What It Was Like to Witness the Guillotine

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  • @corpsentry3645
    @corpsentry3645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5289

    lmao my trembling ass probably would've died of sudden cardiac arrest before the blade even gets dropped

    • @Ayzlxn
      @Ayzlxn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      Lmao same

    • @rajeshpraghavan7629
      @rajeshpraghavan7629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Ha😅

    • @casssm
      @casssm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      same

    • @VeganMotorcyclePilot
      @VeganMotorcyclePilot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      We give ANIMALS
      the G ever single second of every day. That's not even the worst part in factory-farms (videos online as "farm to fridge" or glass walls that drugged, mutilated (debeak, tail-ear dock, brand, castrated, forcebred, drugged, caged) that Slaughter is far from the worst part but lifelong suffering

    • @rinzlr3554
      @rinzlr3554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      VeganMotorcyclePilot no one gives a shit. I’m gonna go eat a burger now

  • @aflockofbeagles8219
    @aflockofbeagles8219 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5135

    Human beings are officially the weirdest thing on this planet.

    • @hellashott
      @hellashott 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      TH-cam Comments prove this hard

    • @trainboyben7718
      @trainboyben7718 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      I think you mean the french

    • @WBCY2024
      @WBCY2024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      TrainBoyBen fucking bread people

    • @PitchaxisT
      @PitchaxisT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@WBCY2024 I love their bread! Don't be rude.

    • @h-6198
      @h-6198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      if you think this is bad look up the toy box killer

  • @samosei471
    @samosei471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11361

    My last words would be “so no head?”

  • @heyitsangelica3285
    @heyitsangelica3285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +947

    Me to my crush: “Hey I wanted to see if you’d like to watch the execution with me tomorrow?🤞🏻”

    • @honey_xdoom
      @honey_xdoom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      LMAO

    • @supersonichydroponic
      @supersonichydroponic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      How romantic

    • @mrkiky
      @mrkiky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Imagine right after the blade falls, the guy makes the move.

    • @goop2016
      @goop2016 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You bf be the victim

    • @omaewamoushindeiru584
      @omaewamoushindeiru584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The crush who was being executed for the murder of 27 children and the theft of a pineapple: Yeah ok, its not like I got anything else to do.

  • @carsonmitchell3468
    @carsonmitchell3468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2574

    People back then “honey for our date tonight would you rather go out for Italian or see that dudes head get chopped off?”

    • @sicariusvast9555
      @sicariusvast9555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      How to get biches 101

    • @Cam-pt9ex
      @Cam-pt9ex 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I take my gitl both

    • @JoeSmith-ec9ph
      @JoeSmith-ec9ph 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      How to get bitches 102

    • @nicholasbova9909
      @nicholasbova9909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Call it "dinner and a show"

    • @calzonelli
      @calzonelli 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      aaaah those were the days.

  • @foorg2529
    @foorg2529 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10871

    I think that, compared to other ways to die at the time, the guillotine was fairly humane.

    • @cacamunch123
      @cacamunch123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +463

      Firing squad is better

    • @cacamunch123
      @cacamunch123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      As in a more humane

    • @shaunburns3332
      @shaunburns3332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +599

      Firing squad isn’t really though. Science has shown head will die fairly fast

    • @Journey_to_who_knows
      @Journey_to_who_knows 4 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      It was supposed to be more humane

    • @evzenvarga9707
      @evzenvarga9707 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Its still pretty humane.

  • @גושועאנדרסון
    @גושועאנדרסון 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4330

    “Secretly recorded him” You’d have to be blind to miss those big cameras of that era .

    • @jackstacey7519
      @jackstacey7519 4 ปีที่แล้ว +243

      Connor O’Hagan 1939.

    • @Murzac
      @Murzac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      @Sara Bunting Last PUBLIC execution. Last execution was in 1977.
      Also the execution in 1939 was filmed from a window in an apartment, not in the crowd so the authorities didn't see it. You can find a video of it on youtube if you look up the guy's name.

    • @jeff21killersep54
      @jeff21killersep54 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Jack Stacey no it was 1977 of you use google it says the last one was done in France in 1977 then stopped all capital punishment in 1981

    • @jeff21killersep54
      @jeff21killersep54 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sara Bunting 1977 not 1939 use google and search it up

    • @katvtay
      @katvtay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Jeff21killer Sep Yes, the last one was 1977, but we’re talking about the last *public* one which was secretly filmed… 1939.

  • @erniebuchinski3614
    @erniebuchinski3614 3 ปีที่แล้ว +348

    Did you hear the one about the guy being led to the woods to be executed? It was a miserable rainy day. The condemned complained, "What a horrible day to be have to die!" The executioner calmly replied, "What are you complaining about? I'm the one who has to walk back to the castle in this lousy weather."

    • @jimbo43ohara51
      @jimbo43ohara51 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Well I guess if the day AFTER was also a rainy day the executioner might have a point.

  • @Chrisdrumz
    @Chrisdrumz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3309

    "Someone in the crowd even secretly filmed the whole thing." Guess I know what I'm searching next.

  • @DS-sm5hv
    @DS-sm5hv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1810

    "yo danny you free tonight?"
    "Nahh im caught up, guillotine show tonight"

    • @fmjjjjn7510
      @fmjjjjn7510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      😂

    • @kek.758
      @kek.758 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      OK boomer

    • @luciatat4084
      @luciatat4084 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Horrible but true...

    • @Ayzlxn
      @Ayzlxn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oof

    • @killawhale8726
      @killawhale8726 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      obviously they'd be both going to the execution together

  • @aobacuteness3443
    @aobacuteness3443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4324

    *Marie Antoinette has left the chat*

    • @annwhite3378
      @annwhite3378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      She has left the world

    • @gratedshtick
      @gratedshtick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +214

      Lemme fix that for you
      *Marie Antoinette was removed from the chat*

    • @bakar2134
      @bakar2134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That's one on the gang Marie

    • @CC-jv5ns
      @CC-jv5ns 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      *Marie Antoinette’s head was removed from the chat*

    • @bored1832
      @bored1832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This is Underatted

  • @OrbitOnceAround
    @OrbitOnceAround 2 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    I think the punishment is the walk to the guillotine itself. The anxiety would be excruciatingly more painful than the actual execution

    • @Notfromwashington
      @Notfromwashington ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The guillotine was also called the regretful climb, for that reason

    • @rolandrothwell4840
      @rolandrothwell4840 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guillotine is a piece of theatre a slow pace and then dramatic quick end

    • @martynw9166
      @martynw9166 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One would be anxious walking to the guillotine, but my anxiety would be far, far worse if I was facing an execution with a hand-held axe.

    • @rolandrothwell4840
      @rolandrothwell4840 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@martynw9166 at least the execution would be very rapid

    • @bahoonies
      @bahoonies 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@martynw9166 The last ax execution in Germany happened in 1935. In the hands of a skilled executioner it was very quick and efficient. But then unlike the axqq in the Tower of London, German execution ax or richtbeil was designed for the purpose. It had a short haft, the head had a broad cutting edge and weighed about 12 pounds. It was raised to shoulder height and the weight of the falling blade provided sufficient momentum to carry out the execution cleanly. Witness descriptions of ax executions state that from the moment the victim was handed over to the executioner and his assistants everything happened very quickly. I doubt you'd have been anxious for long.

