Hanging was the traditional execution throughout England and Scotland for Centuries, but it wasn't always successful. In todays episode we look at some who survived the process. They were known as the 'Half-Hanged'. Twitter: the historical crimes and criminals podcast email: thehistoricalcrimespodcast@yahoo.com ko-fi.com/historicalcrimespodcast www.executedtoday.com/2008/12/24/1705-john-half-hanged-smith-half-hanged/comment-page-1/ bcmj.org/premise/history-bloodletting www.executedtoday.com/category/what/not-executed/pardons-and-clemencies/reprieved-at-the-last-moment/page/2/ Seddon, Peter, Crime's Strangest Cases, portico, 2012 https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/half_hanged.html