Hanged Man

JOINT WINNER OF THE 2002 NED KELLY AWARD FOR TRUE CRIME NON-FICTION

COMMENDED FOR THE 2003 NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY AWARD

Ronald Joseph Ryan was hanged in Melbourne on 3 February 1967, following his conviction for the shooting murder of a prison warder during a daring escape from the maximum-security Pentridge prison thirteen months before.

The decision of the Victorian government in December 1966 to proce...