Albert Pierrepoint

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English executioner (1905-1992)

United Kingdom ActorsLived 1905 to 1992 · aged 87

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Albert Pierrepoint was an English hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956. His father Henry and uncle Thomas were official hangmen before him.

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Albert's father Henry

Facsimile of British hangman's equipment, shown at Wandsworth Prison museum

Execution Box number eight, containing all the equipment needed for an executioner; shown at Wandsworth Prison museum $X-ray of the cervical spine with a hangman's fracture. Left without annotation, right with. The C2 (red outline) is moved forward with respect to C3 (blue outline).$ X-ray of the cervical spine with a hangman's fracture. Left without annotation, right with. The C2 (red outline) is moved forward with respect to C3 (blue outline).

Irma Grese and Josef Kramer, both officials at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, awaiting trial; both were executed by Pierrepoint.

Two of those convicted of treason and hanged by Pierrepoint, John Amery (left) and William Joyce (right)

Albert Pierrepoint's notebook, where he listed the personal details of the people he executed, including Lord Haw-Haw, and the drop length (in feet and inches) each received during their hanging

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The Story of Ruth Ellis1977

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FatherHenry Pierrepoint

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