How Exactly Did One Become an Executioner in Medieval Times?

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Few occupations from history are as maligned as that of Medieval-era executioner. Popularly painted as gleeful dispensers of death and torture, the truth seems to be that many executioners throughout this period usually treated the occupation with a certain reverence and exhibited an extreme dedication to duty. Beyond trying to minimize the suffering of those slated to be executed, this was, among other reasons we’ll get into, because it would often mean the life of the executioner if they ever botched an execution or otherwise weren’t extremely professional in carrying out their job.
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    @cadburybunny

    5 жыл бұрын

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  • @clintmaggart485

    @clintmaggart485

    5 жыл бұрын

    I bought the book "The Faithful Executioner" a few years ago. It gives a lot of insight into life in the 16th century. A good read, but not for the faint of heart. Some crimes he listed are utterly barbaric.

  • @skitzo-qy7ff

    @skitzo-qy7ff

    5 жыл бұрын

    When did the first terroristic group start and who would they terrorize, like was terrorism a thing during the Medieval Times?

  • @Xachremos

    @Xachremos

    5 жыл бұрын

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  • @makepeace234

    @makepeace234

    5 жыл бұрын

    Can you guys do a vid on sin eaters? Thanks!

  • @armagedonnight
    @armagedonnight5 жыл бұрын

    I would love to see a show on netflix with an executioner during medieval times as the protagonist, I think there's lots of potential

  • @shaneschwartz2380

    @shaneschwartz2380

    5 жыл бұрын

    There is a show on Hulu called The Bastard Executioner.

  • @royholt9685

    @royholt9685

    4 жыл бұрын

    FX had a show called the Bastard Executioner that lasted a single season.

  • @Imnotshortimfunsize

    @Imnotshortimfunsize

    4 жыл бұрын

    There's a series of books by Oliver Potsch called "The Hangmans Daughter " that would make an awesome series.

  • @Vicieron

    @Vicieron

    4 жыл бұрын

    ......and I was just thinking how this could make for a great game.

  • @dyinhope6840

    @dyinhope6840

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Pfondeena already was as others mentioned and it sucked. Bad.

  • @-----Alcatraz------
    @-----Alcatraz------5 жыл бұрын

    Are you a sadist? -Yes Can you swing an axe? -Yes *Hired*

  • @-----Alcatraz------

    @-----Alcatraz------

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Niccolò Machiavelli god bless you

  • @livedandletdie

    @livedandletdie

    5 жыл бұрын

    Alcatraz, Sadism is not a good personality trait for an executioner. They are supposed to do their job well and a sadistic person wouldn't end someone swiftly, due to them being sadists. And also it was a crime to desecrate corpses even unpure corpses, and they were to be buried outside of the church yard, as they weren't allowed to be buried on hallow soil.

  • @WeaponOfMyDestructio

    @WeaponOfMyDestructio

    5 жыл бұрын

    Where's your resume points to graveyard

  • @michaelstroman6759

    @michaelstroman6759

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Strong Black Independent Republican Black Waman wow

  • @michaelstroman6759

    @michaelstroman6759

    5 жыл бұрын

    That easy huh

  • @Dracopol
    @Dracopol5 жыл бұрын

    "So why did you become an executioner?" "I like a job where you meet people."

  • @edsr164

    @edsr164

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dracopol a job you meet people only once right?

  • @FeedScrn

    @FeedScrn

    4 жыл бұрын

    I have a problem with holding long-term relationships.

  • @Robbie_S

    @Robbie_S

    4 жыл бұрын

    You mean Meat people.

  • @deanlaunder4133

    @deanlaunder4133

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Robbie_S I came looking for this comment in the replies thank you for not disappointing me

  • @AlbertAlbertB.

    @AlbertAlbertB.

    3 жыл бұрын

    "I like justice"

  • @racheltania4498
    @racheltania44984 жыл бұрын

    "So, why should we choose you for this job?" "Well, I don't see a big line of candidates out the door" "Okay, where do you see yourself in 5 years?" "If all goes well, on a platform covered in blood while the crowd cheers and I get dental coverage" "What would you say is your greatest weakness?" "My left arm." And..you're in

  • @acropolismauve8496

    @acropolismauve8496

    2 жыл бұрын

    Traditionally a swordsmen is right handed. Castle stairs are even designed to aid right handed soldiers and knights.

