCIRCA SOCIAL MEMORY PRESENTATION.018https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/george-vass-009.jpggeorge vass.009Modern day Carliol Sqaurehttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/george-vass-008.jpggeorge vass.008https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/daily-mail-comment-001.jpgdaily mail comment.001https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/circa-social-memory-presentation-046.jpgCIRCA SOCIAL MEMORY PRESENTATION.046https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/circa-social-memory-presentation-045.jpgCIRCA SOCIAL MEMORY PRESENTATION.045https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/circa-social-memory-presentation-044.jpgCIRCA SOCIAL MEMORY PRESENTATION.044https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/circa-social-memory-presentation-043.jpgCIRCA SOCIAL MEMORY PRESENTATION.043https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/circa-social-memory-presentation-042.jpgCIRCA SOCIAL MEMORY PRESENTATION.042https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/circa-social-memory-presentation-041.jpgCIRCA SOCIAL MEMORY PRESENTATION.0412016-01-29T12:46:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/12/24/capitally-punished-at-christmas/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/shackleton_large.jpgShackleton_Largehttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/morpeth-map-1826.jpgMorpeth Map 1826Morpeth, Woods Town Map (1826) courtesy of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne2015-12-25T12:15:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/11/16/panopticons-semi-private-prisons/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screen-shot-2015-11-19-at-17-57-52.pngScreen Shot 2015-11-19 at 17.57.52Modern day Carliol Square - the site of the former Gaol. https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/newgate.jpgnewgateNewgate 1813https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screen-shot-2015-11-19-at-10-33-59.pngScreen Shot 2015-11-19 at 10.33.59Drunkard's Cloak Courtesy of Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend 1888https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/jane-jamiesons-ghost-combined.jpegJane Jamieson's Ghost combined.Robert Emery, “Sandgate Pant; Or, Jane Jemieson’s Ghost” 1846, http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=N1901602.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screen-shot-2015-11-19-at-14-54-21.pngScreen Shot 2015-11-19 at 14.54.21https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screen-shot-2015-11-19-at-13-06-29.pngScreen Shot 2015-11-19 at 13.06.29The view from Erick St, looking onto Carliol Square and the site of the long demolished Newcastle Gaolhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screen-shot-2015-11-19-at-13-04-43.pngScreen Shot 2015-11-19 at 13.04.43Plan of Newcastle and Gateshead - Made by John Wood (1827). This copy is held in the Tyne and Wear Archives.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screen-shot-2015-11-19-at-13-13-17.pngScreen Shot 2015-11-19 at 13.13.17https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screen-shot-2015-11-19-at-14-21-35.pngScreen Shot 2015-11-19 at 14.21.35Durham Cathedral Lumiere Festival 2015 2015-11-20T08:27:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/11/05/dreams-death-durham/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/durham-house-overlooking-execution.jpgNumber 30, Old Elvet Durham. This house and its ornate iron balcony was often rented out to the better off members of North Eastern society to get a better view of the execution spectacle. It is currently home to the Durham University School of Applied Social Sciences. https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_3361.jpgIMG_3361Dreamers, By Elisa Artesero. SHowing at Lumiere Festival Thursday 12th - Sunday 15th Novemberhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screen-shot-2015-11-12-at-16-44-30.pngScreen Shot 2015-11-12 at 16.44.30Durham Crown Court Gardens. This is where the hundreds and often thousands of spectators would have gathered to watch the executions take place. At the back of the image you can see Durham Crown Courthttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_3332.jpgIMG_3332https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fishing-industry-1981-by-nick-hedges.jpgFishing Industry, 1981 by Nick Hedgeshttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fra-angelico-rastignirea-14201.jpgfra-angelico-rastignirea-14201https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screen-shot-2015-11-12-at-10-42-08.pngScreen Shot 2015-11-12 at 10.42.08Durham Crown Court entrance. Directly above the door to the right and left you can see two, small block squares (marked by red arrows). These were the holes for the beam supports for the scaffold. A macabre reminder, to all who enter, of the punishments their criminal forebears may have faced. The window above the door was the point from which the condemned would step out from onto the platform, as described in the executions belowhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_3330.jpgIMG_3330The sillhouette of Durham Cathedral dominating the skyline. In the centre of the picture the lit sign is for the Court Inn public house. To the left of the shot you can