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Bristol's Last Execution
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Bristol's Last Execution
Season: 5 Episode: 18
On December 17, 1963, the last judicial execution in our city marked the conclusion of a lengthy era of local executions. Russell Pascoe, aged 23, met his fate at Horfield Prison, Bristol, whilst his accomplice Dennis Whitty, 22, was simultaneously executed at Winchester prison. Their crime was a senseless murder of reclusive farmer William Garfield Rowe
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Harry Allen - Steve Sheperd
Russell Pascoe - Molly Jefferies
Bristol Evening Post - Sam Roberts
Bob Douglas - Joe Wilson
Chief Officer - Steve Yeo
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This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England.
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SOURCES
Halifax Evening Courier - Thursday 28 November 1963
The Bristol Evening Post front page from 17 December 1963
Bristol Evening Post - Friday 16 December 1988
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