And there would be a lot of blood to endure. This theater’s program was much bloodier than those you can find in the West End now. Gladiator fights, wild animal hunts (RIP to the wolves and bears), and mass executions of criminals were standard popular viewing for the amphitheater-going public. As a central entertainment venue, it may have also hosted sporting events and religious ceremonies. Extreme violence was the norm. In 1988, three years after the amphitheater was rediscovered, a nearby excavation found 39 skulls, called the Walbrook Skulls for their proximity to the river, which is now underground. They were all young men with multiple head injuries, their bodies thrown into an open pit; This showed that criminals or gladiators who could not reach the end of the games would have an inglorious end.