The Tyburn Tree: Public Execution in England

The Morbid Curiosity Podcast

Aug 28 2024 • 31 mins

CW: Detailed descriptions of execution methods and corpse desecration

Before 1868, executions in England were held in designated public spaces. One of these was famous due to its long history as a place of death and for the large number of criminals that could be executed at once. That place was Tyburn and its infamous execution apparatus was known as the Tyburn Tree.