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 well-dressed plumpish man, who bore a striking resemblance to France's late, great King Louis XVI, was a determined auction bidder in Paris last week for a dull, tarnished guillotine blade ...

French newspaper clipping of Hamida Djandoubi from 1977, the last man executed by guillotine in France. Today in History Don't miss out on the headlines from Today in History.

Myth: Joseph Guillotin, inventor of the guillotine, was beheaded by the very device he had introduced during the Terror, the period of political instability that followed the French Revolution.