Turns out the "burnt alive" part is unsubstantiated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dawson_Dewhirst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dawson_Dewhirst Stil

Turns out the "burnt alive" part is unsubstantiated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dawson_Dewhirst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dawson_Dewhirst Still a terrible story, though.