A few years ago I received a question about the science of hanging and whether or not there was such a thing as a “traveling hangman.”
The mythical version of a traveling hangman probably never existed as there weren’t enough hangings to make a living at it. George Maledon of Judge Parker’s court in Ft. Smith hanged at least 60 but he was an exception. A responsible h
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