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Radio York,12 Apr 2026,8 mins,

The gruesome execution site where Dick Turpin died

Secret North Yorkshire
Contains scenes of moderate violence.

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Hannah Sackville-Bryant investigates the grizzly history of York Tyburn, a former execution site where Dick Turpin was killed and one of the country's ​last executions by burning took place. (Image: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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