Hanging

Hanging was an execution method in which a person's neck would be broken by a noose tied to gallows.

In 1692, several people in Salem Village were sentenced to be hanged for witchcraft, including John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse. (PROSE: The Witch Hunters)

In 1746, in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden, British Army officers hanged captured Jacobites. (TV: The Highlanders)

In the 1880s, the Fifth Doctor was hanged by a mob under 's control. He survived thanks to his respiratory bypass system. (PROSE: A Town Called Eternity)

In 1881, Phineas Clanton and his brothers threatened to hang Steven Taylor if Wyatt Earp did not release Doc Holliday. (TV: "Johnny Ringo")

In 1893, Clarence DeMarco was sentenced to be hanged for murder. (TV: The Name of the Doctor)

On Varos, the Governor regularly used the threat of hanging to elicit last-minute confessions from his subjects. (TV: Vengeance on Varos)