A Texas death row inmate who gained notoriety after a brazen escape from jail has been executed for the double murder of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in 1998. Charles Victor Thompson, 55, ...

Long before nurses Beverly Allitt and Lucy Letby, and Dr Harold Shipman, were convicted of killing patients, a ...

Take a first listen to Ruth, which will receive its world premiere at Wilton’s Music Hall from 18 to 28 March 2026. Presented ...

It was ten years before then that Saughton saw its last hanging. Since opening in 1920, only four men were ever sent to the ...

One of the bosses of Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven is The Executioner. She is found in The Rot Hidden Tomb at the end of the crusade. She battles not only you, but her own conscience as she comes to ...

Jack Ketch was one of England’s most notorious executioners. This video explains why his name became infamous. His work did not end at the scaffold. The aftermath followed him home. Catherine O'Hara's ...

North Korea is executing schoolchildren for watching South Korean TV shows and listening to K-Pop, including Netflix’s hit series “Squid Game,” according to Amnesty International. Escapees told the ...

The royals are both former Olympians and members of the International Olympic Committee Andreas Rentz/Getty Princess Anne and Prince Albert of Monaco were spotted sharing a laugh at an IOC event ahead ...

WASHINGTON — The United States recorded its highest number of executions since 2009 in 2025, with 47 people executed across 11 states, as the Supreme Court denied every request to delay an execution ...

In 2025, the United States saw a surge in executions after a period of decline. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 47 people were put to death in 11 states, the highest annual ...

(Beirut) – Iranian authorities in 2025 carried out executions on a scale unseen since the late 1980s, carried out mass killings in response to protests across the country, conducted mass and arbitrary ...

Feb. 4 (UPI) --North Korea is carrying out arbitrary and brutally disproportionate punishments, including executions, against citizens caught watching South Korean television and other foreign media, ...