The guillotine used to behead one of Adolf Hitler’s youngest and bravest opponents has been found in the basement of a museum. The discovery has triggered a debate about whether it should now go on ...

Human rights watchdogs are losing their heads over a controversial auction in Paris on Wednesday. At issue is the sale of a 150-year-old guillotine — with a starting price of close to $10,000 — which ...

Guns, a guillotine and mechanical rat traps played a regular role in a secret Masonic ritual that turned deadly for a Long Island man, police said yesterday. Initiates to the Fellowcraft Club of the ...

A handout photo released on January 10, 2014 by Bavarian National Museum shows a guillotine believed used to execute Nazi resistance student siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl in 1943 that has been found ...

The contraption was gathering dust in a storeroom of the Bavarian National Museum in Munich. Embarrassed officials said on Friday they recalled its use in a previous museum exhibition where it was ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NANTES, France – A 19th century guillotine in perfect working order goes up for auction in France on Thursday and is expected to fetch up to $82,000, the ...

A guillotine has fetched €8,008 (£7080) at a controversial auction in Paris. The 150-year-old replica of a device used for executions was bought on Wednesday by a French millionaire and collector of ...

A working model of a guillotine made by a Napoleonic prisoner, awaiting his death, is expected to fetch up to £8,000 at auction when it goes on sale early next month. The 200-year-old replica was ...