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John Lee - How "The Man They Couldn't Hang" Survived His Death Sentence

发布时间 2018-04-30 16:00:01    来源

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After being accused of arson and the grisly murder of his former boss, John "Babbacombe" Lee was sentenced to death in 1885. Lee, while maintaining his innocence, stood at the gallows with his neck in the noose prepared for his punishment, hanging. However, the trapdoor refused to open. By all accounts, it should have worked, but after three failed attempts, Lee's life was spared. Was it mechanical failure or divine intervention? Here's the crazy true story.

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