see the steps that lead up to Durham Crown Courthttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_3325.jpgDurham Crown Courthttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_3323.jpgIMG_3323Durham Crown Court entrance. Directly above the door to the right and left you can see two, small block squares. These were the holes for the beam supports for the scaffold. A macabre reminder to all who enter, of the punishments their forebears faced.2015-11-13T14:41:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/10/15/dead-man-walking/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tsamiad.jpgTsamiadhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screen-shot-2015-10-29-at-10-18-21.pngScreen Shot 2015-10-29 at 10.18.21A modern overview of the now extant Barber Surgeon's Hall. To the bottom right of the picture you can see the roof of the, surviving, gardener's cottage. The greenery around it may well be the remnants of the long established garden.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screen-shot-2015-10-29-at-10-16-01.pngScreen Shot 2015-10-29 at 10.16.01https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_31091-e1446051964773.jpgIMG_3109The Hospital listed here is the Holy Jesus Hospital detailed above, to the right of the hospital, in the image, is a building marked W. This is Barber Surgeons Hall and the land immediately to the south of it was its gardens.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_3111-e1446051766990.jpgIMG_3111Surgeons Hall, taken from from Henry Bournes 1736 Map of Newcastlehttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_3109-e1446051528881.jpgIMG_3109Rev Henry Bournes 1736 Map of Newcastle, available at the Tyne and Wear Archiveshttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_3070.jpgIMG_3070https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screen-shot-2015-10-28-at-16-23-54.pngScreen Shot 2015-10-28 at 16.23.54View from under the rail bridge, looking out to Pilgrim Street roundabout. On the right of the picture, the red brick building is the Holy Jesus Hopsital, which has stood there for over 700 years. The Barber Surgeons' Hall would have been roughly where I am as the photographer in this shot.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screen-shot-2015-10-28-at-16-22-02.pngScreen Shot 2015-10-28 at 16.22.02https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderThe Town Moor, Newcastle2015-11-02T08:37:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/10/07/cornwall-crime-conundrums/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screen-shot-2015-10-09-at-10-41-58.pngScreen Shot 2015-10-09 at 10.41.58Barbara Hepworth at work.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2291-e1444383031282.jpgIMG_2291Hell's Gash by Miriam Quince.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/wave-barbara-hepworth.jpgWave Barbara Hepworthhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2250.jpgIMG_2250Wave by Barbara (1943 - 1944) Hepworth. Medium Wood, paint, stringhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fotorcreated.jpgFotorCreatedBarbara Hepworth sculpture garden, St Ives, Cornwall.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2302.jpgIMG_2302The astonishing cemetary at St Just In Rose, Cornwall, just off the banks of the river.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tate-st-ives.jpgtate-st-ivesInterior of Tate St Ives. 2015-10-09T09:43:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/09/30/crucifixion-corbyn-county-durham-christ/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/fra-angelico-rastignirea-142011.jpgfra-angelico-rastignirea-14201https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/storydweller-read-through.jpgStorydweller read throughStorydweller script read through with Hot Gulp and the amazing Jacqueline Wright, Steve Oram and Gabby Best2015-10-02T10:59:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/09/08/death-donation-dubious-organs/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/daliwithgoat.jpgSalvador Dali In Paris, France In 1953FRANCE - CIRCA 1953: Salvador Dali With A Goat In Paris, France In 1953 (Photo by REPORTERS ASSOCIES/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nhs-organ-donor-register.jpgNHS Organ Donor Registerhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/blog-article-ideas.jpgBlog article ideasImage Courtesy of New York Times. 2015-09-25T09:24:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/09/14/dissecting-a-woman/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/screen-shot-2015-09-16-at-16-45-34.pngScreen Shot 2015-09-16 at 16.45.34https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/screen-shot-2015-09-16-at-16-29-36.pngScreen Shot 2015-09-16 at 16.29.36https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/screen-shot-2015-09-16-at-16-23-30.pngScreen Shot 2015-09-16 at 16.23.30https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/barbersurgeonshall-e1442221535979.jpgBarberSurgeonsHallBarber Surgeons Hall Newcastle on the Manors site.2015-09-17T09:38:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/09/07/hang-em-high/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/fra-angelico-rastignirea-14201.jpgfra-angelico-rastignirea-14201Fra Angelico. The image depicts to the right of Christ holding a stick with a sponge on it. https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ceci-est-ma-femme.jpgceci est ma femmeThe cover image from Oliver Sack's 'The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat'. The image is a nod to Magritte's famous painting The Treachery of Images (1929).https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tissot-i-thirst-vinegar-given-to-jesus-547x741.jpgtissot-i-thirst-vinegar-given-to-jesus-547x741Image Courtesy of Joyful Heart. Painting by James Jacques Tissot (French painter and illustrator, 1836-1902). Biography. Nearly all of Tissot's paintings of the Life of Christ (1884-1896) are rendered in opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper and are owned by the Brooklyn Museum, New York.