Man Who Spoke Softly of His Duty and Liked to Work In His Garden Had Record of 401 Beheadings And Was Starting for Another at Death PARIS, Feb. 2.—(AP)—France's "hereditary executioner of high justice ...

PARIS — The notebooks of a 20th-century French executioner who sliced off the heads of almost 400 people fetched $92,000 — more than five times the expected sale price — at an auction Wednesday. In ...

PARIS, April 8 (UPI) -- A lost article by a former French executioner reveals King Louis XVI was calm and proclaimed his innocence when he was killed. The article by Paris Chief Executioner Charles ...

Humphreys (Jack Absolute) breathes life into 16th century Europe with this fascinating tale of adventure and mystery as Anne Boleyn's executioner must fulfill his promise to the queen who has been ...

The Vladar Co. has partnered with Mark Huffam (“Game of Thrones“) to produce the movie adaptation of C.C. Humphrey’s novel “The French Executioner.” Vlad Yudin will co-produce the big-screen project ...

HUMAN rights organisations have denounced plans to sell the instruments of torture that once belonged to French executioner Fernand Meyssonnier. They have urged the French government to ban next ...

On Sunday, the Islamic State released video of the beheading of Abdul-Rahman Kassig, previously known as Peter, a U.S. aid worker. Kassig is the fifth Western hostage and third American who have have ...

Maxime Hauchard, a French jihadist sought by French and US authorities since emerging in an Islamic State execution video in Syria, has been killed, sources close to the inquiry told AFP on Thursday. ...