The Hanging of Alfred Wadham
| First published | 1929 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
Synopsis
A priest learns in confession that a murderer about to be executed is innocent, but cannot act on the knowledge.
Notes
First published in the magazine Britannia, December 21, 1928.
Publications (18)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 |
|
Shudders | Charles Scribner's Sons | Anthology | |
| 1929 |
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Shudders | Hutchinson | Anthology | 49 |
| August 1929 |
|
Weird Tales, August 1929 | Popular Fiction Publishing Co. | MAGAZINE | 253 |
| 1931 | Shudders | Hutchinson | Anthology | ||
| 1934 |
|
More Spook Stories | Hutchinson | Collection | 89 |
| 1934 |
|
A Century of Creepy Stories | Hutchinson | Anthology | 331 |
| 1935 | More Spook Stories | Hutchinson | Collection | ||
| 1971 | A Century of Creepy Stories | Books for Libraries Press | Anthology | 331 | |
| November 1992 |
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The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Robinson | Collection | 507 |
| December 1992 | The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 507 | |
| 1994 |
|
Creepy Stories: A Classic Collection | Bracken Books | Anthology | 210 |
| 1996 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 507 |
| November 1996 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 507 |
| 1999 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 507 |
| February 2005 |
|
Sea Mist | Ash-Tree Press | Collection | 51 |
| June 2012 |
|
Night Terrors: The Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 581 |
| 2019 | Weird Tales (disc 2) | Anthology | 253|21402253 | ||
| January 2025 |
|
Weird Tales: The Best of the 1920s | Centipede Press | Anthology | 577|577.2 |