Dick Turpin's Last Ride, Bury St EdmundsIt's hard to sort the fact from the fiction in the life of highwayman Dick Turpin. The facts suggest that the man hanged at York Racecourse in 1739 was a nasty piece of work who wasn't above torturing his victims to get what he wanted. However, legend has turned him into a romantic figure whose exploits have become the stuff of ballad, fiction and even a 1970s TV series. Don't …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM on September 9, 2011