Gibbeting - History's Most BRUTAL Execution Method?

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When people were caught and found guilty of crimes in 18th-century England, they could find themselves being hung from a gibbet. It was most often used for traitors, robbers, murderers, highwaymen, and pirates and was intended to discourage others from committing similar offenses. So join us today as we look at, 'Gibbeting - History's Most BRUTAL Execution Method?'
00:00 - Introduction
00:14 - What was a gibbet punishment?
00:51 - Origins of Gibbeting and Early Practices
01:07 - Gibbeting in England
01:38 - The Murder Act of 1752
01:46 - Why Women were not gibbeted?
02:00 - The Spectacle Of Gibbeting
02:39 - Decline and Abolition of Gibbeting