Category: Crime and Punishment

Oxford’s Grisly Past: The Execution and Lost Head of George Napier

8th Sep, 2025

The city of Oxford hides a chilling secret: the gruesome execution of George Napier and the centuries-old mystery of his missing head.
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Hangman’s Hill and the Hangmen who Hanged Here 

11th Mar, 2024

For almost 1000 years, our Castle mound has loomed over the Oxford skyline, a monument to our Norman roots. However, the castle mound has another name; Hangman’s Hill, a much more disturbing label….
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Diet of an Oxford Castle Prisoner

18th Feb, 2015

Spare a thought for Oxford Castle prisoners of 1840 whose standard prison diet would make any lent participant’s diet look like a luxury!
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