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/screen-shot-2015-09-07-at-15-29-10-e1441636312871.pngScreen Shot 2015-09-07 at 15.29.10Image courtesy of Robert Baden-Powell and Elleke Boehmer, Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship (OUP Oxford, 2005), 28.2015-09-14T08:22:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/09/03/shame-dogshit-siegheils/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2014-02-18-dailymail-large.jpg2014-02-18-dailymail-largeA Daily Mail online article on Charles II in which a photo of Bridget Christie dressed as Charles was used by accident. As she incitefully points out, there are many things funny about this error, not least the fact that it is clearly a photo (a medium less popular in the c17th). 2015-09-04T10:50:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/07/15/sex-death-dickens/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_0763.jpgRomy Achituv's Cataract Gorge. Bruges Trienallehttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dickens-all-year-round.jpegDickens All Year RoundDickens’s bound copies of All the Year Round. Image courtesy of the Guardianhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/11692738_10101223092190852_2857790477335244377_n.jpg11692738_10101223092190852_2857790477335244377_nThe view from the accommodation i picked for my stay with Hannah Price in Bruges/The view from the uni recommended accommodation for the conference in Ghent. See if you can guess which is which.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_0832.jpgIMG_0832https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_0871.jpgDistraction 2https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_0823.jpg....I hate myself too!The view from the conference dinner balcony Saturday night....Don't worry, I'd hate metoo!2015-07-17T10:17:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/06/26/new/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0785.jpgIMG_0785https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0670.jpgIMG_0670https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0627.jpgIMG_0627https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/strappado-and-rhianna1.jpegStrappado and Rhiannahttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0774-e1436425391793.jpgIMG_0774Instruments of torture? or titilation?https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fishing-industry-1981-by-nick-hedges.jpgFishing Industry, 1981 by Nick Hedgeshttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lemmy.jpegLemmyLemmyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/the-judas-cradle-torture-museum.jpegThe Judas Cradle - Torture MuseumThe Judas Cradle - Torture Museum, Brugeshttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0686.jpgIMG_0686A spike onto which the offender is lowered anus first and is left to slide down.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_0702.jpgIMG_0702C2016-03-11T17:55:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/06/24/presenting-procrastinating-and-the-pursuit-of-knowledge/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_7111-e1435137872638.jpgPeople's Choice AwardThe People's Choice Award for the North East 3 Minute Thesis competition2015-06-25T09:49:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/06/03/whats-in-a-sentence/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/gibbet-thomas-bewick1.pngGibbet - Thomas BewickGibbet - Thomas Bewick courtesy of Newcastle Central Library. https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6857.jpgIMG_6857Peter Paterson's sentence for treason 1761https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6866-e1433421108149.jpgIMG_6866https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6864.jpgIMG_6864https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/gibbet-thomas-bewick.pngGibbet from Thomas Bewick's Vignettes, courtesy of www.gutenberg.orghttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6883.jpgIMG_6883https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6882.jpgIMG_68822015-06-12T10:31:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/05/21/the-national-archives/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_6629-e1432802086701.jpgIMG_6629https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_6626.jpgIMG_6626The sunny National Archives at Kewhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_6624.jpgIMG_6624https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_6622.jpgIMG_66222015-06-03T20:29:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/05/20/well-hung-half-hung-or-not-hung-at-all/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lamberts-leap-british-library.jpgLambert's