Dick Turpin, Highwaymen and Public Executions
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STAND AND DELIVER! YOU'RE MONEY OR YOUR WIFE!! That's right. We're galloping back to the golden age of highway robbery. While the most famous mounted cad was Dick Turpin, there were others equally notorious and nefarious. Discover the many types of murderous highwaymen and women who roamed the English countryside during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Recoil in horror as Douglas and Hugh also unveil what grisly justice awaited them when they were all eventually caught. Chilling.
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