In the 1940s and ’50s, British hangman Albert Pierrepoint made a career out of executing everyone from infamous serial killers to Nazi war criminals.
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SALEM’S MOST BRUTAL EXECUTION: The 1692 Death of Giles Corey | #WDRadio WEEK OF AUG 31, 2025
When the Salem witch trials reached their peak of hysteria in 1692, 81-year-old Giles Corey became the only person in American history to receive a court-ordered execution by crushing, defiantly gasping “more weight” as stones were piled on his chest over two agonizing days. His gruesome death, carried out in a public pit where neighbors could watch, helped turn the tide against the witch trials as witnesses realized no true servant of Satan would endure such torture with such stubborn defiance.
Skeleton shows man died by one of history’s cruellest and most painful execution methods
When scientists dug up a skeleton in Milan they soon realised the young man had not suffered a normal death, but had first been tortured in one of history’s cruelest ways.
Two Women Were Murdered on This Island in 1873. Something Has Been There Ever Since.
On a 27-acre rock six miles off the New Hampshire coast, two Norwegian women were killed with an ax before dawn in 1873 — and the island reportedly hasn’t been quiet since.
The Rougarou: Louisiana’s Wolf Curse and the Legend That Crossed an Ocean
The Rougarou has haunted the Louisiana bayou for centuries — but its origins trace back to medieval France, where people were executed not for what they did, but for what their neighbors feared they had become.
Was He a Murderer or Just Misunderstood? | The Terrifying Truth of Oliver’s Ferry
A Scottish ferryman refused to take travelers across the water after dark — and the ones who stayed the night were never seen again. | #WDRadio WEEK OF FEBRUARY 22, 2026
She Woke Up in a Prison Cell With No Memory — and They Were Going to Hang Her in the Morning | Retro Radio
Dr. Gideon Fell is called into a peculiar murder case involving a woman named Helen Barton, who sits in her prison cell awaiting execution for murder—but she can’t remember committing the crime, or even the victim’s death. Fell must race against time to uncover what really happened and whether there’s evidence that might save her before the fatal hour arrives.
Six Dead in Bulgarian Mountains — Buddhism, Secret Camps, and a “Twin Peaks” Murder Mystery
Six members of a secretive mountain commune in Bulgaria are found dead at two separate locations a week apart, and nobody can agree on whether it was murder, suicide, or something far worse.
THE MEN IN BLACK DON’T WANT YOU TO TALK
They show up without warning. They know things they shouldn’t. And they always have the same message: stop talking about what you saw. The Men in Black have been silencing witnesses for decades. But this tactic is far older than flying saucers.
E.T. Abducts Veterinarian, Golf on the Moon, and WHAT Hit That Politician in the Face?!
A hilltop crucifixion of children, the biggest gold nugget ever yanked out of the ground, unexpected and deadly tornadoes in February, and a round of golf for space cases.
A Kidnapping, a Parachute Fail, America’s Unanimously Voted President, And America’s Only Emperor
From mass ritual suicide to mass hysteria, unanimous elections to ancient manuscripts that proved the Bible’s accuracy, February 4th has a body count — and a weirdness count — that spans centuries and continents.
A Ghost Killed a King, Breath Froze Solid, a Doomsday Plane, and a Séance Warning That Came True
From a vengeful saint’s ghost striking down a Viking conqueror to an occult-obsessed music producer who foresaw death at a séance and then walked straight into his own dark prophecy, February 3rd is one of history’s most unsettling dates.
Peter Stumpp: The Werewolf Who Ate His Own Son’s Brain | He Was Brutally Executed On Halloween
A wealthy German farmer confessed to 25 years of murder, cannibalism, and transformation into a wolf — but was it a genuine case of serial killing, or an elaborate political execution disguised as supernatural justice?
UFO Whistleblower Says Angels Are ALIENS | What If He’s Wrong And ALIENS Are DEMONS?
A former intelligence officer suggests biblical angels were extraterrestrials, but what if the equation is backwards — and the “aliens” people encounter today are actually the fallen angels Scripture has warned us about for millennia?
These Mothers Believed Their Babies Were Demonic | Real Documented Demon Pregnancies
From an 18th-century New Jersey legend to a wave of Texas tragedies in the 2000s, the fear of carrying Satan’s child has driven ordinary people to extraordinary horror.
A Ship Vanishes Without a Trace, Son of Sam’s Demonic Dog, and a Corpse That Was Executed Twice!
An unsinkable ship disappears into the Arctic void, a serial killer blames his neighbor’s possessed Labrador, laughter becomes a contagion, and England decides that being dead isn’t a good enough excuse to avoid punishment. IT HAPPENED ON THIS DATE, JANUARY 30TH | The Morning Weird Darkness