Leap British LibraryLambert's Leap Engraver: Dawne, P Medium: Aquatint Date: 1786 Courtesy of http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/kinggeorge/l/003ktop00000032u057g0000.htmlhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hot-gulp-live-drawing.jpgHot Gulp live drawing2015-05-21T11:12:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/05/14/death-dissection-and-the-doctor/2015-05-14T08:53:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/04/16/punishment-the-press-and-private-execution-part-3/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/screen-shot-2015-04-22-at-22-36-58.pngScreen Shot 2015-04-22 at 22.36.58Inquest document for Hugh Slane's execution. These documents were placed on the doors of the prison for the public to witness once the sentence had passed. Document courtesy of the Sunderland Antiquarian Society 2015-04-23T10:14:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/04/16/punishment-the-press-and-private-execution-part-2/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/durhamyard-1.jpgOne of the sites of the gallows at Durham Prison, after execution was moved inside the prison walls in 1868 courtesy of capitalpunishmentuk.orghttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/geordie-jodie.gifGeordie Jodiehttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/william-calcraft-broadside-entitled-the-life-of-calcraft.jpgWilliam Calcraft - Broadside entitled The Life of CalcraftExecutioner William Calcraft from a broadside entitled The Life of Calcraft. Courtesy of www.blackcountrymuse.com2015-04-20T08:30:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/03/30/punishment-press-private-execution/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jon-ronson-publicly-shamed-e1428568343126.jpgAuthor Jon Ronson and his latest book, So You've Been Publicly Shamed2015-04-10T16:16:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/03/26/methodology-in-the-madness-2/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/radio-4-today-programme-e1427707452949.jpgRadio 4 Today programme.The eerily silent broadcast of Radio 4's Today programme.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_5734.jpgIMG_5734https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/newspaper-versus-ipad-e1427368560167.jpgNewspaper versus ipad2015-03-30T09:35:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/03/17/public-violence-the-pillory/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/eighteenth-century-illustration-of-perjurer-john-waller-pilloried-and-pelted-to-death-in-london-1732.jpgEighteenth-century illustration of perjurer John Waller pilloried and pelted to death in London, 1732Eighteenth-century illustration of perjurer John Waller pilloried and pelted to death in London, 1732 courtesy of wikipediahttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/actor-richard-mansfield-in-a-stage-adaptation-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-published-1887-british-library.jpgActor Richard Mansfield in a stage adaptation of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Published 1887 British LibraryActor Richard Mansfield in a stage adaptation of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Published: 1887 Creator: Henry Van der Weyde Held by: American Museum of Photography Image Courtesy of The British Library.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mise-en-abyme-photo.jpgMise En Abyme photo coutresy of https://www.flickr.com/photos/emilyyoulton/6860182442/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/robert-spence-watson.jpgRobert Spence Watsonhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/chambers_1908_pillory.pngPillory taken from CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Courtesy of 2015-03-19T11:53:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2014/05/19/well-hung/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/punishment_sisyph.jpgMyth Of Sisyphushttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/screen-shot-2014-05-21-at-12-00-31.pngReading Mercury Monday 15 August 1785 p.3 courtesy of www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.ukhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/screen-shot-2014-05-21-at-11-57-05.pngReading Mercury Monday 15 August 1785 p.3 courtesy of www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk2015-03-16T16:23:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/03/11/bruges-reviews-week-of-good-news/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/merryenglandlg.jpgMerry England - An engraving by William Heath from 1831 showing the artist's view of justice. Taken from The Hanging Tree by Vic Gattrell. (DUL ref: 343.23 GAT). Courtesy of www.community.dur.ac.ukhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/tony-soprano.jpgTony Sopranohttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/patrick-roussos.jpgPatrick Roussoshttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/research-society-for-victorian-periodicals.pngResearch Society for Victorian PeriodicalsResearch Society for Victorian Periodicals annual conference, Ghent University. I am lucky enough to have been accepted to speak there.