Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin described the guillotine's effect as being “Like a cool breath on the back of the neck.” Anne Boleyn would likely disagree.

Couple beheaded themselves with homemade guillotine as a sacrifice By . Snejana Farberov. Published April 17, 2023. Updated April 17, 2023, 3:50 p.m. ET. Explore More ...

New Delhi — An Indian couple has allegedly died by suicide by using a guillotine-like mechanism to decapitate themselves in a sacrificial ritual, police said Sunday.. Hemubhai Makwana, 38, and ...

Through the night, for 12½ hours, the debate on the guillotine motion went on, with M.P.s catching catnaps in the library. “A brutal motion,” cried Labor Strategist Herbert Morrison.