In this video, Kevin Hicks tells the strange story of John "Babbacombe" Lee, the man they couldn't hang. In 1884, the most horrible murder of Emma Keyse occurred in the sleepy seaside village of Babbacombe Bay in Devon, England. Despite pleading his innocence suspect John Lee, an employee of Emma Keyse, was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged at Exeter Gaol, but for reasons still unexplained he survived three execution attempts. This topic was voted for by our Patreon members. #BabbacomeLee #JohnLee #JohnBabbacombeLee #BabbacomeMurder #EmmaKeyse #Execution #Murder #1884 #1885 #Hanging If you'd like to support the channel further on PATREON, and help us continue making fun, fascinating videos, check out our PATREON page  https://www.patreon.com/thehistorysquad OTHER LINKS: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/historysquad Twitter: https://twitter.com/history_hicks Website: https://historysquad.ca/ CREDIT: Thanks to historic researcher Ian Waugh’s website https://murderresearch.com/ for the meticulous research and collection of records that helped form the content to our video. There's also lots of detail in the book The Man They Could Not Hang: The True Story of John Lee by Holgate, Mike; Ian David Waugh. https://www.biblio.com/book/could-hang-true-story-john-lee/d/1437486308