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bruges.jpgBrugesBruges. Image courtesy of http://insta20.com/2015-03-12T11:18:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/02/26/dear-diary-attending-the-execution/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/how-i-left-the-national-grid-cover-artwork.jpgHow-I-Left-The-National-Grid-cover-artworkhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/screen-shot-2015-03-04-at-15-54-34.pngScreen Shot 2015-03-04 at 15.54.34Modern day Pilgrim Street leading on to Northumberland street. Image courtesy of Google Maps. https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_0386-e1425482037358.jpgIMG_0386Richard Lowry Diary extract courtesy of Tyne and Wear Archives. https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/screen-shot-2015-03-02-at-15-50-36-e1425485881301.pnghttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_0384.jpgRichard Lowry Diary 1844. Courtesy of Tyne and Wear Archiveshttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/newcastle-chroncile-microfilm.jpgNewcastle Chronicle MicrofilmNewcastle Chronicle Microfilm. One thing you don't realise at the beginning of a PhD is how much it affects your eyesight. I'll be lucky if I can still see by the end of it!https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/newcastle-central-library.jpgNewcastle Central LibraryNewcastle Central Library as i've never seen it before. The local studies is on the top floor.2015-03-05T11:25:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/02/13/phrenology-post-2/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/reginald-d-hunter.jpgReginald D HunterReginald D Hunterhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/george-combe.jpgGeorge CombeGeorge Combe, Founder of the Edinburgh Phrenological Society. Image courtesy of www.stv.comhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ehlert-and-mueller-trial.pngEhlert and Mueller trialEhlert and Mueller trial sketch taken from the Newcastle Journal 17th August 1839 p.3https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/william_lamb_2nd_viscount_melbourne_by_sir_edwin_henry_landseer.jpgPrime Minister Lord MelbournePrime Minister Lord Melbourne (PM 1834, 1835-41). Courtesy of wikipedia.orghttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/screen-shot-2015-02-23-at-10-18-01.pngPlan of interior of Lit and Phil Newcastle 1822Plan of interior of Lit and Phil Newcastle 1822 taken from the Reports, Papers & Catalogues of the Lit & Phil Society Newcastle upon Tyne 1822. Plus my eerily red fingers.2015-02-26T10:49:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/01/22/phrenologists-punishment-and-the-lit-and-phil/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/phrenology-bust-john-lewis.jpegPhrenology bust John LewisPhrenology bust John Lewishttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/a-meeting-of-the-phrenologists-newcastle-1825.jpgA Meeting of the Newcastle Phrenological Society 1825- British English SchoolA Meeting of the Newcastle Phrenological Society 1825- British English School (c) National Trust, Cragside; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundationhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/screen-shot-2015-01-21-at-14-02-42.pngPortrait of Captain Berckholtz - from a phrenological cast taken by Mr D.DunbarPublished on 3rd August, 1838 in the Northern Liberator.2015-02-19T11:26:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2015/02/09/young-love/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/barry-redfern-signed-book.jpegMy Signed copy of Barry Redfern's Shadow of the Gallows.My Signed copy of Barry Redfern's Shadow of the Gallows.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/screen-shot-2015-02-09-at-14-22-29.pngTeesdale Mercury August 25th 1880Teesdale Mercury August 25th 1880https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/william_congreve_by_sir_godfrey_kneller_bt.jpgWilliam Congreve, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (died 1723)William Congreve, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (died 1723) courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Congrevehttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/screen-shot-2015-02-09-at-11-32-03.pngEvenwood to CockfieldThe walk between Evenwood and Cockfield where William Teesdale found the bodies of the young lovers2015-02-12T11:32:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2014/12/05/christmas-and-capital-punishment/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-16-at-16-08-35.pngOfficial copy of the execution of Richard Charlton: County Prisons, Morpeth printed in the Morpeth Herald 25th Dec 1875.Official copy of the execution of Richard Charlton: County Prisons, Morpeth printed in the Morpeth Herald 25th Dec 1875.