Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

Following in the footsteps of his father and uncle before him, Albert Pierrepoint joins the family business in 1934. He rises through the ranks to become the most feared and respected executioner in the country, hanging over 450 people in his lifetime. Living a double life as a master hangman, and a grocery deliveryman and loyal husband,Pierrepoints obsession to become the Number One executioner in the country results in his selection as executioner for some of Britains most infamous murderers and Nazi war criminals. But this brings notoriety, shattering Pierrepoints guarded anonymity and turning him into a minor celebrity. Taking pride in his professionalism, Pierrepoint executes James Inglis with the fastest hanging on record, seven seconds, and also hangs Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in the UK. But he faces his toughest challenge when he is called on to hang his friend James "Tish" Corbitt, after Corbitt murders his girlfriend. When public opinion turns against capital punishment, Pierrepoint becomes a scorned man and is ready to give it all up, but fate has other plans in store for him. A devastating, true-life story of Albert Pierrepoint, Britains most notorious hangman.

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