# Old west - criminals locked into neck chains in town square?

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**Created:** [May 26, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-west-criminals-locked-into-neck-chains-in-town-square/834525 "2019-05-26T00:36:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-west-criminals-locked-into-neck-chains-in-town-square/834525/1 "2019-05-26T00:36:55Z")

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Watching “Showdown,” a 1963 Audie Murphy cowboy flick. Miscreants wore metal collars chained to a post in the town square. Was that really a thing?