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-16-at-17-36-27.pngHome Office refusal to commute the death sentence for Richard Charlton - printed in the Morpeth Herald 25th Dec, 1875. Courtesy of www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.ukHome Office refusal to commute the death sentence for Richard Charlton - printed in the Morpeth Herald 25th Dec, 1875. Courtesy of www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.ukhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-16-at-17-33-23.pngScreen Shot 2014-12-16 at 17.33.23Home Office refusal to commute the death sentence for John William Anderson - printed in the Morpeth Herald 25th Dec, 1875. Courtesy of www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.ukhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-16-at-17-06-38.pngLetter from the Mayor of Morpeth to the Governor of Morpeth Priosn, requesting the bell not be tolled prior and following Richard Charlton's execution for fear of shocking the populace. Morpeth Herald 25th December 1875 - Morpeth Herald. Courtesy of www.britishnewspaperarchive.comLetter from the Mayor of Morpeth to the Governor of Morpeth Priosn, requesting the bell not be tolled prior and following Richard Charlton's execution for fear of shocking the populace. Morpeth Herald 25th December 1875 - Morpeth Herald. Courtesy of www.britishnewspaperarchive.comhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-16-at-16-53-54.pngExecuted in DecemberPeople executed in December in the North East, 1750-1880https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/execution-of-henry-wainwright-1875.jpgExecution of Henry Wainwright 1875The Execution by Hanging of Henry Wainwright at Newgate Gaol on 21st December 1875, published in 'Police News', 1875 by English Schoolhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-16-at-16-13-07.pngScreen Shot 2014-12-16 at 16.13.07Application to Home Office requesting information on rumours that a medical practitioner had requested his head, following execution. Taken from Morpeth Hearld 25th Dec, 1875. Courtesy of wwww.britishnewspaperarchive.comhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-16-at-14-37-29.pngDecember Executions 1750-1880 in the North EastDecember Executions 1750-1880 in the North Easthttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/double-executions-john-william-anderson-of-newcastle-and-richard-charlton-at-morpeth-both-for-murdering-their-wives.gifDouble executions. John William Anderson, of Newcastle, and Richard Charlton, at Morpeth, both for murdering their wivesDouble executions. John William Anderson, of Newcastle, and Richard Charlton, at Morpeth, both for murdering their wives Ballad - Roud Number: V945. Courtesy of the Bodleian Library's Ballads Online Collection2014-12-24T10:42:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2014/12/05/birthdays-bigg-market-hangings-going-viral/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/bigg-market-christmas.jpgBigg Market christmasBigg Market at Christmas. Not like the den of iniquity of old! Courtesy of www.chroniclelive.comhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-15-at-18-32-03.pngSykes Local Records Vol 1. p.202Sykes Local Records Vol 1. p.202https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_4735.jpgMy Daily PhD Workstation complete with Bob Dylan mascot (Bottom Right).My Daily PhD Workstation complete with Bob Dylan mascot (Bottom Right).https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/229087_864908799282_1580313_n.jpgMe, pre 30.Me, pre 30.2014-12-18T12:23:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2014/12/04/osborne-and-the-pleasure-of-pain/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/they-used-to-call-it-the-moon.jpgThey used to call it the moonImage from They USed to Call It The Moon - courtesyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/execution-of-doolan-and-redding.jpgExecution of Doolan and ReddingBroadside entitled 'Execution of Doolan and Redding' courtesy of the Word on the Street project at the National Library of Scotland.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/saddam-hussein-2-reuters-670-x-3501.gifSaddam Husseinhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/george-osborne.jpgBritain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivers his autumn budget in parliament in London2014-12-11T13:50:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2014/12/03/621/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_4626.jpgFinal preparation reading and supporting documents for my talk at the Durham CNCSFinal preparation reading and supporting documents for my talk at the Durham CNCShttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lazarus.jpgThe Raising of Lazarus, by Duccio, 1310–11.The Raising of Lazarus, by Duccio, 1310–11.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-03-at-16-51-13.pngNewcastle Courant - Wednesday 01 August 1711 p.1Newcastle Courant - Wednesday 01 August 1711 p.1 of 4. Courtesy of British Newspaper Archivehttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-03-at-15-46-19.pngThe Newcastle Gazette or Northern Courant- Saturday 23 December 1710 p.1 of 2The Newcastle Gazette or Northern Courant- Saturday 23 December 1710 p.1 of 2. Courtesy of the British Newspaper Archive.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-03-at-15-35-48.pngNewcastle Journal 12th May 1832Editorial taken from the first ever edition of the Newcastle Journal 12th May 1832 p.4. Courtesy of the British Newspaper Archive.