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Beheaded

Megan Moore & Elizabeth Black

Torture. Execution. Death. Listen as two die-hard fans chat about some of history's most gruesome death sentences. From famous queens and kings to the uncommon names in history, no conviction will be left untouched. Try not to lose your head over this comical approach to the shocking and disturbing stories of treason and crime (whether found guilty or not).

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107 episodes

  1. Drunk on Power, Drowned in Wine | George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence 59:16
  2. How to Win Friends Then Guillotine People | Maximilien Robespierre (Part 2) 57:23
  3. How to Win Friends Then Guillotine People | Maximilien Robespierre (Part 1) 48:29
  4. Roman Mothers Know Best: Agrippina the Younger 1:06:26
  5. Witch, Please: The First Irish Witch Trial | Petronilla de Meath 57:02
  6. He Didn't Start the Fire | Robert Hubert 57:09
  7. Getting Westinghoused: The Execution that Shocked America | William Kemmler 1:01:40
  8. The Fate of the Faithful | The Martyrs of Compiègne 53:46
  9. The Sayre Slayer of New Jersey | Antoine Le Blanc 58:07
  10. Special Edition Episode: Interview with Adam Pennington 1:04:26
  11. Priest, Proctor, Prisoner | Bishop John Fisher 1:02:53
  12. The Romanov Court: Romance & Ruin | Mary Hamilton 44:17
  13. Boys, It's the Bisbee Massacre 59:45
  14. Paramours and Poison | Madame Marie-Madeleine de Brinvilliers 1:08:46
  15. Game of Roses | Richard Woodville 51:51
  16. The Other Ptolemy Girl | Berenice IV 1:05:40
  17. Special Edition Episode: Interview with Professor Suzannah Lipscomb 50:05
  18. Whispers of Maleficium: The Pendle Witch Trials (Part II) 59:45
  19. Whispers of Maleficium: The Pendle Witch Trials (Part I) 54:46
  20. Espionage and the Electric Chair | Ethel & Julius Rosenberg 1:04:08
  21. Ella Disenchanted in Imperial Russia | Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine 58:14
  22. Forged in Irony | Georg Honauer 45:49
  23. The Catherine Wheel | Catherine of Alexandria 47:03
  24. Aske-ing for a Friend | Robert Aske 1:00:24
  25. Roman Thirst for Glory and Gold | Manius Aquillius 54:17
  26. Rebel of the Red Cross | Edith Cavell 57:12
  27. Served on a Silver Platter: The Execution of John the Baptist 52:55
  28. The Black Dinner: A Meal to Die For 56:19
  29. The Forbidden Tale of the Duke and the Witch | Agnes Bernauer 52:18
  30. Raid Against the Machine | Jeremiah Brandreth 55:57
  31. Madame du Barry: The Girl from Nothing & Ready for Anything 1:24:20
  32. Elisabeth de France and the Holy Guillotine: Part II 52:57
  33. Elisabeth de France and the Holy Guillotine: Part I 55:34
  34. The Last of the Gurus | Sikh Gurus 59:30
  35. Pugachev the Great | Yemelyan Pugachev 1:00:10
  36. Arsenic and Black Widows | Catherine and Margaret Flannagn 52:22
  37. The Rope Drop Flop | Margaret Ward 51:47
  38. Egyptian Tomb Raiders: Treasure or Torture 1:05:31
  39. The Breaking Wheel on the Bayou | Jean Baptiste Baudreau II 54:29
  40. Dying on a Prayer | Mabel Brigge 56:37
  41. Captain Jack & His Bonny Lass | Calico Jack 1:08:05
  42. The Nightclub Murderess | Ruth Ellis 1:12:04
  43. Peter and the Wolf | Peter Stumpp 1:04:52
  44. The Heartless Spy | Francois Henry de la Motte 57:32
  45. Perkin the Pretender | Perkin Warbeck 1:06:19
  46. Special Episode: Interview with Dr. Leah Redmond Chang 58:23
  47. Thomas Cromwell: From Statesman to Scaffold (Part II) 58:34
  48. Thomas Cromwell: From Statesman to Scaffold (Part I) 47:45
  49. Special Episode: Interview with Dr. Owen Emmerson 59:48
  50. Not Like a Regular Executioner, But a Cool Executioner | Bohemian Revolt 49:57