Chapter
Execution Methods in the Past
2:41:13 - 2:47:52 (06:38)
This transcript discusses how past execution methods varied from place to place and were often gruesome and torturous even after death with accompanying rituals.
Clips
This transcript describes the horrific events of a botched execution that involved an executioner delivering two blows to a woman's neck before she finally died.
2:41:13 - 2:44:26 (03:12)
Execution
Summary
This transcript describes the horrific events of a botched execution that involved an executioner delivering two blows to a woman's neck before she finally died. The account also mentions another gruesome execution, where a hangman in northern France required over 20 blows to cut off a victim's head.
ChapterExecution Methods in the Past
EpisodeShow 61 - (Blitz) Painfotainment
PodcastDan Carlin's Hardcore History
The Eye for an Eye concept was still applied symbolically during the Middle Ages and Renaissance in the form of executioners using the same murder weapon as the criminal and also providing psychological torture before the execution.
2:44:26 - 2:47:52 (03:26)
History
Summary
The Eye for an Eye concept was still applied symbolically during the Middle Ages and Renaissance in the form of executioners using the same murder weapon as the criminal and also providing psychological torture before the execution.