Another fascinating series of events. I note an element that is still an issue for courts today. When Goodale confessed, sort of, but claimed the "extreme provocation" element which men who murder women still use, and it, very often, still works for them. Sadly many of the laws around violence have been essentially designed around the way that MEN commit crimes, so when women, who commit far fewer crimes, come to court, they are faced with rules and concepts that were formed for quite different people. Women aren't nearly so able to quickly kill a man, so when a woman kills a man who has been abusing her for long years, and often keeps her living with him by threats to her children, she cannot kill him in a manner that has that "I was suddenly overcome by rage" look to it. Therefore women who kill their long term abusive husbands typically get sentences of 40 years, whereas men who kill their wives "in a moment of passion" but after years of abuse, on average, get 2 years.
Ummmmm it’s YT, there’s TONS of British on here…..weird thing to say really…..like it’s super hard or even hard to find one on here? 🤷🏼♀️🙄🤣 Now I could see you stating this about meeting someone LOCAL to you, who was British…..but….it’s RU-vid…..so…..🫣🫠
I live near wisbech & the Goodale family are very well known fruit farmers in walsoken.. I wonder if they know about this gruesome tale! I have certainly never heard of it. I'm now subscribing to this channel as I really enjoyed this episode.
Really enjoyed some of these images presented. Thank you for carefully sourcing them. I no longer cite my sources because I was just handing all my work over to content scalpers. Now they have to WORK for it instead of just scooping all my work up.
@@alittlebitofhistory I've had the idea of setting up either a public google drive with sources, or a zotero one and emailing it to those who're genuine. Like you yourself, I know you've a genuine interest in subject and would use the sources to create your OWN work. Scalpers don't engage with your channel, they just sub and then use your content. It's disheartening sometimes.
I'd be shocked if they weren't at least partially there, meant to be loads of tunnels under the city, there is this tour you can take of some of them. I need to try and get around to it.
Wisbech born & bred. The picture of the Corn Market, we lived in the tall thin building, no.11 North Street as it is known, 3rd building along from the Octagon church. I also know of the Goodale's, i assume they are distant relations of his.
Excellent tale. What a terrible calling to have, an executioner. How could a man live with himself knowing what he had done and how many more times he would have to repeat his actions. I can't get my head (no pun intended) around this.
Albert Pierrepoint's biography is in publication, and includes his rationale. The Babbacombe Lee foul-up in particular led to his establishment of a table of drops.
If you're going to suffer a botched hanging i bet youd rather be decapitated than strangled. It took H.H. Holmes 20 minutes to die when he was hanged. We always did prefer a short deop in America. If a crowd is going to assemble for a show they deserve a dance at least.
A bit careless. For most of the video you referred to Berry as "John Berry" -- despite the fact that you showed his calling-card twice, plus the frontispiece of his book, in all of which his name was printed as James Berry.
When I listen to stories about justice carried out in earlier times, I am often surprised by the diligence and to the length it would go - probably because I expect the opposite to be the standard. In the present story I find it somewhat touching that Mr. Dent takes the trouble to go all the way to London and to bother the Home Secretary to revoke the death sentence - on behalf of a very thin and clearly fabricated excuse by Robert.
Steady Work I guess, not sure it might of paid pretty well, As I guess there were some who saw it as a public service ridding the world of evil people.
That probably wasn’t the truth, he probably knew full well that the changed lie would get him a chance at a reprieve of execution and could possibly get the sentence overturned. I would reckon that sympathetic male members of the prison staff likely informed him of this. One of the many reasons why some domestic violence cases never get to trial or sentencing is because the accused interacts with a law enforcement officer who is themselves an abuser that tells them what to say or do to avoid arrest. Also being told your spouse is leaving you isn’t exactly an extreme circumstance that makes murder justifiable, lol. Maybe catching them in the act firsthand could be used as that excuse, but not just being told it’s over.
So, Berry was fired from being an executioner and THEN grew a conscience about killing people. In my opinion, this sounds like a classic example of Sour Grapes. If He wasn't the one pulling the lever then no one should. 🤔 !:-)
The Death Penalty was finally abolished in 1969 Mainly due to the Derek Bentley case and I hope to God that it will never come back to this County as one killing does not justify another and I have every Sympathy for Victims of Crime and the only time I did Support the Death Penalty was for the war Crimes in World War two as there Crimes were so bad that the Death Penalty was the only Sentence the Perbatrators could have Reseved and then thirty years later in 1999 it was abolished for Treason and Piracy
Eh I don't believe that "she fell in love with another man" story. Robert had been physically abusing her for years. I don't believe he tried to save her either. If he really wanted to save her he would have gone for help.
I agree, and was wondering if he had held her under or used his legs/feet to push her head under the water, whether to ensure she drowned or to try to conceal her body.
Oh dear, he killed his wife but , what a way to go! It would be quick wouldn’t it? Would he have known or was it just too quick. ( anyone with a bit of medical knowledge love crime stories as well). Sorry for sounding morbid but it just sounds ghastly! Thank you once again 🙏🙏🙏🙏👵👵👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
I’m sure this is an interesting and well researched story. But because of the narrator’s choppy, staccato speaking style, I can’t listen for more than a few minutes.
