#BotchedExecutions | John Lee, The Man They Couldn't Hang
Podcast: Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime StoriesPublished On: Sat Oct 10 2026
Description: On the morning he was to hang at Exeter in 1885, John Lee told his warders he'd dreamed the scaffold wouldn't work. Then the hangman pulled the lever again and again, and the trapdoor under Lee never opened.From the book “BOTCHED EXECUTIONS: Four Centuries Of Failed Hangings, Electrocutions, Gassings, Injections And Firing Squads” by Darren Marlar at https://weirddarkness.com/botchedexecutionsWeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: October 09, 2026https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HM3LZM9M/More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.
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