  • @loosoh4891

    @loosoh4891

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@acropolismauve8496 you familiar with sir flat foot?

  • @acropolismauve8496

    @acropolismauve8496

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@loosoh4891 afraid not

  • @Taikamuna
    @Taikamuna5 жыл бұрын

    This video was well _executed_

  • @tomassholemuller8659

    @tomassholemuller8659

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oof

  • @Laura-Yu

    @Laura-Yu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Taikamuna God damn it

  • @slinkerdeer

    @slinkerdeer

    5 жыл бұрын

    Taikamuna Underrated comment of the week lol

  • @shebbs1

    @shebbs1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well, if it hadn't been, heads would have rolled.

  • @Max-el7zd

    @Max-el7zd

    5 жыл бұрын

    I expect better from you 😡

  • @DrFranklynAnderson
    @DrFranklynAnderson5 жыл бұрын

    “Welcome to Dirty Job: Medieval edition! I’m Mike Rowe and today we’re going to be *hang*ing out with an executioner!”

  • @ThaTerrorr

    @ThaTerrorr

    5 жыл бұрын

    Look up "worst Jobs in history", which is the same but hosted by a very british dude

  • @765respect

    @765respect

    5 жыл бұрын

    That would be Tony Robinson aka Baldrick. I loved him in Black Adder. Little turnip in the country, first name Sod Off...

  • @axslaps

    @axslaps

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ThaTerrorr thanks Jesus! I imagine some of the ones Mike did would be on the worst jobs list for Medieval and other time periods prior to modern plumbing (I understand at least some walls made in those periods was from the privy/loo, now imagine not having gloves for that job).

  • @Shadow77999

    @Shadow77999

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hahhahahha nice one bro

  • @breed4659

    @breed4659

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ThaTerrorr I'll just stick with Mike Rowe if the 2 shows are equal aside from the hosts. Mike Rowe is not only a fuckin awesome host, he's a stand-up guy, and great role model that emphasizes hard work and independence. He was on Ben Shapiro's sunday special interview a while back and i learned a lot about Mike and what kinda guy he is and I'm now a huge fan.

  • @clitcommander6946
    @clitcommander69464 жыл бұрын

    Bruhh imagine in Skyrim racing the executioner in a foot race as the first mission🤣

  • @micahreinhart5738

    @micahreinhart5738

    3 жыл бұрын

    Need the sanic mod, racial ability: goes fast, racial disability: gotta go fast

  • @Desertedhail

    @Desertedhail

    3 жыл бұрын

    i think that one guy tried too

  • @faimynth6030

    @faimynth6030

    2 жыл бұрын

    One of your friends tried, then he was shot in the back 😳

  • @tripodsforme1868

    @tripodsforme1868

    2 жыл бұрын

    IM FAST AS FUCK BOY -The Dragonborn probably

  • @phoebe5114

    @phoebe5114

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Oh, you built Magicka? *heh*, sucks to suck, nerd. Get runnin'."

  • @TruthNeverFade
    @TruthNeverFade5 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Germany and learned in a museum that executioners were allowed to visit the local church in some (not all) german towns. The pew reserved for the executioner and his family was painted black and was placed at the very back of the church :) the more you know! I really liked this video!

  • @joeyschuchardt8695

    @joeyschuchardt8695

    4 жыл бұрын

    They were also legally permitted to perform marriages.

  • @nozecone

    @nozecone

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@joeyschuchardt8695 And end them ... in some cases .......

  • @chadbusch8541

    @chadbusch8541

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nozecone till death do you part indeed

  • @katherinetutschek4757

    @katherinetutschek4757

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's nice they were allowed in at least some churches. Seems a bit harsh to deny them the right to worship.

  • @davehoward22

    @davehoward22

    3 жыл бұрын

    The nuremburg executioners diaries are an interesting read

  • @SnoopyDoofie
    @SnoopyDoofie5 жыл бұрын

    Bad as the job may have been, an executioner always gets ahead.

  • @rsrt6910

    @rsrt6910

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hands down, you're killin' it.

