Nine moments in history that feel like timeline glitches, from surprising overlaps to unbelievable coincidences.

Crucifixion, boiling, cannon fire, New York studied them all in 1887 while searching for a “humane” execution. The answer ...

Pardon Patrick Williams if he shows special affinity for an 18th-century French execution device. "The Animal" left his imprint on the Ultimate Fighting Championship record book when he choked "The ...

So here are some pop culture facts that made people's jaws drop when they first heard them: 1. "That J. R. R. Tolkien first ...

New York State once appointed three men to evaluate every possible way to execute a man—which they did in disturbing detail.

Two new books demonstrate how Martha Gellhorn, Janet Flanner, and other reporters took journalism in directions that men could not.

Discover the darkest nursery rhymes and which hidden meanings are actually supported by history, from plague myths to Tudor executions.

Florida is scheduled to carry out its first execution of the year on Tuesday. Ronald Heath is set to be executed at 6 p.m. for a murder committed in 1989. The execution follows a record-breaking ...

Eugen Weidmann met his death with his eyes tightly shut. The young German serial killer, whose gaze was said to be hypnotic ...

Ochlocracy. Now, there’s a classic $10 word common from the American founding era that should make a comeback. (But probably ...

STARKE, Fla. — Florida carried out its first execution of the year on Tuesday. Ronald Heath was executed for the murder of Michael Sheridan, committed in 1989. The execution follows a record-breaking ...

One half of “The Typewriter and the Guillotine” is compelling, and it’s probably not the half you’d think. “The Typewriter” part of Mark Braude’s account of midcentury Paris is the better part (and it ...