Episode 163: In New Brunswick, in the fall of 1922 a convicted double murderer named Bennie Swim was hanged for the murder of the woman he loved, his first cousin Olive and her husband, Harvey Trenholm. Bennie didn’t die the first time, so the authorities hanged him again.

Co-host: Carol Browne
Promo: Murderish

Sources:

The Ballad of Benny Swim (original) - Mike Q - YouTube

Hanged Twice_Benny Swim

Bennie Swim | Cases | Crime and Punishment | Projects | Faculty of Arts | UNB

ExecutedToday.com » 1922: Benny Swim, “dead as a door-nail” (or not)

The Carleton County Man Who Was Hung Twice ”Benny Swim”

Benny “Bennie” Swim (1899-1922) - Find A Grave Memorial

The Life of a Screw - Douglas E. Arch

Drop Dead: A Horrible History of Hanging in Canada: Poplak, Lorna

HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca

Harvey Dixon Trenholm (1883-1922) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Olive M (Swim) Trenholm (1905-1922) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Benny Swim (1899-1922) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

William Guy Carr - Wikipedia

This Week in New Brunswick History

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