When we think of guillotines, our minds turn to scenes of the French Revolution, which have been graphically depicted in so many Hollywood movies. While it may have been inspired by the original ...

A working model of a guillotine made by a Napoleonic prisoner, awaiting his death, is expected to fetch up to £8,000 at auction when it goes on sale early next month. The 200-year-old replica was ...

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 auctioneers said. The wood, iron, steel and ...

This video documents the restoration of an Antique French Guillotine from the 1930-1950 era found in a flea market in ...

A 150-year-old guillotine with “a few dents on the blade” will go under the hammer in Paris on Wednesday. The three-metre tall instrument of execution is in working order. Guillotines were used to ...

A Russian engineer killed himself with a guillotine that he built himself and hid in his bedroom. Albert Repin, 47, had been hung up on his divorce for several years, his family said. Repin built his ...