  • @Milkiasmask
    @Milkiasmask 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3949

    Fun fact: in some cases, the executioner would face the criminal face up, to allow them to see the blade falling.

    • @UnfamiliarEyes
      @UnfamiliarEyes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1403

      Jesus... that must be the scariest thing to ever witness... France was brutal!

    • @youkutudou1109
      @youkutudou1109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      😭😭😖😖🌚

    • @shane99ca
      @shane99ca 4 ปีที่แล้ว +523

      It's easy to remain unmoved by a detail like that, if you just think of what their victim saw in _their_ last moments of life.

    • @athena8474
      @athena8474 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Probably for the criminal's pleasure

    • @jamesnoel5173
      @jamesnoel5173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +483

      I was hoping this history would mention that the inventor of the guillotine ended up being a victim himself. Also, I believe that filthy creature Robespierre was beheaded facing the blade, if I remember correctly.

  • @xocaitlinnpattz
    @xocaitlinnpattz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2920

    In high school, my history teacher had a guillotine replica and every morning would cut a pineapple with it for breakfast

    • @Lavenderblood111
      @Lavenderblood111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +398

      Lmao what a fucking unit

    • @dylan5591
      @dylan5591 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Sounds dubious

    • @shaunburns3332
      @shaunburns3332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      Press. F to doubt

    • @CarniFitMe
      @CarniFitMe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Shocking

    • @joutakujo9773
      @joutakujo9773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Shaun Burns bruh F? F is for pay respects

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1777

    Weird History: Always a head of the competition.

    • @WeirdHistory
      @WeirdHistory  4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      The pun intended edition

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hey shouldn't you be on a Late Show video?

    • @GNParty
      @GNParty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Underrated comment. 😂

    • @SaturdayNightSlamMaster1980
      @SaturdayNightSlamMaster1980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This video cuts to the chase. 🤷‍♂️

    • @Dante20321
      @Dante20321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      New Message 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @ladyalcott
    @ladyalcott 3 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    You: *surprises girlfriend with front row tickets to the town execution*
    Her: ❤️👄❤️

  • @g4b340
    @g4b340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2222

    “Kids would be hanging off tree branches” sounds wrong

    • @David-pf3he
      @David-pf3he 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yes

    • @emirtatari355
      @emirtatari355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Logan paul would be fuming not being able to record that

    • @g4b340
      @g4b340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Emir Tatari lol haha that’s a good one

    • @JB-vt5sz
      @JB-vt5sz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      the colored kids, yea.

    • @umamifan
      @umamifan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@JB-vt5sz tbh i dont think france was as..... aggressive as america when it came to that

  • @Someguyhere111
    @Someguyhere111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3620

    "So lemme get this straight, you won't kill me until I say my final words?"
    "Uh, I guess?"
    *clears throat* "Well then allow me to recount my whole life's story! It all began..."

    • @michalsolnica4889
      @michalsolnica4889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Lol i was looking for this comment

    • @ronjayrose9706
      @ronjayrose9706 4 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      Lmao that's gonna be one loooooooooong sentence

    • @mzrohan3226
      @mzrohan3226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      With a Big Bang when the universe began....................................

    • @unrepentant7805
      @unrepentant7805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      they'd get tired and kill you anyways

    • @pee_wizard2236
      @pee_wizard2236 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      unrepentant but wait it gets interesting!

  • @biancab310
    @biancab310 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4100

    Hearing him say “secretly filmed” in that time is surreal to me

    • @makserofeev6543
      @makserofeev6543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      news flash: this channel do be fake
      the thing was filmed though

    • @mynamo12
      @mynamo12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      iiMaksim ?????

    • @makserofeev6543
      @makserofeev6543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      My Namo this is just another one of those fake education channels like Bright Side or The Richest, but the execution was filmed and someone posted it on youtube

    • @mypenishuge3499
      @mypenishuge3499 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      iiMaksim eh idc it’s fun to watch and coool

    • @chaosbridge5336
      @chaosbridge5336 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Perhaps someone filmed it out of the window with an old kamera

  • @deathahoy8971
    @deathahoy8971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    “Kids would be hanging off of nearby tree branches”

    • @ChibiProwl
      @ChibiProwl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Weird kids.🤨

    • @theallmighty8793
      @theallmighty8793 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmao😭

    • @izzyizzyjj3551
      @izzyizzyjj3551 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Time stamp?

    • @m1co294
      @m1co294 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That can be... ooh... that needs some rephrasing.

  • @LS-cf4qz
    @LS-cf4qz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2502

    I cant imagine the fear that comes knowing youre about to die. Imagine lying down under the guillotine and just waiting for it to drop while simultaneously counting and soaking up the last few seconds of your life while trying to squeeze in a prayer?? Too scary!

    • @woodstyleah
      @woodstyleah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +247

      Most, although not all were murderers themselves. Scary serial and baby killers don't even think of their own horrific acts yet they sob knowing they will be killed. Convincted killers rarely face the death penalty anymore. Yet victims of murder face it every minute of every day.

    • @brittanyboyer3891
      @brittanyboyer3891 4 ปีที่แล้ว +304

      @Cassie Jones
      Not during the reign of terror.
      During that time, the jakobins had anyone sent to the guillotine. You could be sent there for stealing bread, speaking sympathetically towards the royal family, anything the jakobins saw as “not inline with the values of the revolution”. Thousands of people, who weren’t even criminals, or only minor criminals, were sent to die by guillotine. It was a brutal time for the people of france.

    • @woodstyleah
      @woodstyleah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@brittanyboyer3891 you are right about that. According to Revelations it will happen again. I feel for the innocent.

    • @林振华-t4v
      @林振华-t4v 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@woodstyleah unfortunately, you are right.

    • @moonie8830
      @moonie8830 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@woodstyleah What Revelations?

  • @ALLY-ir1iq
    @ALLY-ir1iq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1221

    When you tell the hairdresser to only cut the ends

    • @cynosgf
      @cynosgf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @oH yOu'Re nAnA? This is so underrated

    • @jdcompany2019
      @jdcompany2019 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ironic

    • @sotoriiinim6141
      @sotoriiinim6141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I spotted a bored nctzen here like me HAHHAHAHAHA

    • @ALLY-ir1iq
      @ALLY-ir1iq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Blue Junnie jup😂😂

    • @sotoriiinim6141
      @sotoriiinim6141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ALLY-ir1iq I really like lucas too😭

  • @TheToontownPirate
    @TheToontownPirate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2981

    This was so popular. People were losing their heads over this!

  • @ericspencer8093
    @ericspencer8093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Dr. Guillotine presented his new "machine" to the King, Louis XVI the year the revolution started, just months before it began. If memory serves, the King rejected his idea because the guild of executioners didn't like it. They thought it was too easy and would diminish their professional skills. And they weren't wrong. Once it went into operation at the height of the revolution, it proved that almost anyone could be an executioner.