  • @arandomlanguagenerd1869

    @arandomlanguagenerd1869

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thx, Snoopy, this made my day

  • @Mitjitsu

    @Mitjitsu

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's an important job which very few people want to do due to the unpleasantness and fear of reprisal. Therefore a poor person with little marketable skills could earn exponentially more than an entry level job. I'd imagine the amount earned would be the equivalent to a six figure plus sum in today's money.

  • @magna116

    @magna116

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Mitjitsu this joke, like the poor aim of an executioner's swing, has gone over your head!

  • @haltsmaul.

    @haltsmaul.

    5 жыл бұрын

    An executioner would easily get Head, Both literally and figureatively.

  • @theduke7539
    @theduke75395 жыл бұрын

    "Executioner could make a killing" says this and moves on as if he wasn't completely aware of what he just said.

  • @AmaraJordanMusic

    @AmaraJordanMusic

    3 жыл бұрын

    That’s when I liked the video. 😅 I have to send this to my guy, it’s too good. 😂

  • @chrisbrown8640

    @chrisbrown8640

    3 жыл бұрын

    " Have own axe , will travel , willing to work overtime ...."

  • @justinb954

    @justinb954

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@chrisbrown8640 Johann Reichhart got quite rich doing 3000 executions during WW2. He lived to be almost 100yrs old.

  • @Bruisedmelon

    @Bruisedmelon

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think he’s testing us…

  • @thedominator5620

    @thedominator5620

    2 жыл бұрын

    He's evolving!

  • @bplup6419
    @bplup64195 жыл бұрын

    Executioner Dynasty That sounds like the coolest thing ever.

  • @user-do2nq7jo9h

    @user-do2nq7jo9h

    5 жыл бұрын

    The most badass combination of two words

  • @Jebu911

    @Jebu911

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah sounds great but according to the video sucked ass

  • @josuevaldezflores

    @josuevaldezflores

    4 жыл бұрын

    They should make a game out of it and it should be the company that brings u dynasty warriors

  • @justinb954

    @justinb954

    3 жыл бұрын

    Executing men, women & children weakened the worst of highly trained, battle hardened NAZI SS soldiers, So I think it would effect most sane non-sadistic people (humanists) in some negative way. PTSD.

  • @Corpsman01

    @Corpsman01

    2 жыл бұрын

    That’s a new show but you have to get Discovery Plus!

  • @warpartyattheoutpost4987
    @warpartyattheoutpost49874 жыл бұрын

    An exceptionally cute executioner's daughter could pose a serious life choice.

  • @revenevan11

    @revenevan11

    3 жыл бұрын

    Okay I want to see a romance story about that now lol

  • @Mattz554

    @Mattz554

    2 жыл бұрын

    Funny, I really had to LOL! :'D But You know what's the Twist? No man ever got influenced in his life joyces by a woman during these times. Just telling' you, that's not how dynasties work.

  • @changer_of_ways_suspense_smith

    @changer_of_ways_suspense_smith

    2 жыл бұрын

    Write it, pitch it, film it. You could call it "Head over Heels"

  • @PhyreI3ird

    @PhyreI3ird

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Mattz554 There are poems from the time that indicate otherwise. It may have been looked down on by and large, but "no man" is a wild stretch. People are still individuals even in the most strict societies.

  • @Mattz554

    @Mattz554

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PhyreI3ird I agree, but that doesn't change the point i made, that in these times it would have been extremely unusual if a dynasty worked along the female line. You have to admit that this is a little petty to point out. But thanks anyway, point taken.

  • @Strype13
    @Strype135 жыл бұрын

    So today I found out that in the Ottoman Empire, as long as you could run a solid 100m, you could essentially just do whatever you damn well pleased without fear of any repercussion.

  • @krispalermo8133

    @krispalermo8133

    4 жыл бұрын

    No, it just means the state won't kill you that day. Doesn't mean who you commented the crime against won't kill you instead.

  • @IDKpengu

    @IDKpengu

    3 жыл бұрын

    kris palermo only if they can catch u of course 😂

  • @seraphendipity

    @seraphendipity

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tbf if you can run good enough you can do whatever you please in general. No one could stop the Flash from robbing any store, for instance.

  • @Scholarpasta

    @Scholarpasta

    3 жыл бұрын

    So... Ottomans had hunters? Nice to know.

