Just before dawn, in a concrete yard inside an Iranian prison, the condemned is led out with his hands tied behind his back.

Iranian authorities are stepping up their brutal crackdown on the population with arrested protesters facing the death ...

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Your body responds to extreme stress and fear with predictable physiological reactions, and apparently the Museum of Death is fully capable of triggering those responses. For those brave enough to ...

In 1379, a group of pigs in the village of Saint-Marcel-lès-Jussey in eastern France killed a swineherd’s child. In 1386, a ...

In medieval France, when a pig killed a child, the animal didn't just get slaughtered. It got a trial. These were formal ...

Behind the castles and chivalry, the Middle Ages were defined by extreme cruelty, legalized torture, and ruthless punishment.

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The southern Indiana man tentatively scheduled to be put to death Oct. 10 at the state prison in Michigan City is asking the Indiana Supreme Court to halt his execution.