    • @aureliusmarcusantoninus3441
      @aureliusmarcusantoninus3441 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Another story of machines taking away our jobs

    • @MsClepsydra
      @MsClepsydra ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The device you're referring to is the breaking wheel, not the guillotine.
      Dr Guillotine wasn't the inventor, he was the one who proposed the executions should be more humane (meaning as painless as possible). In fact he didn't even like the mechanism was named after him and (unsuccessfully) tried to rename it. He was member of the committee that researched such matters and advisor to the National Assembly when the French Revolution started.
      The guillotine was designed during Louis XVI's time, however, and ironically he was the one who proposed the blade should be oblique. It was based on other European decapitation devices, and designed mainly by Antoine Louis (also physician and member of the committee), German engineer Tobias Schmidt, and the executioner Sanson who later wrote a memoir.
      The first (French) guillotine was used during the French Revolution, so Louis XVI wouldn't have been able to have a say.

    • @thirtyfoursevenzero
      @thirtyfoursevenzero ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The gentleman was Dr Guillotin...without the final "e" and was pronounced as Gee-yoo-tahn (short nasal "n")

  • @MistaDrew
    @MistaDrew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +762

    “Hide your neck.”
    Me: *ENHANCE DOUBLE CHIN*

    • @Dab_Marino
      @Dab_Marino 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nice

    • @MistaDrew
      @MistaDrew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Amazing Micah335 wtf 😂😂

    • @Neyobe
      @Neyobe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

    • @Neyobe
      @Neyobe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      0:31

    • @jannieseth
      @jannieseth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Moonless Night yea how about the back side? hmmmmmm

  • @fixinggrace
    @fixinggrace 4 ปีที่แล้ว +875

    My last words would be, “not too much off the top please.”

    • @braeeee_
      @braeeee_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Fucking gold 😂😂😂

    • @sunkissednae1985
      @sunkissednae1985 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      🤭 I WILL NOT LAUGH AT THISSSS 🥴😩

    • @shane99ca
      @shane99ca 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh, I'm sure the executioner will have never heard that one before. Go over about as well as saying to a customs officer, "These aren't the droids you're looking for."

    • @olfragola7417
      @olfragola7417 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Midnight Kitten I feel it in my bones, that there is a reference to something here.

    • @A_Random_Rat
      @A_Random_Rat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There was a medieval Jester who famously said this before getting executed by the enemy

  • @karenfromfinasse8430
    @karenfromfinasse8430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +488

    Not gonna lie, if I saw a group of granny lookin women knitting at a mass execution I'd be a little scared too. That's cold!

    • @DrCorvid
      @DrCorvid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      If the criminal had had the empathy you're looking for he might not have committed the crime...and wouldn't be there, and neither would the old ladies knitting...

    • @jd291
      @jd291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ah it's just business as usual, seen it, been there, done that lol

    • @Joseiaddict
      @Joseiaddict 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Scribbe Boy You are correct. It was the equivalent of the Salem Witch Trials where you could lie about your neighbor talking bad about the newly formed French Republic and that person would be arrested, pushed through a sham trial, and be decapitated. Since the United States had just gained independence at the time and the French Revolution did this. The reputation of Democracy and its ideals like that of Liberty and everything else the United States declared at the time. Many of the monarchies that surrounded France at the time and their subjects were disgusted with how Evil and savage the Revolution was and actually all quarantined the ideology of Democracy and attacked France all at once which Napoleon fought back which made him gain power and led to a Napoleon led France later on. I left out MANY MANY details and events but it’s quite SICKENING AND SAD how the Revolution for freedom turned into a literal dictatorship(The Reign of Terror it was called) and how many people were publicly executed because the Revolution must of had an execution fetish.

    • @janeywilcox6821
      @janeywilcox6821 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And the men watching it is not cold?? GTFO

    • @karenfromfinasse8430
      @karenfromfinasse8430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Janey Wilcox Was there mentioned in the video a group of men nonchalantly knitting while attending executions? No. If there had been I'd find it equally cold and creepy.

  • @BishopWestt
    @BishopWestt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    The guy that played Saruman (Christopher Lee) in Lord of the rings was actually present at Weidman's execution. He was 17 at the time and said when the blade came down, he himself felt like he just died

    • @JuhiSRK
      @JuhiSRK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Christopher Lee was so metal. Quite literally. He recorded heavy metal albums.

    • @LindaLinda80Linda
      @LindaLinda80Linda 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      But he was there.

    • @erniebuchinski3614
      @erniebuchinski3614 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's not by chance code for "I wet myself", now is it? ;-)

    • @patalow_6784
      @patalow_6784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Christopher also played in the movie French Revolutionary as an executer

    • @oldtoby9377
      @oldtoby9377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Now that I think of it, he probably got a very good view of it too, considering he stood at 6'4" tall, which is way above the average height for an adult male at the time.

  • @kostaspetropoulos2363
    @kostaspetropoulos2363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +488

    Marie Antoinette : Aight imma head out.

  • @thcu
    @thcu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +514

    Me: "Ok, time to be productive"
    Me 3 hours later:

    • @IAmAHuman000
      @IAmAHuman000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Same. I’ve been trying to go to bed for an hour or two, promising myself, “only one more video” and can you guess what happened after every video? I watched another. And little did I know it’s now seven twelve in the morning.

    • @kaitlyn-gracesmith7923
      @kaitlyn-gracesmith7923 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dude i swear were living the same life

  • @DDinVT
    @DDinVT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +573

    He should have use the pun “pain in the neck”, rather than “a headache”

    • @jesusjuul2697
      @jesusjuul2697 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DDinVT stolen comment

    • @DDinVT
      @DDinVT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Goodness!! I guess next time I’ll scroll through all 2,200 comments & make sure anything I have to say is totally original!!!

    • @wq198mnr
      @wq198mnr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      DDinVT I don’t believe that’s technically a pun, a pun is making joke about a word that can mean two different things. I’d say it’s more of a play on words or innuendo.

    • @DDinVT
      @DDinVT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Holy smokes! What is this, crap on DDinVT week? Just kidding. I was honestly not aware of the exact definition of pun, just it’s common use (or misuse). But, if you really want to point fingers here.... the Weird History Guy misused it 1st! I was just following his lead.... it’s ALL his fault!

    • @kevinp6812
      @kevinp6812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DDinVT lmao they're going ham on you.

  • @adeleaslan8182
    @adeleaslan8182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    After hearing about this, the Hunger Games being a massive event doesn’t sound so unrealistic

  • @manny7289
    @manny7289 4 ปีที่แล้ว +544

    Reminder that Tom was sentenced to the guillotine in an episode of Tom and Jerry.

  • @DyllanFloydTri
    @DyllanFloydTri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    American women in the 1930s- Cooking and watching the opera.
    French women in the 1930s- Knitting and watching head rolls.

    • @DyllanFloydTri
      @DyllanFloydTri 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      grafvonstauffenburg it’s a joke

    • @DyllanFloydTri
      @DyllanFloydTri 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      grafvonstauffenburg YESSIR

    • @hellobooom
      @hellobooom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @grafvonstauffenburg guillotine use continued up until and somewhat after WWII.....

