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#BotchedExecutions | Half-Hangit Maggie And The Man Who Survived Three Ropes

Margaret Dickson was hanged in Edinburgh in 1724 and began moving in her coffin when the men taking her home stopped for a drink. In 1803, in Sydney, three ropes in a row failed to hang Joseph Samuel. From the book “BOTCHED EXECUTIONS: Four Centuries Of Failed Hangings, Electrocutions, Gassings, Injections And Firing Squads” by Darren Marlar at https://weirddarkness.com/botchedexecutions WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. Originally aired: October 07, 2026 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HM3LZM9M/

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  NO WAY OUT: The Number 2172 Kept Finding Edgar Logan | #RetroRadio

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  THE NIGHT HE CAME HOME – HALLOWEEN: The Full Novelization Of The 1978 Movi…

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  #BotchedExecutions | Willie Francis Walks Away From Gruesome Gertie

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  DORIS BITHER: The 1974 Culver City Haunting That Became The Entity

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  PORTAL IN THE PASTURE: Five People Watched David Lang Vanish In 1880

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  #TwoLostHours | The Abduction Every Story After Was Measured Against

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  THE LIBRARY IS NOW CLOSED: A Grove City Halloween Ghost Story | #MidnightI…

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  #BotchedExecutions | Eva Dugan And The Shroud She Made For Herself

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  #BotchedExecutions | Black Jack Ketchum And The Rope That Took His Head

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  RENDLESHAM FOREST: UFOs, Cover-Ups, and the Men in Black

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  THE MARY CELESTE MYSTERY: Empty Decks And Endless Questions