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5 unusual facts about Hangman


Archaeological Services Inc.

ASI is the only major Canadian archaeological consulting company to liaise on a regular basis with film and television producers, such as the History Channel, YAP Films and Ballinran Productions, for the production of popular historical documentaries, such as Death or Canada, Explosion 1812, Curse of the Axe, and Hangman's Graveyard, which feature ASI archaeological projects.

Brian O'Dea

O'Dea can be heard narrating the 2009 documentary Hangman's Graveyard, which tells the story of an archaeological investigation at Toronto's Old Don Jail to uncover a long forgotten cemetery.

Hangman's fracture

According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the group under the highest risk of C2 fractures are elderly people within the age group of 65-84(39.02%) at risks of falls (61%) or motor accidents (21%) in metropolitan areas (94%).

Hangman's Graveyard

Davis fled and nearly a year later was found serving time in Auburn State Penitentiary, New York.

Hangman's Hymn

Samples from the track "Me-Devil" are featured on the Global Metal trailer.


Adel Souto

Upon returning to Miami, he replaced the vocalist for Hangman, in 1992, changing their name to Timescape Zero (two cassette demos, one split 7-inch, and two LPs).

Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne

Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne(Alraune, the hangman's daughter, named Red Hanna) is a 1918 silent science fiction horror film directed by Eugen Illés and Joseph Klein and starring Max Auzinger in which a Doctor uses the sperm of a dead man to impregnate a prostitute.

Arthur Ellis

Arthur B. English, Canada's official hangman who used the pseudonym Arthur Ellis, as did some of his successors

Bartholomew Binns

Before becoming hangman, Binns was employed as foreman platelayer at Dewsbury by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, but after he got the post he no longer worked anywhere.

Black Hood Comics

The title continued directly on from Hangman Comics, starting from issue #9 (Winter 1943), with a 68-page issue featuring new stories of the costumed hero Black Hood replacing Hangman, and a continuation of the "Boy Buddies" series featuring Shield's partner 'Dusty the Boy Detective' and Wizard's side-kick 'Roy the Superboy' The series was edited by Harry Shorten.

Capital punishment in Gibraltar

The hangings were carried out by British hangman Albert Pierrepoint, who had travelled undercover to Gibraltar to carry out the executions.

Cowboy Copas

While continuing to appear on the Opry, Copas recorded several other hits during the late 1940s and early 1950s, including "Signed Sealed and Delivered", "The Tennessee Waltz", "Tennessee Moon", "Breeze", "I'm Waltzing with Tears in My Eyes", "Candy Kisses", "Hangman's Boogie", and "The Strange Little Girl".

Crime Writers of Canada

The awards are named for Arthur B. English, a British expatriate who, under the pseudonym Arthur Ellis, became Canada’s official hangman in 1913.

Gerald Verner

He also wrote stage plays included adaptations of Peter Cheyney’s "The Urgent Hangman" into "Meet Mr. Callaghan" (1952) and the Agatha Christie thriller "Towards Zero" (1956).

Hangman Books

Hangman Books has published poetry books and pamphlets by Billy Childish, Tracey Emin, Bill Lewis, Vic Templer, Joe Corkwell, Sexton Ming, Philip Absolon, Chris Broderick, Mark Lowe, Neil Sparks, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Dan Melchior, Dan Belton, Alfie Howard, Simon Robson, Steve Prince, Joe Machine, Wolf Howard and Amanda Collier, among others.

Hangman Island

Hangman Island, also known as Hayman's Island, is an island in the Quincy Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.

HM Prison Crumlin Road

The hangman in charge was Thomas Pierrepoint, the gaol's most regular hangman, who carried out six executions in the gaol between 1928 and 1942.

Hollinwood, Greater Manchester

Prolific twentieth-century hangman Albert Pierrepoint owned a public house on Manchester Road named "Help the Poor Struggler".

Jock Stewart

Robert Leslie Stewart (1918–1989), also known as Jock Stewart, Scottish hangman

Letter frequency

The use of letter frequencies and frequency analysis plays a fundamental role in cryptograms and several word puzzle games, including Hangman, Scrabble, Bananagrams, and the television game show Wheel of Fortune.

Margaret Clancey

Clancey edited twenty-nine Hollywood films from 1927 to 1938, including Hangman's House, Society Girl, Slaves of Beauty, Song o' My Heart, The Gay Desperado, History Is Made at Night, Mother Knows Best, Splendor and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Mercat Cross, Edinburgh

After the Restoration Samuel Rutherford's Lex, Rex, regarded by the Monarchy as a dangerously seditious tract, was burned at the Cross by the common hangman in 1661.

Pep Comics

Issue #26 (April 1942) had a 'Remember Pearl Harbor' cover, with The Shield, Dusty and The Hangman ringing the Liberty Bell while a Japanese and a German soldier were tied up in the bell-rope.

Pete Koch

Silk Stockings (1992) - J.T. "The Hangman" Martin in episode "Blo-Dri"

Society of King Charles the Martyr

It is known the regicides approached Richard Brandon, the common Hangman of London, but that he refused, and contemporary sources do not generally identify him as the King's headsman.

The Image in the Mirror

"The Image in the Mirror" is short story by Dorothy L. Sayers, featuring Lord Peter Wimsey and published as the first story in Hangman's Holiday.

Tick-Tock

When the Hangman assumed control of the Night Shift, he encouraged each member to join him in a campaign of terror against Hollywood, pointing to their backgrounds for reasons why they should hate Hollywood.


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