Public executions, such as burning at the stake, served as grim spectacles that demonstrated the consequences of defying the ...

Three North Koreans were tied to stakes and riddled with ninety bullets each before being torched in a brutal public execution. The three men in their 30s, the two Kim brothers, and their friend ...

Joan of Arc, the young peasant girl who helped lead France to victory, was burned at the stake after being convicted of ...

Three North Koreans were tied to stakes and blasted with ninety bullets each during a gruesome public execution before their bodies were torched in front of onlookers. The trio were brutally ...

But in Salem, not one of the accused that eventually faced execution was burned at the stake. Instead, 19 of them were hanged. In accordance with English law, 19 of the victims of the Salem Witch ...

Wednesday’s execution in Arizona appears to be another ... usually tied to chair or a stake, aim at the chest and fire. The head is a tougher target. The offender typically dies of hemorrhage ...