Episode 163: In New Brunswick, in the fall of 1922 a convicted double murderer named Bennie Swim was hanged for the murder of the woman he loved, his first cousin Olive and her husband, Harvey Trenholm. Bennie didn’t die the first time, so the authorities hanged him again.
Co-host: Carol BrownePromo: Murderish)Sources:
The Ballad of Benny Swim (original) - Mike Q - YouTub)e)
Bennie Swim | Cases | Crime and Punishment | Projects | Faculty of Arts | UN)B)
ExecutedToday.com » 1922: Benny Swim, “dead as a door-nail” (or not)))
The Carleton County Man Who Was Hung Twice ”Benny Swim)”)
Benny “Bennie” Swim (1899-1922) - Find A Grave Memoria)l)
The Life of a Screw - Douglas E. Arc)h)
Drop Dead: A Horrible History of Hanging in Canada: Poplak, Lorn)a)
HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.c)a)
Harvey Dixon Trenholm (1883-1922) | WikiTree FREE Family Tre)e)
Olive M (Swim) Trenholm (1905-1922) | WikiTree FREE Family Tre)e)
Benny Swim (1899-1922) | WikiTree FREE Family Tre)e)
William Guy Carr - Wikipedi)a)
This Week in New Brunswick Histor)y)
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