    • @ZeeJayBay
      @ZeeJayBay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's interesting how these comments are never an attempt to make males seem sheltered and dull.

  • @Kraterlandschaft
    @Kraterlandschaft 4 ปีที่แล้ว +794

    "The head would gently fall into..."
    ARE YOU KIDDING ME

    • @tendousatori8582
      @tendousatori8582 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lmao

    • @mintbrisk5961
      @mintbrisk5961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      what would you think will happen?

    • @dreaminginhell4047
      @dreaminginhell4047 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@mintbrisk5961 boinggg

    • @DreamBelief
      @DreamBelief 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      It's true really. The head isn't very heavy. It would fall quite gently, and without much noise. It's what happens before it falls that is far from gentle.

    • @ReclusiveEagle
      @ReclusiveEagle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@DreamBelief confessions of a serial killer

  • @qstal
    @qstal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Crazy how only 100 years later, the common masses are now traumatized from seeing the death of a human

  • @OhItsReo
    @OhItsReo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +605

    Narrator: "The sawdust was there to soak up anything."
    Me: You mean blood?
    Narrator: "The rest was rolled into a cheap coffin."
    Me: You mean the body?!

    • @CeaselessWatcher5818
      @CeaselessWatcher5818 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      *B E C A R E F U L O F T H E D E M O N I T I Z A T I O N M A N*

    • @Khymeira
      @Khymeira 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      LMAO

    • @charris5700
      @charris5700 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Very odd and unnecessarily non specific choice of words he used. Like he can't say the word blood...or body...but he's talking about people geting decapitated by a guillotine. 😕

    • @OhItsReo
      @OhItsReo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@charris5700 lol exactly. I just thought it was funny

    • @annandres8483
      @annandres8483 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I mean blood AND sweat AND tears could be soaked up. Sweat because it could be hot af and tears cause...yeah

  • @doratheexplorer8274
    @doratheexplorer8274 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1621

    Please continue the " :|" chain

  • @keyoglacier4473
    @keyoglacier4473 4 ปีที่แล้ว +298

    My last words would be, " and PBS was made possible by viewers like you."

    • @MsSimplyFlyy
      @MsSimplyFlyy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm screaming 😂😂😂😂

    • @seanhowell2947
      @seanhowell2947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Public beheading service??

    • @eatea5415
      @eatea5415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sean Howell OH GOSH WHAT

    • @aIkaIi
      @aIkaIi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *_the Morton arboretum-_*

    • @AsaForeman
      @AsaForeman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "Thank you."

  • @seangallagher1947
    @seangallagher1947 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Compared to medieval torture and execution(s), the guillotine was relatively tame and quick, at least ideally.

    • @shane99ca
      @shane99ca 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Modern technology has yet to improve on it. Hangings are easy to botch; electric chairs malfunction; gas chambers take too long; lethal injections drag out while medtechs look for veins on arms frequently ravaged by IV drug use. A rifle to the back of the head works and is cheap but is also even more graphic than the guillotine and damaging to the ears.

    • @billolsen4360
      @billolsen4360 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shane99ca The head stays alive for a while. It takes the brain about 3 minutes to die, so the beheaded person, even if unconscious, can still have dreams.

    • @shane99ca
      @shane99ca 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@billolsen4360 If you want to get technical, the muscles stay alive for hours. Death is and always was a process, barring complete disintegration.
      Unconsciousness, however, is not the same thing as sleep. Unconsciousness is dreamless, and the dying man wouldn't remember any dreams even if it weren't.

    • @PaulRGauthier
      @PaulRGauthier 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@billolsen4360 Not true. The massive blood loss kills the brain in a matter of 30 seconds, TOPS. More usually, shock and trauma plus the blood loss makes brain death almost immediate.

  • @amirroslan2545
    @amirroslan2545 4 ปีที่แล้ว +743

    Millennials: i was born in the wrong era
    The era: *GUILLOTINE*

    • @filbao8113
      @filbao8113 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😆😆😆

    • @Jaqen-HGhar
      @Jaqen-HGhar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I bet you're one of those that confuses zoomers w/ millenials and doesn't realize that millenials are in their 30's and some are even close to 40.

    • @jessieqk12
      @jessieqk12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jaqen H'Ghar no millennials are 1990-2000

    • @marticus1642
      @marticus1642 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@jessieqk12 no it isn’t dumbass.

    • @cookiemonsterproductions1413
      @cookiemonsterproductions1413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Jessica Rich that’s gen z, millennials are born before 1995

  • @thcu
    @thcu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    Headache? Don't you mean "pain in the neck"?

  • @Nic-vf7hi
    @Nic-vf7hi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    Every sports fan in America: “Buffalo Bills fans are really weird....”
    France up until the late 1930s: “Hold my beer....”

    • @NearLife4life
      @NearLife4life 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      this is the 4th time this week I saw a "hold my...." joke!!!
      argggg!!!! it's not clever, funny or original!!!
      why?!?!?!

    • @thelegendkillersshittyduff1335
      @thelegendkillersshittyduff1335 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You can't say that now. We have a reason to be weird. We are actually doing good this season

    • @DeconusMaximus
      @DeconusMaximus 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      US southern states up until the late 1960s: "Hold my Coca-Cola..."

    • @Mr3344555
      @Mr3344555 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No class, it's hold my wine not beer!

    • @Nic-vf7hi
      @Nic-vf7hi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mr3344555 my apologizes. Hold my baguette and my beret***

  • @hawkmaster381
    @hawkmaster381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Marie Antoinette apologized to the executioner for stepping on his foot? I’ll bet that haunted him.

    • @jackiehurtado3334
      @jackiehurtado3334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I doubt it, since he was given the blade as a gift

  • @Channel-lv5hl
    @Channel-lv5hl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    “Slapped her cheeks”
    “It made her face blush”
    -ARandomFrenchExecutioner

    • @duhandrecloete1450
      @duhandrecloete1450 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Kinda hot

    • @DHarri9977
      @DHarri9977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A blushing bride.

    • @bishopioanlightoller5302
      @bishopioanlightoller5302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The person who slapped Charlotte Corday's face after execution actually did three months in prison.

    • @aHat69
      @aHat69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      "Slapped her cheeks"
      Now replace the first S with C

    • @mrbilter83
      @mrbilter83 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      kinky

  • @sonnekreiger735
    @sonnekreiger735 4 ปีที่แล้ว +365

    Life must have been pretty freakin boring back then if your favorite form of entertainment was watching people die

    • @bittermin3148
      @bittermin3148 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      We still must be pretty bored. It's still one of our favorite forms of entertainment. The movie industry is built on violence for the most part. Sure people arent really dying, but still death attracts us.

    • @ISoldKen
      @ISoldKen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Bittermin31 who is we?

    • @shadowwolf7622
      @shadowwolf7622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I guarantee people would flock to watch this or any form of execution if it was made public again.

    • @zion6166
      @zion6166 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Gladiators in Rome was quite a sight to see my friend lmao

    • @shadowwolf7622
      @shadowwolf7622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ISoldKen The vast majority of people.

