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In April 1821, the citizens of Bristol, England, gathered to witness the first public execution at the city's New Gaol. The condemned was an 18-year-old boy named John Horwood, hanged for the murder of a girl he loved. But his death was only the beginning of a story so macabre it defies belief. This episode delves into the tragic tale of John Horwood—not just a murderer, but a boy whose skin was turned into leather to bind the book detailing his own crime, trial, and dissection .

We explore the fateful love triangle between John, Eliza Balsum, and a surgeon named Richard Smith. We uncover the controversial medical evidence that may have wrongly condemned him, the ghoulish practice of 19th-century anatomisation, and the final, haunting irony: that a book bound in human skin became a treasured artifact while his skeleton gathered dust in a university cupboard for nearly two centuries .

If you’re fascinated by ancient mysteries, eerie folklore, lost civilizations, and unsolved historical events, you’re in the right place.

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