Resting in Peace - a Talk by Joanne Vigor-Mungovin

Schedule

Tue Apr 21 2026 at 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC+01:00

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Leicester Guildhall | Leicester, EN

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Hear the stories of John Massey, whose body was displayed in the gibbet outside Bilstone village in Leicestershire for 18 years after killing his wife, James Cook from Leicester, the last man to be gibbeted in the country, and Hannah Read from Foxton, the final female in Leicester to undergo the gruesome practice of being dissected after her execution for the murder of her husband in 1825.
Tickets: £5.00
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