  • @macman975
    @macman975 4 ปีที่แล้ว +488

    Me: Can i sing one song before i die?.
    Executioner: Okay, one song.
    Me: 🎵There were 10 billion green bottles standing on a wall🎵

  • @claytonhawk8512
    @claytonhawk8512 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    The narrator and the researchers deserve their own TV show. I've never been so entertained by learning about history before finding this channel

  • @andrewbeasley2134
    @andrewbeasley2134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +478

    Imagine living in a country that seems friendly but it’s nothing but a bunch of psychopaths

    • @joshuahmitchell873
      @joshuahmitchell873 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Thats just Canada in a shel nut

    • @brianpan6453
      @brianpan6453 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@joshuahmitchell873 , it's funny because it's true!

    • @Random63R400
      @Random63R400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Oh u talking bout U.S.A?

    • @irreccon
      @irreccon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Every country has psychopaths.

    • @49thNap
      @49thNap 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      French people during WW2: Oh, please dont hurt me Mr. German sir
      French people at an execution: YES! BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!! STICK HIS HEAD ON A PIKE AND URINATE DOWN HIS ASOPHAGES!

  • @chillapeppa993
    @chillapeppa993 4 ปีที่แล้ว +935

    People in this era : We love God
    Also them
    *Like watching people die*
    Edit : Some of y'all are overreacting the whole thing. This was just a joke but you come at me as If i want to be jesus or idk. I'm a christian myself but some christians here are just sensitive and rude.
    If my comment don't please you just scroll down but don't bother yourself writing hate comments that i won't respond to.

    • @Lowmandavis
      @Lowmandavis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      So nothing new?

    • @lizzierose1847
      @lizzierose1847 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      TheNintendoFanatic indeed

    • @Anonymous-cn6zl
      @Anonymous-cn6zl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Hypocrites in short

    • @Lowmandavis
      @Lowmandavis 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Anonymous-cn6zl it is fun though tbh

    • @howyoudurrinhunneh
      @howyoudurrinhunneh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Look at me, I made a snarky comment!
      Which really isn't, but whatever.

  • @saffiegirl4158
    @saffiegirl4158 3 ปีที่แล้ว +531

    Gotta love the timing of commercials.
    “The sawdust was there to soak up the...”
    “Holiday cookies anyone?”

    • @dubuyajay9964
      @dubuyajay9964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      "Let them eat cake." 🎂🥮🍰👸

    • @lanataylor9578
      @lanataylor9578 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No lmaooooo “long hair goals “ L’Oréal ad💀🤣

    • @FireMinstrel
      @FireMinstrel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@dubuyajay9964 Let them get Premium. :P

    • @dalehall2067
      @dalehall2067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why is everybody on TH-cam shut you fucking hilarious idiot

    • @dalehall2067
      @dalehall2067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dubuyajay9964 Do you even know what “cake e” is You have to learn first how to bake bread in the olden time stove

  • @Rose0004
    @Rose0004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I was playing Assassin's Creed: Unity, set during the French Revolution, and in-game there's a place in Paris that has a guillotine where they beheaded an NPC. Even just watching the virtual simulation was stomach turning. Couldn't imagine witnessing it in real life.

  • @WordUnheard
    @WordUnheard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    How the hell did someone secretly filming ANYTHING in 1939? The cameras back then must have been the size of a human being!

    • @1954cs
      @1954cs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Public execution with a big crowd. If I remember someone filmed it from behind and an elevated position.

    • @erictapia1772
      @erictapia1772 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      From a iPhone

    • @erictapia1772
      @erictapia1772 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Then uploaded it on Snapchat

    • @larryjohnny
      @larryjohnny 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It was a an etch a sketch rendering...

    • @bsully98
      @bsully98 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      With a flipbook

  • @imnotgaybut6408
    @imnotgaybut6408 4 ปีที่แล้ว +489

    Executioner: Any last words?
    Me: **Ahem** Mr- and Mrs. Dursley, of number 4, were proud to say that they were prefectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last People you'd expect to be involved in-
    Executioner: What are you doing?
    Some random dude in the crowd: No wait let him finish!

    • @eatea5415
      @eatea5415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      that's a good one, and end up doing the whole series!

    • @christiannachel2710
      @christiannachel2710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Ohh nice one for the Potterheads!😅

    • @--Lissy
      @--Lissy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Potterheads (including me) would say all the book first THEN also narrate the movie. Since the movie is about 19 hours long and the book would be a day long to read. big brain

    • @nono-nd5vs
      @nono-nd5vs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes.

    • @jamy306
      @jamy306 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes muggles are normal unlike wizards

  • @karlsmith2570
    @karlsmith2570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +604

    "Was the guillotine humane?"
    As opposed to having your head hacked off by a sword, it was certainly a lot more efficient and quicker, considering that beheadings by sword or axe oftentimes would require multiple strikes to cleave the head from the condemned

    • @haileyirene4713
      @haileyirene4713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Karl Smith actually they used a axe before the guillotine. Anne Boleyn was executed via a sword as it was a quicker death with one stroke of the sword vs the possible multiple hackings from a axe

    • @poopy4555
      @poopy4555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      In some countries stone throwing is still a way to publicly execute people. So, compared to having hundreds of rocks on you until you die, yes I think that is humane

    • @karlsmith2570
      @karlsmith2570 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@poopy4555 True, it leaves the most obvious signs of how the person had died too

    • @karlsmith2570
      @karlsmith2570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@haileyirene4713 True, but then again, in Anne Boleyn's case, the executioner was a master swordsman
      there were swordsman that served as the executioner that weren't as skilled

    • @KC-bg1th
      @KC-bg1th 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The scimitars used in the beheading in the Middle East don’t seem to have any trouble. Don’t recommend people looking it up, but it clearly was very efficient with a sword as long as it’s sharp. Edit: I mean the ones done by Saudi officials, rather than terrorists with journalists.

  • @garyshular807
    @garyshular807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    One head lip synced, “Another Saturday night, and I ain’t got no body.”

    • @benh1496
      @benh1496 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂

  • @kolerick
    @kolerick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    Danton's last words were addressed to his executioner. He said to him: "Don't forget to show my head to the people. It's well worth seeing."

    • @billolsen4360
      @billolsen4360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      So, Danton must have been in love with his own looks

    • @abyssdrawssomestuff
      @abyssdrawssomestuff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😖😖

    • @giselematthews7949
      @giselematthews7949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Sounds like Danton.

    • @bryanwilliams3665
      @bryanwilliams3665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It was really the reverse.. They used to make sure the 'Head saw the People'

    • @regn7786
      @regn7786 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      some nice rooms for rented overlooking the action for the single purpose of sex parties, women worked themselves up into a frenzy

  • @jays9349
    @jays9349 4 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    before we get to the beheading we would like to thank our sponsors raid shadow legends

    • @coasterhockygamingboy9549
      @coasterhockygamingboy9549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Someone uploaded an isis beheading (not the actual beheading but a picture of the scene seconds before and saying that)

  • @SBC-ReV
    @SBC-ReV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    Her: heeeey i seen u looking sharp today 😜
    Executioner: yeah thanks lol .how bout some head?.

