Rare execution ticket to be on display at Knox County Historical Society

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With eerie timing, a rare historical artefact has come into the possession of KCHS, and it will also be on display during my talk. I have never seen one of these before, so it could be very difficult to authenticate the ticket. The orange star in the photo marks the approximate location of the gallows behind the Knox County Courthouse where Billy Bergin was executed by hanging in 1877. In the haste to have these tickets printed up, such an error could easily occur. I look forward to kicking off spooky season with stories of ghostly encounters, historical and otherwise, alongside this macabre artefact.