Mini Stranger #3 - Caxton Gibbet

Lockdown has entered a new phase in the Ruth is Stranger household and it’s gibbeting time! Bad luck Chris, get up there in that man-shaped cage and prepare to be relentlessly poked by a sharp stick! Not really of course, but it is time to talk gibbets, with discussion lubricated by quite a bit of red wine. This mini episode delves into the unpleasant history of ‘hanging in chains’ in the UK (the stench of rot! The clanking of irons!), and looks in particular at the infamous Caxton Gibbet in Cambridgeshire.