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The Knutsford Highwayman: The Gentleman Thief Who Wouldn’t Stay Dead

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Today in history 7th November 1767 Higgins was sent to the gallows. Meet Edward Higgins — conman, charmer, and the self-styled “gentleman” of Knutsford. In the mid-1700s, Higgins robbed, schemed, and smooth-talked his way into high society, convincing everyone he was a man of wealth and taste. But beneath the fine clothes and fancy horses lurked a ruthless highwayman who just couldn’t stop himself.

When the law finally caught up, his story took one last bizarre twist — because apparently, even execution couldn’t quite finish him off.

????️ In this week’s Moment in History, we revisit the life (and almost afterlife) of the Knutsford Highwayman, Edward Higgins — the thief who nearly got away with murder, money, and mortality.

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Highway Men
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