Top 10 Infamous Historical Executions

these people might actually be remembered best for their deaths rather than the lives they lived he is then and welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for the top ten infamous real-life executions somewhere around 620 or 630 the lights in the prison went off and that's the sign when they switch to the generator for this list we're looking specifically at official executions as ordered by the state or government throughout history and across the world at the last moment however she turned into the matron and shook her hand and then very impulsive Lee leaned over and kissed her number ten Ernst Kaltenbrunner several Nazi officers were captured and executed following the end of World War two but none was more prominent than Ernst Kaltenbrunner as a high-ranking official with the SS it was believed that he had direct knowledge of the workings of the concentration camps that resulted in the deaths of millions of Jewish captives at the Nuremberg trials Kaltenbrunner was charged with conspiracy to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity and was then sentenced to death he was executed by hanging on October 16th 1946 number nine Julius and Ethel Rosenberg one of the greatest peacetime spy dramas in the nation's history reaches its climax as Julius Rosenberg and Morton Sobell convicted of revealing atomic secrets to the Russians enter the Federal Building in New York to hear their doom while spies and double agents make for exciting fiction they posed a serious threat to the United States and its Western allies during the Cold War Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were two alleged Soviet spies captured by the United States and charged with passing along information about the atomic bomb when Julius and Ethel Rosenberg took the stand they denied any involvement with the Soviet spy ring when questioned about their membership in the Communist Party they took the Fifth Amendment their trial began in 1951 and captured the attention of the nation the married couple was found guilty of espionage and was executed by the electric chair while Morton Sobell another American found guilty of spying during the trial claimed that Julius acted as a courier for the Soviets he did not claim the same for Ethel number eight Sir William Wallace just one just to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives but they'll never take down one of the most famous figures from the medieval period and a leading member of the Scottish rebellion against England William Wallace has become one of the most recognizable names in history despite leading his people to several key victories during the Wars of Scottish independence he was betrayed and turned over to the English in 1305 Wallace was tried for treason and was sentenced to be executed he was dragged naked through the streets strangled by hanging but not until death after which he was emasculated disemboweled decapitated and drawn and quartered the four parts of his dismembered body were sent to barrack Edinburgh Aberdeen and Stirling the scene of his greatest triumph to warn the Scots number seven Guy Fawkes remember remember the fifth of November considered quote the last man to enter parliament with honest intentions Foxx was a member of a group of English Catholics who attempted to blow up Parliament with gunpowder in 1605 he's very willing to kill for his beliefs just as much as he is to die for them the main goal of the Gunpowder Plot was to kill King James and replace him with his nine-year-old daughter Princess Elizabeth the plot was uncovered however and Fox was captured while his steadfast manner earned him the admiration of King James he was tortured and was sentenced to death by hanging and quartering number six and Boleyn he believed that what he wanted was what God wanted and so if there is something which Henry wanted like getting rid of one wife and replacing him it was God's will one of the most famous womanisers in history Henry the eighth of England was married a total of six times of all his wives however perhaps none is more famous than Anne Boleyn considered a heroine of the English Reformation she was married to Henry for three years the prosecution evidence was entirely trumped-up it was very very weak everybody knew it was weak but by the same token everybody knew that it was Henry's will she was unable to produce a son to serve as Henry's heir however and she was eventually charged with adultery incest and treason imprisoned in the Tower of London she was eventually beheaded on May 19 1530 sex number five Marie Antoinette the mechanism Falls like thunder the head flies off blood spurts the man is no more the French Revolution wasn't kind to the aristocratic class in France while king louis xiv was arrested and executed the most famous casualty of the revolution has to be his wife Marie Antoinette she was faulted for the economic crisis in France at the time thanks to her extravagant expenditures she was eventually placed under house arrest with the rest of the royal family her children are ripped away from her her children were the most important thing to her and she knew that that her son was going to be subjected to terrible abuse to make him forget that he was ever royal her fate was essentially sealed after the execution of louis xiv and she was charged with treason and executed by guillotine in 1793 number four Ted Bundy the King County sheriff's jurisdiction averaged about seven murders six murders a year up until 1974 we'd never seen anything like this one of the most infamous serial killers in American history Ted Bundy admitted to being responsible for killing 30 women throughout the 1970s although the actual number is likely much higher he used his good looks and charming personality to lure young female victims before assaulting them he feels the eyes of the nation upon him and he revels in the spotlight he is famous Bundy was ultimately captured in Florida and received three death sentences and he died in the electric chair On January 24 1989 the execution of Ted Bundy couldn't come fast enough for a crowd that was beginning to feel like a lynch mob an estimated 2,000 people celebrated with songs dancing and fireworks in a field across the street from the prison immediately after the execution we are your sons and we are your husband's and we grew up in regular families number three Saddam Hussein and it is said that he killed when he was 10 years old Eagle dippers known as the butcher of Baghdad Saddam Hussein served as the fifth president of Iraq for over 20 years peaceful efforts to disarm the Iraqi regime have failed again and again because we are not dealing with peaceful men he was widely condemned in the Western world due to his brutality which included killing political opponents and using chemical weapons against his own people Saddam was hitting everyone in sight even who died who was on his sickbed he broke who dies arm imprisoned him for 45 days tortured him and put all of us in prison in 2003 a coalition led by the United States invaded Iraq to remove Saddam from power and he was eventually captured and hanged video of the execution was leaked online and became the subject of global controversy the way he gave up and didn't fight and gave himself up to us right away was against everything he told everybody else to do I think forever that probably tarnished Saddam Hussein in the eyes of all Iraqis number 2 Joan of Arc for God the maid of Orleans is a heroine of France who helped lead her people to victory in several battles against the English during the Hundred Years War she was eventually betrayed however and handed over to the English by the Burgundians she was tried on a number of charges including cross-dressing and despite a lack of evidence was sentenced to death and burned at the stake at just 19 years old she was declared a martyr 25 years after her death and is one of the nine secondary patron saints of France before we unveil our number one pick here are some honorable mentions Lord into your hands I commend my spirit your life is finished what Timothy James McVey has been executed by lethal injection he was pronounced dead at 7:14 a.m. you see he touched my ass society and the cops and the system a raped woman got executed Gilmore status as a symbol was inevitable his execution paved the way for the hundreds that have followed since Gilmore uttered his unforgettable phrase let's do it good evening no execution has received this much attention in decades in this case it's because so many people are convinced of his innocence number one Jesus while some may debate the religious aspect Jesus is widely considered to be a historical figure that did exist a preacher in the 1st century AD Jesus's teachings angered many of the religious leaders in Judea he was eventually betrayed by Judas one of his disciples and handed over to the Romans after which he was sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate and crucified in Jerusalem he has been found guilty of blasphemy whether you believe that Jesus was the son of God or not his execution remains one of the most influential moments in history do you agree with our list what do you think is the most infamous execution in history it is my duty to defend an stunning and yet understanding has set his LD for more exciting top 10s published every day be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com you

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Keywords: Capital Punishment (Cause Of Death), Politics (TV Genre), politics, history, real life, executions, sir william wallace, guy fawkes, anne boleyn, marie antoinette, julius and ethel rosenberg, ernst kaltenbrunner, jesus, joan of arc, saddam hussein, ted bundy

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Length: 11min 34sec (694 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 05 2015