Seeing some images of olden times may seem somewhat cartoonish. Because these events happened a long time ago, they can appear to be overly simplified and unrealistic. However, what isn’t amusing at ...

Penenden Heath is now a "nice country park" in Kent, but the land has a "dark history". Tour guide and amateur historian Shane Waterman told Secret Kent that executions took place at the site from at ...

Executions have been put on hold multiple times in Arizona's history. As the state prepares for its first execution since 2022, ABC15 takes a look back at the recent history of why Arizona has had ...

Invented in ancient Greece, the Brazen Bull was a hollow metal statue used for one of history's most terrifying executions—burning victims alive while converting their screams into the sound of a bull ...

Throughout history, states have used five different execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, firing squad and hanging. Lethal injection is the preferred method, but it is not ...

Louisiana is resuming executions for the first time Tuesday night after a 15-year pause. Louisiana is one of 27 states that still uses the death penalty as a form of punishment. Sign up for our ...

South Carolina is set to execute Brad Sigmon by firing squad, the first such execution in the U.S. in 15 years. Firing squads have been used in America since 1608, mostly in Utah, with only three ...

Arkansas on Monday became the first state since 2000 to carry out a double execution. Two convicted murderers, Jack Jones and Marcel Williams, were put to death as part of an accelerated schedule ...