Hamida Djandoubi smoked a few cigarettes in the last moments before he was executed by guillotine in a Marseilles prison, the ultimate punishment for killing his former lover, Elisabeth Bousquet.

A common rumor holds that Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, the Frenchman who invented the guillotine, was also eventually executed with the device. But as the Dictionary of Eponyms notes, "Dr. Joseph ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NANTES, France – A 19th century guillotine in perfect working order goes up for auction in France on Thursday and is expected to fetch up to $82,000, the ...

Mark Braude's nonfiction book intertwines the compelling story of American writer Janet Flanner with the less-compelling ...

The legacy of this wuxia classic can be found in 'Kill Bill' and the immortal video game character Dhalsim. By Elizabeth Kerr What wuxia fan can forget the first time they saw the red cap land on an ...