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podcasts. I'm in Williamsburg, Virginia, touring the old gallows where 18th century criminals were

publicly executed. It has been the site of the final breaths for countless thieves, grifters, and murderers.

In the summer of 1752, a convicted killer named John Sparks escaped the nearby jail by sawing the iron bars and bashing the guard over the head with a bottle.

He was captured the next day and then quickly executed.

The public jail in Williamsburg, like all jails, has a troubled history.

That's what it would have looked like.

Right here, this structure back over there?

Yeah.

So you guys, this is where they would hang people.

What was the method?

Was it the weight in the 1800s, it was like the weight down.

I think it was the weight, but I would double check with cash on that one.

It's a terrible way to die.

It's so much better to be dropped.

Yeah, I mean it's as brutal.

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