which had not seen an execution in fifteen pears. Immediately immense crowds gathered at the place, but they were kept back from the guillotine by heavy details of police and municipal guards.

Three sources have told Rolling Stone magazine that “the former U.S. president has reportedly asked his advisers about the ...

Lynchings were frequently committed with the most flagrant public display. Like executions by guillotine in medieval times, lynchings were often advertised in newspapers and drew large crowds of ...

A guillotine has fetched €8,008 (£7080) at a controversial auction in Paris. The 150-year-old replica of a device used for executions was bought on Wednesday by a French millionaire and ...

According to historical sources, Robespierre was soon corrupted by power and was executed by guillotine as well. King Leopold II "founded" the Congo Free State as "his own" private colony ...

And the truth is… this is fake news! Well, kind of. The "real" aliens aren't made of cake. The corpses were scanned by an expert who said that they each contain skeletons, although this has yet ...

Ten monumental golden statues representing French women from the worlds of art, literature, sport and politics are shortly to ...

In 1857, after seeing a public execution by guillotine in Paris, he became a convinced opponent of the state and its laws, believing that governments were not only brutal, but essentially served ...

Now that the state of South Carolina has three court-approved methods that a condemned convict can choose from to meet his maker, it’s curious lawmakers didn’t consider a tried-and-true method ...

Fantasy analyst/entrepreneur Matthew Berry, a fan of Washington’s football team since the 1970s, loves what he sees in rookie ...