Bernard Crimmins met his first death as a prisoner in Newgate Prison in London, when a fellow prisoner stabbed him. In 1720, he was working as an executioner in the Tower of London. On the side, he also worked as a receiver of stolen goods. He was a relatively depraved immortal, who had no manners and no scruples. Hugh Fitzcairn approached him for plans to the Tower, in pursuit of his own plots. Before Crimmins gave it to him, however, he doubled the price. In 1950, Crimmins was observed by Leonard Smithers, the butler in Crimmins' Club.