It's understood Allen became landlord of the pub on Wood Street a year before his role of chief executioner ended.

But 27 years on from his death a chilling insight into the work of the Southport executioner has been revealed - in the form of his 'notebook of death'.

He carried out his first hanging as lead executioner in October, 1941, when he executed the gangland killer Antonio "Babe" Mancini.

In October 1941 Pierrepoint carried out his first task as lead executioner when he hanged the gangland killer Antonio "Babe" Mancini.

"The executioners opened his shirt collar, drew the cap down over his face, placing the cord around his neck and instantly disappeared.

Soon after Mahindra's comment, celebrity photographer Atul Kasbekar tweeted: "You'll have to get in line", indicating his own keenness to act as executioner in such crimes.

By AMARDEEP BASSEY Special Correspondent newsdesk@birminghammail.co.uk TWO British men arrested at Birmingham Airport are accused of plotting terror attacks in Turkey alongside one of the notorious Islamic State executioners known as the 'Beatles.'.

Revill also wrote: "Maybe [I will] play public executioner."

Charles William Conlin, Norton Age: 22 Crime: Murder Date of execution: 4 Jan 1929 Execution place: Durham Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint Conlin murdered his grandparents Thomas Kirby, 62, and Emily Frances Kirby, 64, by beating them and burying them alive at Briar Garth, Norton, on September 22, 1928.

Abdullah Abu Maryam, ISIL's chief executioner in Sharqat city, was killed by the Iraqi security forces.

Iron Force is known to have an extra member on stage in an executioner's mask wielding a battle axe.

His life is forever changed when a divine messenger calls on him to lay down his sword and lead the life of another man - a journeyman executioner.