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Albert Pierrepoint (* 30. März 1905 in Clayton, Bradford; † 10. Juli 1992 in Southport) war von 1932 bis 1956 Henker für das Vereinigte Königreich. Mit rund 450 Exekutionen, die ihm zugeschrieben werden, war er der meistbeschäftigte Henker seines Landes.
Albert Pierrepoint (/ ˈ p ɪər p ɔɪ n t /; 30 March 1905 – 10 July 1992) 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.
9. Feb. 2024 · Albert Pierrepoint’s extraordinary life and career birthed an international celebrity that has veered between adulation and discomfort for almost 80 years. It has often been repeated that no...
7. Apr. 2021 · Apr 7, 2021. In December 1945, Albert Pierrepoint was given an unusual mission: to execute 13 Nazi war criminals in one day. Along with the commander of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, he also executed the “young 21-year-old blonde who used to carry a riding crop to beat inmates to death,” as well as the doctor who decided who ...
2. Juli 2018 · Whatever the exact number, Albert Pierrepoint remains one of modern history’s most prolific legal killers — with a fascinating story to match. The Beginnings Of An Executioner. Albert Pierrepoint, born March 30, 1905 in Yorkshire, was always going to be an executioner. At the age of just 11, Pierrepoint wrote in an essay, “When ...
6. Nov. 2015 · Published: November 6, 2015 7:55am EST. Gallows legacy. Albert Pierrepoint and the nature of the executioner. Global Panorama, CC BY-SA. Fifty years ago this Sunday, Britain passed a law which...
12. Apr. 1992 · Für Albert Pierrepoint, 90, bis 1956 Oberster Henker in Großbritannien, der es auf weit über hundert Exekutionen brachte, gehörte solche Sorgfalt zur Familientradition: Schon sein Vater und...