    • @sicariusvast9555
      @sicariusvast9555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh fuck...

    • @SBC-ReV
      @SBC-ReV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@sicariusvast9555 lmao...aye i tried ..i guess i got a head of myself...its all youtube comments bra dont lose ya head.

    • @DevinaHart
      @DevinaHart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thanks for the...HEADS up!!! 😂

    • @sergeasmar6700
      @sergeasmar6700 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    • @sicariusvast9555
      @sicariusvast9555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SBC-ReV 👍

  • @maureentuohy9423
    @maureentuohy9423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Mankind is truly sick and depraved! Jeremiah 17:9

  • @Awakeningspirit20
    @Awakeningspirit20 4 ปีที่แล้ว +390

    4:59: behold, the Karens of the late 18th Century

  • @pennyfrompapaspizzeria580
    @pennyfrompapaspizzeria580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    Marie Antoinettes last words were “pardon me sir, for I meant not to do it”

    • @Olivia___._
      @Olivia___._ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yea after she stepped on the executiors foot

    • @weluvmia
      @weluvmia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Olivia___._ she took revenge

    • @Olivia___._
      @Olivia___._ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@weluvmia lol yes

    • @lotstodo
      @lotstodo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Didn't she have a small dog with her?

    • @adeleaslan8182
      @adeleaslan8182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      She was either genuine and just a sweetheart or just being sassy. I’m fine with both

  • @lancelotdufrane
    @lancelotdufrane 4 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    The severed heads, remained conscious for up to 30seconds, blinking, and trying to form words...😖...

    • @giacomo8875
      @giacomo8875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Source... Dude, thrust me.

    • @IAmAHuman000
      @IAmAHuman000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Namii Okami it’s neither!

    • @RamanShrikant
      @RamanShrikant 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Would be real scary if it was actually real.

    • @frostylapine
      @frostylapine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Steve 88 www.google.com/amp/s/www.seeker.com/amphtml/how-long-can-you-survive-being-decapitated-1792673821.html

    • @IAmAHuman000
      @IAmAHuman000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Raman bruh. Moron

  • @jtho8019
    @jtho8019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I was told that a condemned person agreed to be a guinea pig of sorts. A doctor in this era was curious as to whether this beheading caused instantaneous death and if not whether the condemned retained any consciousness and for how long. They devised a code where the beheaded person would blink in a certain sequence until they actually died with the doctor immediately holding the head up and observing it. Apparently the condemned person retained consciousness for a short while before actually dying. I forget how long they actually lived, but it was for a short time. I imagine there life would be flashing through their mind and hopefully getting right with their creator.

  • @Nene_760
    @Nene_760 4 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    At least it was a fast death . I heard even worse execution methods . Even today people are killed is horrible ways.

    • @howtogitgud
      @howtogitgud 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I don't think injected by the lethal chemical is severe.

    • @davidlinihan3626
      @davidlinihan3626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hao Tu Git Gud it a little to easy

    • @jeffrandall4046
      @jeffrandall4046 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So what, they weren’t found guilty of shoplifting.

    • @mikshin9825
      @mikshin9825 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@howtogitgud Dude some people today are crucified. Don't you know?

    • @jackkollhoff9519
      @jackkollhoff9519 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hao Tu Git Gud Lethal injection has a much higher chance of being botched then the guillotine.

  • @DreamBelief
    @DreamBelief 3 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    I like to imagine that Marie was actually being sassy and sarcastic ie "oh I'm sorry did I step on your foot? Please forgive my act of violence"

    • @thelonelyipad8648
      @thelonelyipad8648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Sasha Braus she had a lavish life even while France was starving so she isn’t that innocent.

    • @altersillegitimateson6905
      @altersillegitimateson6905 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well the executioner got her back lmao

    • @jasminejustice8129
      @jasminejustice8129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@thelonelyipad8648 Aside from what’s already been mentioned - Marie not having any actual governmental power (aside from needing to pop out an heir) - she was actually very generous. She gave over $300k of her own personal allowance to various charities, financially supported numerous poor families, she established a home for women, she adopted 3 poor kids to be raised with her own, she had cottages built at Trianon so she could move poor families into them, she sold off royal silverware in order to purchase grain for poor families, she even had the royals eat cheaper grain so there was more for everyone else... She even designed a cheap, white dress for herself, because she didn’t like dressing up so fancily all the time, and she was still criticized for it. From day one, the French hated her and treated her terribly, using her as a scapegoat for everything that was wrong with pre-revolutionary France. Granted she’s not absolved from all responsibility, the idea that you can ignore so much truth and chalk her existence up to an implication of complete conceitedness is wild.

    • @AeneasGemini
      @AeneasGemini 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @ran ran That's not entirely accurate, both she and the king were well aware of the starvation of the people. She herself was somewhat ambivalent, however the King actually did care. Louis XVI was actually very sympathetic (he was a strong believer in the values of the enlightenment), but his power was heavily restrained by an aristocracy that didn't want to lose power.
      It's a common mistake to think that kings had unlimited power, but no person rules alone and even your average king has to compete with the nobility for authority. Anyway, my point is that it wouldn't have made a difference even if she was the most compassionate person in human history and had the king wrapped around her finger, nothing would change.

    • @AeneasGemini
      @AeneasGemini 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jasminejustice8129 Lots of wealthy people in the modern day donate money to charity, it's as much of a fashion statement as anything. In the modern day it's good because it's seen as a wealthy person portraying themselves as caring about causes, in Marie Antionette's day it was a show of Christian piety.
      My point is, she probably did some good, but it doesn't necessarily reflect her true character (we just don't know her motives enough to say that). I can imagine that being foreign didn't always make her popular, but you can't deny that despite her contributions her overall attitude towards the struggle of the poor (from some of the things she said) made her seem ambivalent at best.
      Not saying she was necessarily as evil as history likes to portray her, just that she was a woman who probably reflected the popular attitudes of her era and class. Which is to say that she was likely a lot less charitable and compassionate towards the poor than she needed to be, especially considering the volatility of those times.

  • @alexisgrey3633
    @alexisgrey3633 4 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    Weird how people seemed to love meeting up to see someone be killed, creepy.

    • @bimobop
      @bimobop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Even now they'll stand around and be an annoyance at a crime scene with their phones out

    • @constantijnmostart2187
      @constantijnmostart2187 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bimobop true

    • @stephsmanicshenanigans8017
      @stephsmanicshenanigans8017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Those that watch MMA fights and all that aren’t much different. Watching people get half beat to death, sometimes actually dying like the dude recently. Watched that video cuz I was curious how the people reacted to seeing it and most didn’t get that he was in serious trouble. The barbaric acts like that are still thriving today

    • @jonasv19
      @jonasv19 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are still countries that have public executions. Saudi Arabia for example has beheading by sword, this always gathers big crowds.

    • @sosteve9113
      @sosteve9113 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Probably they had to go

  • @sunflowersprinkles5787
    @sunflowersprinkles5787 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    7:44 ok the fact that "the head seemed to be aware of the situation" really creeped me out ngl, the person was conscious and showed signs of being still alive

    • @jordinforgey955
      @jordinforgey955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As creepy and weird as it is... The head is alive for just a few seconds after being cut off.