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-03-at-15-05-43.pngHot Gulp comedy fundingA clipping from the article about Hot Gulp's funding. I am pictured swinging a light around my head on the Amble coast, in my role as Pastie Belafonte (The Human Lighthouse) in our sitcom pilot Seabastards.2014-12-04T11:13:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2014/10/24/police-killings-posturing-public-opinion/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/death-penalty-yg.pngDeath penalty YGhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0192-21.jpgHarry Roberts convicted of the murder of three unarmed Police Officers in 1966Harry Roberts convicted of the murder of three unarmed Police Officers in 1966. Image coutresy of BBC NEWS2014-10-30T12:20:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2014/10/20/photography-public-punishment-philiproth/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/macauley-culkin-ryan-gosling.jpgMacauley Culkin eternally trapped within Ryan Gosling, who is eternally trapped within Macauley Culkin.Macauley Culkin eternally trapped within Ryan Gosling, who is eternally trapped within Macauley Culkin.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/mise-en-abime.jpegMise En Abymehttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/edwards2.jpgThe Execution of Pierre Vaillat. Lons-le-Saunier, 1897. Courtesy of www.theappendix.net and Wikimedia Commons.The Execution of Pierre Vaillat. Lons-le-Saunier, 1897. Courtesy of www.theappendix.net and Wikimedia Commons.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0189-1.jpgIMG_0189-1https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/russell-brand.jpgRussell Brandhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/last-public-execution-france.jpgLast Public Execution FranceFilm still from Eugen Weidmann’s execution, June 17, 1939. Courtesy of Wikimedia and www.theappendix.net2014-10-23T13:33:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2014/10/13/ballast-burials-ouseburn-body-snatchers/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0178.jpgHeadstone path at Ballast Hills park.Headstone path at Ballast Hills park.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0177.jpgDissenters headstones at Ballast HillDissenters headstones at Ballast Hillhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0176.jpgDissenters headstones at Ballast HillDissenters headstones at Ballast Hillhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0175.jpgDissenters headstones at Ballast HillDissenters headstones at Ballast Hillhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0174.jpgDissenters headstones at Ballast HillDissenters headstones at Ballast Hillhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0173.jpgBallast Hills EntranceThe Entrance to Ballast Hills.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0172.jpgIMG_0172The view over the Tyne from the entrance to Ballast Hills.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/screen-shot-2014-10-17-at-09-23-39.pngFigures for burials at Ballast Hills 1819-1824Figures for burials at Ballast Hills 1819-1824. Taken from a letter to the Newcastle Courant, Sunday 12th March 1825 p2. Apologies for the quality, but that is how i the scan appears.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ballcut.jpgBallast Hills Cemetary News Cutting 1926Ballast Hills Cemetary News Cutting 1926 courtesy of http://www.tynesidesilentcities.com 2014-10-20T08:33:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2014/10/03/presentations-mediated-publicness-and-horse-punching/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/photo-2.jpgphoto 2Awaiting my fatehttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/photo-1-e1412348876321.jpgphoto 1My Presentation poised and ready to go2014-10-06T08:20:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2014/09/24/partridge-phdadvice-philosphicalsocieties/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/the-lit-phil.jpgLiterary and Philosophical Society Newcastle. Courtesy of www.philosopherstable.orgLiterary and Philosophical Society Newcastle. Courtesy of www.philosopherstable.orghttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/url.jpgLiterary and Philosophical Society Newcastle. Courtesy of www.philosopherstable.orgLiterary and Philosophical Society Newcastle. Courtesy of www.philosopherstable.orghttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/jacques-louis_david_-_la_mort_de_marat.jpgJacques-Louis_David_-_La_Mort_de_Marathttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo.jpgphotoHitting the 1,000 views mark on the blog. The three readers taking it over the mark were from Indonesia and Israel. If you know who you are, i'll give you a prize and i know no-one from either country.2014-09-26T12:49:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2014/09/17/death-in-venice/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1557500_10100791326881992_9203208006097315318_n.jpgDoge Remy of Walker.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/tumblr_inline_nc1uqomk1u1re2r8l.jpgtumblr_inline_nc1uqomk1U1re2r8lNighttime staring at a street sign in Cannareggiohttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/local_do_retrato_de_marino_faliero_na_galeria_dos_doges_de_veneza.jpgLocal_do_retrato_de_Marino_Faliero_na_Galeria_dos_Doges_de_VenezaFaliero's picture in the Great Council Hall. The black shroud painted in its place bears the Latin phrase, "This is the space reserved for Marino Faliero, beheaded for his crimes." Courtesy of Wikipedia.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/isolasanmichele.jpgIsolasanmicheleCimitero, Isola de San Michele. View from Venice.