A RECENTLY released E-book gives a fascinating insight into Nottinghamshire's gruesome past.
Tales From the Gibbet Post, written by Daniel Codd, describes 100 years of murder, riot and execution in 18th century Britain, with a number of the horrific stories taking place in Nottinghamshire.
Mr Codd, 40, who is a professional writer based in Lincoln, has a number of books published already including Mysterious Lincolnshire and Paranormal Devon.
During Mr Codd's research for the book, he discovered a number of interesting incidents from Nottinghamshire's past.
He said: "Nottingham presented some very interesting cases from the 18th century and a lot of these have never been reported or printed for the best part of 300 years.
"They seem to have slipped from the pages of history."
Before writing the E-book, Mr Codd spent the best part of seven years writing about ghosts.
Researching the ghost stories led to a number of murders committed in the 1700s, forming the basis for Tales From the Gibbet Post.
He said: "300 years ago, when somebody was convicted of a crime, punishment was a lot harsher. They would be publicly hanged and their body would be put in a gibbet cage. hey would then be hoisted up and hung from a tree or a gibbet post at the scene of the crime as a warning to others."
Tales From the Gibbet Post costs £2.94 and can be downloaded from Amazon.
