Hanging

Hanging is a means of execution wherein a person is bound and has a noose placed about their neck. They are abruptly dropped from a predetermined height (a standard drop is anywhere from four to six feet) until the noose tightens, snapping their neck. In western culture, hanging was a common means of execution utilized up until the early twentieth century. It is still widely used in many other cultures and may even be the primary means of capital punishment. The wooden structure that includes the platform, and the frame through which the ligature is threaded is called the gallows.

Characters who hang themselves
Note: Listings marked with the (†) symbol indicate characters who survived being hanged.

Films

 * A Nightmare on Elm Street
 * Beyond Re-Animator
 * Frankenstein
 * Invisible Man Returns, The

Television

 * Defiance: Ostinato in White
 * Gotham: The Fearsome Dr. Crane
 * Preacher: See
 * Terminator: Automatic for the People

Comics

 * Walking Dead 56
 * Werewolf by Night 26