In medieval France, when a pig killed a child, the animal didn't just get slaughtered. It got a trial. These were formal legal proceedings with judges, defense attorneys, and - in at least one case - ...

Hanging was a common medieval execution, but for certain criminals, punishment did not end with death. After execution, bodies were sometimes placed in iron cages known as gibbets and displayed in ...

A replica of a 13th Century execution device, which was an early type of guillotine, is to be replaced 50 years after it was first erected. The non-working full size oak replica of the Halifax Gibbet, ...