Tag: execution
Heart Revived After Condemned was Beheaded
In the early 1900s, Germany was still executing the condemned with an axe and, like the French, they were also experimenting with the bodies immediately…
Guillotine Execution of Eugene Weidmann
Very little is known about Eugene (Eugen) Weidmann’s childhood. He spent his childhood in Frankfurt, Germany until the start of World War I. He was…
What It Was Like To Witness A Guillotine Execution
What was it like to witness a guillotine execution in the early 1900s? After watching several clips of guillotine scenes on YouTube, I can say…
7 Last Moments at the Gallows
What happened when condemned men stepped onto the scaffold? Did they cry? Repent? Shake with fear? Yes, many men and women met their fates as…
The Disappearance of the Hangman’s Tree
As a child, I remember large, ancient trees being called “hangman’s trees.” It was unlikely that anyone was actually hung on these particular trees, but…
5 People Who Lived After Being Hanged
People did not survive a quick drop of the blade under the guillotine, but plenty of people did survive their hanging. This was mostly because…
The Hanging of Mary Rogers and Elroy Kent
Before the electric chair gained preference in the United States, hanging was the most common way to get rid of society’s undesirables. Newspapers were full…
4 Cruel Facts About the Garrote as Capital Punishment
The garrote was used in Spain, Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines during the 1800s and early 1900s. It was a slow, torturous way to…
6 Accounts of Electric Chair Executions from the Early 1900s
As electric chairs were first being installed in the United States, beginning in New York, people were assured that this was the pleasant way to…
Live Burial as a Form of Execution in Early Germany
From the mid-thirteenth to the sixteenth century, the southern German territories practiced live burials. Initially, men who were convicted of being sodomites, rapists, and men…
