The Museum’s popular Condemned event gets a refresh with a host of new Victorian tales.
The National Justice Museum in Nottingham has launched an updated version of it’s popular Halloween event, Condemned. Where previous years have looked at Georgian stories of crime and punishment, the brand new event for 2024 explores the true stories of Victorian Nottingham’s criminal past.
Infamous for being a place where a person could be imprisoned, tried, and executed, the National Justice Museum is based in Nottingham’s former County Gaol, and has had a court on site for nearly 650 years. The Criminal Courtroom, which you can see on a visit to the Museum, dates back to the 1870s, so would be where all of the real people in Victorian Condemned would have received their sentence.
Victorian Condemned is led by one of the museum’s team of expert historical interpreters, in full period costume as they lead visitors through the authentic spaces in this Grade II* listed building. Discover the disturbing true crimes that landed people in Gaol throughout the Victorian era, and stand in the dock where those found guilty heard their fates. Learn more about the gruesome crimes that brought them to Shire Hall’s courtroom. Finally, visit the dark cells where the condemned spent their final hours before finally being escorted to the courtyard, where the gallows loom and bodies were laid to rest.
Hear stories of defendants like Joseph Tucker, arrested in 1885 for the brutal murder of his wife; Mary Ann Parr, accused of killing her child in 1863; and William Saville, who’s crime was so gruesome his public execution in 1844 caused even more deaths than the murders he was found guilty of.
Victorian Condemned runs on selected dates in October and November, with tours at 6pm & 7pm.
For more information, and to book your tickets, visit nationaljusticemuseum.org.uk, call 0115 952 0555, or pay them a visit on High Pavement, Nottingham. Please note, this event is unsuitable for under 18s.
Posted on 20 September 2024