Send us Fan MailGeorge Maledon spent decades dropping killers through trapdoors with clinical precision—and total peace of mind. Justice was simple and the mechanics of a hanging were precise. But when the man who killed his daughter got life instead of the noose, Maledon finally called it quits. Turns out, mercy—not murder—was a dealbreaker for the Prince of Hangmen.If you’d like to know more about the history behind this episode of The Wild Wild Death, check out these links: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ar-georgemaledon/ https://truewestmagazine.com/article/the-prince-of-hangmen/ ncyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/george-maledon-5748/ https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/george-maledon-5748/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151220571/anna-maledon https://lawmen.genealogyvillage.com/lawmen/gmdead.htm https://research.ebsco.com/c/siow6l/viewer/pdf/56t3fmhwqf