Secrets of the Tower of London: Part 3

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Secrets of the Tower of London: Part 3
In this segment of Secrets of the Tower of London, learn the macabre and sinister history of execution, imprisonment, and torture in the Tower and on Tower Hill. Prisoners of the Tower were wealthy criminals and were decapitated, hung from manacles, and stretched on the rack in attempts to gain confessions. Some escaped and others came to terms with their imprisonment, but all were forced to submit to the power of the Tower.