“TO BECOME AN EXECUTIONER” and More Violent True Crime Stories! #WeirdDarkness

IN THIS EPISODE: Christopher Slaughterford was seemingly a completely ordinary young Englishman – but he has earned an unenviable place in the legal books. (T
he Trials of Christopher Slaughterford) *** For Allen Taylor, January 15, 1919 was just another day on his farm near Prescott, Iowa. That is, until his 15-year-old neighbor Irene Hoskins came stumbling down the lane with a gash in the side of her head. (The Hoskins Family Murders) *** How did someone get the job of an executioner in medieval times? We’ll find out! (To Become An Executioner)

(Dark Archives episode from April 07, 2020)
SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…
“The Trials of Christopher Slaughterford” from Strange Company: https://tinyurl.com/wnbueyf
“The Hoskins Family Murders” by John Brassard Jr. for The Line Up: https://tinyurl.com/weq3ytl
“To Become an Executioner” from Today I Found Out: https://tinyurl.com/tbg8txy
“Mellifcation: The Sweet Tasting Side of Corpse Medicine”: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/5783
BOOK: The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century: https://amzn.to/2xdVBnH
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