  • @airport_chickentenders2572
    @airport_chickentenders2572 4 ปีที่แล้ว +852

    Fun Fact: Sometimes a Executioner would face the head of the victim towards his/her own body after the deed was done so they can see their own bodies for 10 seconds before the head died as well.

    • @Kevin-uj4uu
      @Kevin-uj4uu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +249

      thats just fucking grim

    • @BaldTorment
      @BaldTorment 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      damn that'd be cool

    • @Baboonmomma
      @Baboonmomma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +238

      "Fun Fact"

    • @homosexualitymydearwatson4109
      @homosexualitymydearwatson4109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +222

      I wonder if they would process fear in that moment or pain or anything? Would they be able to think with emotion or would they just be in shock

    • @nancydutt1492
      @nancydutt1492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Omg...

  • @megustamegiwana434
    @megustamegiwana434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    I find it funny that Louis XVI financed the creation of the guillotine

    • @shane99ca
      @shane99ca 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He was essentially a puppet ruler from about 1789 onwards.

  • @piadylan1207
    @piadylan1207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    last time I was this early, Marie Antoinette still had her head

    • @adrian-by7wk
      @adrian-by7wk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      well i guess you're a-head of time.

    • @piadylan1207
      @piadylan1207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Fresh Beginnings how did I steal this joke 😐 I didn't see another comment that said the same

    • @meep9963
      @meep9963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Loving this thread

    • @lesvernornvienas8232
      @lesvernornvienas8232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pia Dylan poor girl didn’t deserve that
      She actually was one of the only people to geed the poor and try to help
      The “let them eat cake” quote was said by someone else years earlier

    • @Wee-Snaw
      @Wee-Snaw 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lesvernornvienas8232 She really wasn't evil like the lower class and people to this day make her out to be, anyone would know if they'd do the slightest bit of non-bias research on her. Sadly people just love hatting on every rich person ever.

  • @jj-if6it
    @jj-if6it 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Fun fact, actor Christopher Lee (from Lord of the Rings) witnessed the last public execution when he was 17 years old.

  • @williamduckworth305
    @williamduckworth305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    It slices it dices and for 19.95 it can be yours...

    • @janetyeoman1544
      @janetyeoman1544 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you call now we can double your order

  • @surabhi_kumari
    @surabhi_kumari 4 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    " the eyes seem to retain speculation for a moment or two and there was a look in the ghastly stare with which they stared upon the crown which implied that the head was aware of the ignominious situation . "
    My brain just imagined all that shiz and now I know I'm certainly going to have a nightmare tonight .

    • @phxcppdvlazi
      @phxcppdvlazi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @The NIFB Jesus what are you even trying to say? what a horribly manged English sentence that was.

    • @phxcppdvlazi
      @phxcppdvlazi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @The NIFB Jesus no response? What a fool you've revealed yourself to be after all these years.

    • @music4ever1981
      @music4ever1981 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Stephanie Logan You forgot one...I no longer have been go on that diet!

    • @midnightmover2329
      @midnightmover2329 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Being a Headsman would be a dream job for me.I would have absolutely loved it.There is something very arousing about decapitation,it turns me on Big Time.

    • @dirtydan9728
      @dirtydan9728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@midnightmover2329 What the fuck

  • @learniteasy8146
    @learniteasy8146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    R u kidding?
    It was a public entertainment.

    • @dariusphillips8528
      @dariusphillips8528 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah so were lynchings these mfs are crazy no doubt

    • @vincentbarnibosselaar1832
      @vincentbarnibosselaar1832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The persons that it was used on exploited the people

    • @seandeltano3104
      @seandeltano3104 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      So is Trump, which is just as crazy

    • @learniteasy8146
      @learniteasy8146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Guillotine lynchings burning killing war slavery exploiting human trafficking. everything was common and happening before democracy took over. It has a long history in human culture.
      That doesn't mean it isn't happening yet what do you think dark web is available for?

    • @getminesallday24
      @getminesallday24 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@learniteasy8146 some people are so blind man its sicking people ask me y dont you have kids for what this world is sick dark web is an example its there lets just turn the cheek

  • @barbarachippel3142
    @barbarachippel3142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Here in Pennsylvania (U.S.A.) near Towanda there was the community called French Alizum. There was a large home built called La Grande Maison for Marie Antoinette and her children if they were able to escape France. 🇺🇸

  • @6996-n3f
    @6996-n3f 4 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    Lol I remember seeing that kings execution on Assassin’s Creed Unity

    • @mal5695
      @mal5695 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      6996 omg girl ur so cute 😍😍😅😎👍

    • @eatmyphatphuckingass
      @eatmyphatphuckingass 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@mal5695 what the fuck

    • @niclas259
      @niclas259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@mal5695 get a life...

    • @meep9963
      @meep9963 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is the best comment LMAO

    • @Lqw17
      @Lqw17 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@niclas259 lol I was gonna say that b4 I read ur reply!

  • @lost4eva081980
    @lost4eva081980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    "I see that you have made three spelling mistakes." - final words of Thomas de Mahy, Marquis de Favras upon reading his death warrant before being guillotined in 1790.

    • @lonely_ghost9857
      @lonely_ghost9857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wish that was my English teacher -_-

  • @caitthourot3968
    @caitthourot3968 4 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    Are we not going to talk about the fact that Louis xvi was the one who invented the blade being on an angle making the cut cleaner? The blade was originally straight and Louis changed that which ironically made his death better later in life

    • @DylanRomanov
      @DylanRomanov 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think?.....ITS LIKE RAYYYY-IIII-YEEEEIIIINNNNNN

    • @DrJ-hx7wv
      @DrJ-hx7wv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He suggested the idea after banning the wheel. It was the Jacobins that used it since they thought it was more humane. That wasn't the method of capital punishment under the crown

    • @valentinlageot4101
      @valentinlageot4101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      that's right although he didn't save his life atleast his death was a quick one.

    • @piepiep2368
      @piepiep2368 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep he was a good technicien

    • @JeffSmith-pl2pj
      @JeffSmith-pl2pj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was still sloppy because he was so fat.

  • @ReccquiemBST
    @ReccquiemBST 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The guy who invented the guillotine got to try it out!
    It didn't end well...

  • @gailcbull
    @gailcbull 4 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    I have a lot of respect for the humanity of Albert Camus' father. The world needs more people like him.

    • @Punki80
      @Punki80 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Exactly. I thought no one was going to comment on that. One sane, natural reaction at last after all that insane blood lust of the onlookers. Who the hell would watch anything like that for entertainment? What were people like back then, what lives must they have lead to gain so much lack of empathy? Death penalty is a crazy concept. Doesn´t prevent anything either.

    • @Cuil
      @Cuil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Punki80 People are still that way, unfortunately.

    • @MarcusBurkenhare
      @MarcusBurkenhare 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      'Notes On The Guillotine' is an excellent read, well worth it.

