Deciding what to do with your retirement is always difficult. But for Arthur English an advertisement from Canada provided him with a chance to fulfil a lifelong dream at the age of 48.

That lifelong dream was to become an executioner.

Donning a fake name and a sharp suit he became the go to guy for hanging prisoners throughout the 1910s and roaring 20s. But would even a former soldier be able to cope with such a stressful job into his old age?

It was all likely to be fine, just so long as his wife didn't find out what he was actually doing on his trips away...

Guest host: Ollie Green

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