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Hangman Records
Hangman may refer to: * Executioner who carries out a death sentence by hanging * Hangman (game), a game of guessing a word or phrase one letter at a time Arts and entertainment Comics * Hangman (DC Comics), an enemy of Batman * Hangman (Marvel Comics), the name of a couple of different characters in the Marvel Universe * Hangman (Archie Comics), a number of Archie Comics superheroes * Hangman Comics, a Golden Age MLJ/Archie Comics imprint comics title featuring the Hangman Films * ''The Hangman'' (1928 film), a German silent film * ''The Hangman'' (1959 film), an American Western directed by Michael Curtiz * ''Hangman'', a 2001 television film featuring Mädchen Amick and Lou Diamond Phillips * ''The Hangman'' (2005 film), an Indian film starring Om Puri and Shreyas Talpade * ''Hangman'' (2015 film), a British found-footage film starring Jeremy Sisto * ''Hangman'' (2017 film), an American crime thriller film starring Al Pacino Literature * "The Hangman" (poem), a 1954 ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Executioner
An executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who executes a sentence of capital punishment on a legally condemned person. Scope and job The executioner was usually presented with a warrant authorising or ordering him to ''execute'' the sentence. The warrant protects the executioner from the charge of murder. Common terms for executioners derived from forms of capital punishment—though they often also performed other physical punishments—include hangman (hanging) and headsman (beheading). In the military, the role of executioner was performed by a soldier, such as the ''provost''. A common stereotype of an executioner is a hooded medieval or absolutist executioner. Symbolic or real, executioners were rarely hooded, and not robed in all black; hoods were only used if an executioner's identity and anonymity were to be preserved from the public. As Hilary Mantel noted in her 2018 Reith Lectures, "Why would an executioner wear a mask? Everybody k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