    • @dougerrohmer
      @dougerrohmer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I kind of wonder how to rate the dude traveling across the city in the middle of the night (probably no street lights, cabs, etc) to watch in the first place.

    • @peabodyfrost577
      @peabodyfrost577 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Punki80 death penalty is a proven deterrence. Learn facts.

  • @tedthompson2163
    @tedthompson2163 4 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    *"Where are you going, Pierre? You will miss ze beheading!"*
    *"I must go home right away to work on my new invention, which I have just now thought of eet!"*
    *"What is eet, Pierre?"*
    *"I weel call eet Ze Bobblehead!"*

    • @staytoasty7373
      @staytoasty7373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ted Thompson Underrated comment

    • @gedagetschedda
      @gedagetschedda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yo Pierre, you wanna come out here? *Door Creaks Open*

    • @smilysprid
      @smilysprid 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Proy Esclasis bruh

    • @cash4coins241
      @cash4coins241 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yo Pierre u wanna come out here *CREAAAK*

  • @InshasChoice
    @InshasChoice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    My grandad's friend attended an execution, grandad didn't go himself but the friend had many sleepless nights because of what he saw.

  • @madjoe8622
    @madjoe8622 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “Not as clumsy or random as gallows; an elegant tool for a more civilized age.”

  • @FriendlyKat
    @FriendlyKat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Very interesting. Didn’t know that the guillotine was around in 70’s.

    • @ZouzouCanna
      @ZouzouCanna 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Starwarsrap1 I remember being a child in the early 2000’s and my parents were talking to me and my sister about how the world was different when they were young. They told us death penalty was still a thing a few years ago and that they themselves voted for the abolition of the death penalty (1981). So we asked how the people were being killed and they were like “I’m pretty sure they were beheaded by a guillotine.” like it was no biggie.

    • @PacMan78Classic
      @PacMan78Classic 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They still have it today. In the US they have around 50,000 in storage still brand new. I have a book that shows criminals' heads cut off after receiving the guillotine and some heads stayed alert for half a minute. They even hooked wires up to some of them & attached the wire to a battery then blew a horn in the ear or something to that effect to see the reaction if any by the head. Morbid shit I tell u

  • @majcorbin
    @majcorbin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    it would be even more terrorizing if the victim was laid on his/her back so they could watch the blade drop

    • @DrCorvid
      @DrCorvid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would vote for lying the person face-up with no bag over his head.

    • @KC-bg1th
      @KC-bg1th 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Not knowing when it’s coming is the scariest part.

    • @DrCorvid
      @DrCorvid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      says you, Kevin, hehe. If we put on a bibcam we could televise the closeups. And have a pool on whether the eyes open and shut. Some of those Japanese game shows are brutal, almost that bad. Waiver time and a free case of soylent ham to the widow...

    • @InshasChoice
      @InshasChoice 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's horrible.

  • @lioubastoupakova3770
    @lioubastoupakova3770 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    Secretly filmed ?
    I’m just imaging Logan Paul holding his iPhone selfie in a historical painting

  • @silvussol8966
    @silvussol8966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    French: “Hey, we invented a giant head-cutting machine, wanna see it in action?”

  • @marygoround1292
    @marygoround1292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    "To the guillotine!"
    "Chop, chop, chop, chop, chop"
    -Oversimplified

  • @bruceglover2713
    @bruceglover2713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    I'd probably take that over tar and feathers.

    • @henrg
      @henrg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tar and feathers doesn't kill you.

    • @packowhite6033
      @packowhite6033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Henry G Although tar and feathers usually doesn’t kill, it really depends on what you’re using to stick the feathers. For example, if you use asphalt to tar and feather someone it could be very life threatening. This is because it covers up your pores on your skin.

  • @cesaremoore3873
    @cesaremoore3873 4 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    Imagine if they did that now
    "*Oh crap the camera wasn't on*"
    Edit: Why is everyone replying OK boomer?
    Im not a boomer
    Edit: I just realized I sound like I'm a boomer. If you don't hear back from me assume I'm dead

  • @evnejg94
    @evnejg94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    “Give me back my wooden gallows”
    “An apology for the executioner”
    “Made her cheeks blush”
    People are wild

  • @luper.4501
    @luper.4501 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I hate being early. There are no funny comments.

  • @Z3R0F1V3
    @Z3R0F1V3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Marie Antoinette: "Ight imma *head* out"

    • @petereacts2482
      @petereacts2482 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Luna - i bet everyone that doesn't like her are french... they think that Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI are the reason of the bankruptcy of the france, when Louis XIV is the main reason because of his pushing to build that "Palace of Versailles" even when the france is already bankrupt cause of building that luxurious palace.

  • @brokegamer3531
    @brokegamer3531 4 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    Marie Antoinette: *steps on foot* "cash me on the otherside howAboUt That"

    • @caseybarrett8352
      @caseybarrett8352 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No I think what actually happened was she stepped on foot and was like oh shit my bad my bad plz no kill and maybe even let me go because of how nice I’m being I’m jooooooooking I’m joooooooooking😳😳😳😳😳😳😳 unless ?????????????

    • @adambrower7148
      @adambrower7148 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Billy The Kid ok tumor

    • @FoxyBoxery
      @FoxyBoxery 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@adambrower7148
      Ok rumour

    • @Ncobb2334
      @Ncobb2334 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Marie was executed by a swordsman.

    • @chastity9272
      @chastity9272 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Local Fanatic ok loomer 🧶

  • @curtrotar5446
    @curtrotar5446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Interesting lesson. With a bit more context, you forgot to mention Maximillian Robespierre, the public safety officer onto whom the revolution he conjured turned against. If not literally, metaphorically, history repeats itself.

  • @roddeguzman9958
    @roddeguzman9958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    Prisoner on guillotine: Aight imma HEaD"
    out.

    • @Robloxchat123
      @Robloxchat123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      get out

    • @karenfromfinasse8430
      @karenfromfinasse8430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Executioner: .... Ok that was pretty good, you can go.

    • @howyoudurrinhunneh
      @howyoudurrinhunneh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      7 years from now someone will read this and not get the reference.
      Future person, it is about Spongebob. He lives in a pineapple under the sea.

    • @myd3b124
      @myd3b124 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sux

    • @saturn2049
      @saturn2049 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Get out

  • @rmking_beats
    @rmking_beats 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Me: beheading a person in gta.
    Mom: pulls out the power cord of my Playstation saying that's way too violent.
    Guillotine fans: ight... time to head out.

    • @brebchat4864
      @brebchat4864 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      More like "aight time to head off bois "

    • @orangegrove6237
      @orangegrove6237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I didn’t know you can behead people in GTA.

  • @ecampbell9506
    @ecampbell9506 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Imagine the kind of fear, waiting in a wooden wagon for your turn, knowing in a couple of minutes, you wouldn't be breathing anymore. Especially if the person was innocent, or charged for Petty crime.
    Just thinking about it terrifies me. I have absolutely no clue and Louis and Marie died so respectfully.

  • @chuckeecheeze4649
    @chuckeecheeze4649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It is an experience that people are losing their heads over.
    Thank you, I'll be here all week.