The last two men executed before Britain abolished the death penalty 😳

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]On August 13th, 1964, two men were hanged at the exact same [music] moment in two different prisons.

[00:00:10]Their names were Gwynne Evans and Peter Allen.

[00:00:13]They had murdered a man named John West during a robbery gone wrong.

[00:00:18]And as they were led to the gallows that morning, nobody told them.

[00:00:23]Nobody told them that in just a few [music] weeks, Britain would abolish the death penalty forever.

[00:00:30]They were the last.

[00:00:32]Not because they were the worst criminals [music] in British history.

[00:00:35]Not because their case was special.

[00:00:37]Just [music] because of timing.

[00:00:40]If they had been caught one month later, >> [music] >> they would have lived.

[00:00:45]Evans was 24 years old. Allen was 21.

[00:00:50]Neither of them knew they were about to become a footnote in history.

[00:00:54]The executioner pulled the lever at 8:00 a.m.

[00:00:58]And that [music] was it.

[00:00:59]Britain never executed another person again.

[00:01:03]The question nobody can answer is this.

[00:01:06]If they had known they were the last, would it have changed anything?

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