text: how long does it take to die when hung by the neck?   depends on if the neck breaks or not.  the idea is to get the  neck to snap, that's why gallows have a trap door.    the fall through the trap door is supposed to break the neck when the rope stops the fall.  if that doesn't work, then it takes a while to die slowly of strangulation, maybe a minute, maybe longer.  i don't know, never tried it, never watched, don't ever want to see it.