The Bonhams auction house in London recently sold this grisly coin-operated amusement dating from the 1920s and attributed to Charles Ahrens, a noted creator of such automata.It's called the "English Execution." If it lo...

Let them eat virtual cake! Exile Game Jam used the Oculus Rift virtual reality system to build a guillotine simulator. As you can see from the video, it's convincing enough to startle and frighten the test subjects.Video...

The Obscura Society of New York City invites you t...  ...to a lecture by Professor Sarah Tarlow on English executions during the 18th and 19th centuries.By the middle...