Incredible Collection of First ‘Tabloids’ Which Reveal Crimes and Dying Confessions of Hanged 18th Century Convicts Due To Be Sold at Auction

Posted by admin on Nov 6, 2014

An incredible collection of the earliest tabloid ‘newspapers’, which detail the shocking crimes and dying confessions of hanged 18th century convicts, are due to be sold at auction next week. The so-called ‘Execution Broadsides’ – which usually consisted of just a single sheet of paper – documented the gruesome and gory facts and rumours which surrounded public hangings.

The sheets of printed news, which were usually sold for a penny near the gallows on the day of the hanging, covered the crime committed, a woodcut illustration, a description of the convict’s final hours and their last dying confession – all in sensational, dramatic detail.

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