In today’s episode I cover the case of the woman, whose execution would be the first female hanging Albert would witness while working as an assistant for his uncle, and lead executioner, Thomas Pierrepoint.

Resources
Portsmouth Evening News - Thursday 30 January 1936 Daily Mirror - Saturday 18 January 1936 Daily Herald - Thursday 30 January 1936 Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 07 February 1936 https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1449357&resourceID=19191 https://www.workhouses.org.uk/BurtonUponTrent/ http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/belvedere-road-workhouse-general-history Daily News (London) - Wednesday 26 February 1936 Reynolds's Newspaper - Sunday 29 March 1936 Daily News (London) - Friday 28 February 1936 Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser - Wednesday 04 March 1936 Western Mail - Tuesday 31 March 1936 Gloucestershire Echo - Monday 30 March 1936 Daily News (London) - Monday 24 February 1936 Daily News (London) - Friday 28 February 1936 Nottingham Journal - Tuesday 22 September 1936 Daily News (London) - Thursday 20 February 1936 Daily News (London) - Friday 07 February 1936 Daily News (London) - Thursday 16 April 1936 Dundee Courier - Friday 10 April 1936 Daily News (London) - Thursday 23 January 1936 Cornishman - Thursday 06 February 1936 Daily News (London) - Friday 14 February 1936 Portsmouth Evening News - Monday 13 April 1936 Daily Herald - Friday 14 February 1936 Illustrated Police News - Thursday 24 February 1938
Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry, published by Pan books ltd.
Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography
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