MOST FAMOUS EXECUTIONERS

MOST FAMOUS EXECUTIONERS.

1. Franz Schmidt was a true virtuoso of his work. This executioner killed with a rope, a sword, the broken wheel, fire and drowning in water. Throughout his career, Franz kept a diary, in it there were memories of 361 executions and 345 punishments throughout the 44 years of his career. He was renowned in history as Master Franz.

2. Richard Brandon inherited the profession of an executioner. In honor of his father Gregory, people called the gallows - "Gregory trees”. Richard was most likely the man who cut off the head of England’s King Charles I in 1649.

3. John Ketch became famous for his clumsiness, which bordered on cruelty. In 1685, the rebel Duke of Monmouth paid Ketch the executioner 6 guineas, so that he executed him quickly and efficiently. However, John did not deliver - even after three blows he could not separate Duke’s head and the rebel died in agony.

4. Giovanni Bugatti worked as an executioner from 1796 to 1865, receiving the nickname "Master of Justice". He killed people with an ax, a wooden hammer or at the a gallows. When the guillotine came into use, he mastered the device. In his spare time Giovanni and his wife sold painted umbrellas and other souvenirs to tourists.

5. Clément Henri Sanson belongs to the dynasty of the Parisian executioners who executed kings. He received his post in 1840, but his career lasted only 7 years. Clément Henri has was in so much debt that he pawned his main instrument - the guillotine and could not reclaim it.

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