![The Hour of Death exhibition at the Herbert in 2009. The Hour of Death examined the lives, crimes and punishment and context of the last two women to be hanged in Coventry. Mary Ann’s skull was shown, with warnings, behind the white structure at the back of the room.](https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/files/2016/07/hour-of-death-150x150.jpg)
Rest in Pieces: The story of a hanged woman and her journey to becoming a museum object. By Ali Wells
When referring to “skeletons in the cupboard” we rarely expect these to be literally true, but in the case of Mary Ann Higgins and the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry, it is. In the early 1970s the Herbert acquired an unusual and unique object – the head of the penultimate woman […]
![Introducing Exciting Guest Bloggers. By Emma Battell Lowman](https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/files/2016/07/Ali-Wells-150x150.png)
Introducing Exciting Guest Bloggers. By Emma Battell Lowman
Here at the Power of the Criminal Corpse blog, it has been a great year. All of our project team members have contributed, and our posts have been used in undergraduate teaching, spread with interest across social media, and have even nabbed the attention of the university’s press office. Even better, it has provided a […]
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