
Britain’s Most Prolific Executioner
From After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
Published 8/4/2025

From After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
Published 8/4/2025
For Albert Pierrepoint, execution was a family affair. His father and uncle were hangmen and from the 1940s until the late 1950s Albert was Britain's "Number One" executioner. Which meant he was the one sent to hang the Nazis who ran the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at the end of the war.Who…