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/tumblr_inline_nc1xwl2wml1re2r8l.jpgtumblr_inline_nc1xwl2wml1re2r8lCimitero di San Michele (Venice) courtesy of Wildflower.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/the-execution-of-the-doge-marino-faliero-18261.jpgthe-execution-of-the-doge-marino-faliero-1826(1)The Execution of the Doge Marino Faliero by Eugène Delacroix. Courtesy of the Wallace Collection London.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/wanderer-above-the-sea-of-fog.jpgWanderer above the sea of fog by Caspar David Friedrich. 1818Wanderer above the sea of fog by Caspar David Friedrich. 1818https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4005.jpgIMG_4005https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4004.jpgIMG_4004https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4003-e1410974975615.jpgIMG_40032014-09-19T07:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2014/08/14/holidays-hiroshima-hangings-humour/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/screen-shot-2014-09-02-at-13-20-291.pngScreen Shot 2014-09-02 at 13.20.29https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/screen-shot-2014-09-02-at-13-23-30.pngScreen Shot 2014-09-02 at 13.23.30https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/screen-shot-2014-09-02-at-13-20-29.pngScreen Shot 2014-09-02 at 13.20.29Gaol Grave Secretshttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/screen-shot-2014-09-01-at-17-08-20.pngScreeFrederik Ehlert taken from the Newcastle Journal 17th August 1839 p.3n Shot 2014-09-01 at 17.08.20Frederik Ehlert taken from the Newcastle Journal 17th August 1839 p.3https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/screen-shot-2014-08-29-at-17-37-04.pngHMP Newcastle Grave Plan 1922. HMP Newcastle Grave Plan 1922. Copy provided by B. Redfern, courtesy of Tyne and Wear Archives.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/screen-shot-2014-08-29-at-12-43-44.pngFrederik Ehlert Phrenology Cast Chart findingsFrederik Ehlert Phrenology Cast Chart findingshttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/screen-shot-2014-08-29-at-12-43-56.pngFrederik Ehlert Phrenology Cast ChartFrederik Ehlert Phrenology Cast Charthttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/hommedia.pngThe Anatomy Act 1832. Courtesy of the Science MuseumThe Anatomy Act 1832. Courtesy of the Science Museumhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/index.jpgindexDeath in The Dissecting Room - Thomas Rowlandson courtesy of http://www.18thconnect.org/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_3678.jpgIMG_36782014-09-02T13:01:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2014/08/12/richard-dawson-robin-williams-the-resurrectionists/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/resurrectionists_by_phiz.pngResurrectionists_by_phizUNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1754: Resurrectionists or Body Snatchers raiding cemetery to provide a cadaver for dissection. Illustration by 'Phiz' (Hablot Knight Browne) from Camden Pelham The Chronicles of Crime, London, 1887. (Image courtesy of wikicommons)https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/body-worlds-12.jpgbody-worlds-12Body Worlds @ The Centre for Life, Newcastle.https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/william-joblings-gibbet.jpgWilliam Jobling's GibbetWilliams Jobling's Gibbet displayed at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery. Image coutesy of http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/engage/blog/a-grim-death-for-a-most-heinous-crime%E2%80%A6/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/hogarth-reward-of-cruelty.jpgHogarth-Reward-of-CrueltyWilliam Hogarth's The Reward of Cruelty. 4th plate in a series of 4, courtesy of https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/william-hogarth-the-four-stages-of-cruelty-first-stage-of-cruelty.jpgwilliam hogarth the four stages of cruelty- first stage of crueltyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/images.jpgThe Reward of Cruelty 1 February 1751 Etching and engraving 320 x 380 mm Courtesy Andrew Edmunds, LondonThe Reward of Cruelty William Hogarth. 1 February 1751 Etching and engraving 320 x 380 mm Courtesy Andrew Edmunds, London and www.tate.org.uk2014-08-23T18:28:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2014/08/04/procrastination-prevarication-pink-floyd-shameless-plugs/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/joblings_swinging_gibbet.jpgjoblings_swinging_gibbethttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/51shsuyob-l-_sy344_bo1204203200_.jpgCapital Punishment In Northern England 1750-1900Capital Punishment In Northern England 1750-1900 by David Bentley2014-08-11T16:27:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lastdyingwords.com/2014/07/22/the-times-they-are-a-changing/https://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/newgate.jpgNewgate Prison where Patrick Forbes was incarcerated, prior to his execution. Coutresy of www.aloneinthedarkentertainment.comhttps://lastdyingwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/gl3838836.jpgThe Town MoorThe Town Moor today and its brutal past, including many witch hangings in the 1600's. 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