Hang Man Thursday Since we are spending so much time at the gallows lets showcase John Robert Radclive, Canada's first official hangman from 1892 to 1899. John started executing people while in the Royal Navy, executing pirates in the South China Sea. He was than an apprentice of William Marwood of England who developed the "Long Drop". John immigrated to Canada in 1890, he executed 68 people officially in Canada but it is suggested the hung a much higher number. In his lifetime he hung well ove