Albert Pierrepoint

Albert Pierrepoint. Self: Read All About It. Albert Pierrepoint was often called the official Chief Executioner of the United Kingdom. The Home Office called him the most efficient executioner. Despite the US release title of the 2005 movie about him he was not the last hangman, executions continued for over eight years after his resignation. Between 1932 and 1955 he conducted or assisted at about 450 hangings, following in the footsteps...