they hanged a man in the backyard and then BUILT A HOUSE ON IT (Whaley, San Dieg

Old Town San Diego. The Whaley House. Thomas Whaley actually WATCHED a man named Yankee Jim Robinson get hanged on this lot in 1852 — boat thief, six foot four, and the idiot hangman used too short a drop so his feet basically reached the ground and he strangled slow, kicking, for minutes. Horrible ……