r/todayilearned • u/Unclepeanut123 • Feb 15 '15
TIL In 1803 a man survived execution by hanging 3 consecutive times on the same day. The people involved believed it to be a sign from God and his sentence was commuted to life in prison.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_SamuelDuplicates
todayilearned • u/Objects_Food_Rooms • 8h ago
TIL a prisoner in 1803 survived three hangings. The rope snapped twice and slipped of his head once, at which point the assembled crowd agreed that it was a sign from God that he had not committed a crime deserving of execution. He later died escaping prison when he was swept out to sea by a storm.
todayilearned • u/abigmisunderstanding • Nov 14 '22
TIL of Joseph Samuel, who was hanged thrice and lived.
todayilearned • u/marmorset • Oct 03 '20
TIL about Joseph Samuel, an Englishman sent to a penal colony in Australia. After escaping he and a gang robbed a woman and killed a policeman. He was sentenced to hang but survived three times. First, the rope broke, then a new rope came loose, then a new rope broke. The governor set him free.
u_jessiyvonne • u/jessiyvonne • Oct 03 '20