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Cheating The Hangman

Historically Speaking Podcast by Rebecca Robbins & Kim Kimmel

Jun 1, 202234:31History

Imagine being hung three times… unsuccessfully. That’s exactly what happened to Englishman, John “Babbacombe” Lee in 1885. Or in the case of Herman Göring, being slipped a cyanide pill just hours before you were schedule...

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Cheating The Hangman is an episode from Historically Speaking Podcast by Rebecca Robbins & Kim Kimmel. Imagine being hung three times… unsuccessfully. That’s exactly what happened to Englishman, John “Babbacombe” Lee in 1885. Or in the case...

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