Gallows built to exactly replicate the original are now part of what visitors can see at the former Kansas State Penitentiary ...

The last man Singh hanged was Kamta Prasad Tiwari, who went to the gallows May 27, 1997, for stabbing to death an 8-year-old girl and then raping her. Each hanging follows a tried and true ritual ...

Robert Groundwater of Winchester, Va., wrote: "There never was a gallows on Gallows Road. It was a 'hanging tree.' Or so the story goes from my family, which has been in the area since 1914.

Some say Birger's smile on the day of his hanging could have been a result of the dosage of morphine he was provided just before he walked to the gallows. Others claim, however, that Birger had ...

McLoone designed a Hangman computer game meant to simulate ... three possible letters that will save the stickman from the gallows. Guessers therefore have a 23/26 chance of picking incorrectly ...

Judge Patricia Gifford rejected a request by defense attorneys to remove the woman after she drew a “hangman” gallows during a break. The juror also drew a picture of an electric chair ...

A lengthy planning discussion ensued. A third posted a manual on how to tie a hangman’s knot. “We will be building a gallows right in front of the Capitol, so the traitors know the stakes ...