Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "What It Was Actually Like To Be Present At A Frontier Hanging" video.

Having watched this video I was interested in how hangings in the US matched those in the UK. When, in 1845, a notorious killer was to be hanged in Manchester, England, excursion trains were run from various parts of the county. Some 250,000 people watched the execution. The condemned were also given the right to their last words. One highwayman, John Rann known as Sixteen String Jack because he had sixteen colour strings hanging from the bottom of his britches, went further then that. Known for his quick wit and kept the crowd entertained all the way to the gallows where he then danced a gig before being hung. At a hanging broadsides would be sold. This was a large sheet of paper which on one side would be printed such things like the last words or a final confession of the killer. Ballads about the killer would also be sold on broadsides and the seller would constantly sing the ballad so that people could learn the tune. So not so different from Britain.
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