Over 160 years ago on Dec. 2, 1859, the militant slavery abolitionist John Brown was hanged on charges of treason, murder and ...

Penenden Heath is now a "nice country park" in Kent, but the land has a "dark history". Tour guide and amateur historian Shane Waterman told Secret Kent that executions took place at the site from at ...

Seeing some images of olden times may seem somewhat cartoonish. Because these events happened a long time ago, they can appear to be overly simplified and unrealistic. However, what isn’t amusing at ...

Invented in ancient Greece, the Brazen Bull was a hollow metal statue used for one of history's most terrifying executions—burning victims alive while converting their screams into the sound of a bull ...

South Carolina is set to execute Brad Sigmon by firing squad, the first such execution in the U.S. in 15 years. Firing squads have been used in America since 1608, mostly in Utah, with only three ...

K. Krombie, tour guide at Purefinder and author of Death in New York: History and Culture of Burials, Undertakers and Executions, leads her Death in New York tour stopping at City Hall Park on Oct. 20 ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities carried out a public execution at a stadium in the eastern city of Khost on Tuesday, ...