  • @Dawesome97

    @Dawesome97

    3 жыл бұрын

    From what I've read, they would also repeat challenges with criminals who would beat the executioner, often being with the criminal in a disadvantage. This could be sickness or injury(all the way up to broken legs) basically ensuring criminals would meet their fate

  • @PaulSteMarie
    @PaulSteMarie5 жыл бұрын

    "Enough executions to make a killing"???? Oh, that's bad.

  • @WasteFaced
    @WasteFaced5 жыл бұрын

    The real question is how does one become an executioner now?

  • @yugimoto50

    @yugimoto50

    5 жыл бұрын

    In the u.s. all you have to do is find a state that has capital punishment, work for a prison there and volunteer for the executions, I believe in some states you get paid extra for it as well

  • @Tentacl

    @Tentacl

    5 жыл бұрын

    Move to Saudi Arabia. Buy a scimitar.

  • @axelvetter

    @axelvetter

    5 жыл бұрын

    Make sure everyone knows about you and just wait till a headhunter shows up.

  • @zabaoth

    @zabaoth

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Tentacl Doesn't the job come with a complementary scimitar?

  • @alexgallagher4594

    @alexgallagher4594

    5 жыл бұрын

    Become a cop

  • @SPACEHARICE
    @SPACEHARICE5 жыл бұрын

    if I ever end up on death row my final words are going to be. "my ancestors smile upon me imperials can you say the same?

  • @DapperDill

    @DapperDill

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mine will be “I was born ready to die, but you have robbed Hades of his right. The terror of evil men shall flood upon your houses”.

  • @whowantsabighug

    @whowantsabighug

    5 жыл бұрын

    cool meme bro

  • @DayZeroGaming

    @DayZeroGaming

    5 жыл бұрын

    As history repeats itself I can say the same as those before me in which a tyrannical government has condemed me to death of which I had committed no crime by law of nature, but as to where I had been on the wrong side of history at the wrong time, casting me as "the enemy" and masking the crime of my murder under the tarp of everyday functions of a Utopian Society.

  • @khalidmohamed9370

    @khalidmohamed9370

    5 жыл бұрын

    Aye

  • @micah1478

    @micah1478

    4 жыл бұрын

    My last words are going to be “You forgot the other speech mark at the end of your sentence.” Because I’m about to be murdered by words.

  • @getdavemoore
    @getdavemoore5 жыл бұрын

    This would make a hell of a movie - 'The Executioner'

  • @skaruts

    @skaruts

    5 жыл бұрын

    Theres a bunch of movie with that name. None of them about medieval executioners...

  • @jessaguilar4747

    @jessaguilar4747

    4 жыл бұрын

    I want them to make the books “the hangman’s daughter” into movies. I highly recommend them, great books!!

  • @starrkitty1

    @starrkitty1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Agreed, that Schmidt guy’s story was so interesting. I’d watch a movie about his life.

  • @blatherskite3009

    @blatherskite3009

    4 жыл бұрын

    The film "Pierrepoint" is well worth a watch - it's a well-made biopic about the UK's last executioner, Albert Pierrepoint, starring Timothy Spall who's superb in the title role. Not medieval, though - Pierrepoint was active in the 1930s through WW2 to the 1950s. He took the job very seriously; no messing around.

  • @VanessaLoveCounselor

    @VanessaLoveCounselor

    4 жыл бұрын

    Would watch.

  • @MisterTutor2010
    @MisterTutor20105 жыл бұрын

    I applied to be an executioner. How did the interview go? I killed it :)

  • @glint3924

    @glint3924

    5 жыл бұрын

    This needs more likes

  • @swan-bird

    @swan-bird

    5 жыл бұрын

    All is ready for branding, let's proceed)

  • @MisterTutor2010

    @MisterTutor2010

    5 жыл бұрын

    This is some serious capital PUNishment :)

  • @jamescam04

    @jamescam04

    5 жыл бұрын

    I’ll *be heading* off then. We can *hang* out later.

  • @nahboi6290

    @nahboi6290

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm dying🤣🤣

  • @MySpaceBarsBroken0o
    @MySpaceBarsBroken0o5 жыл бұрын

    Think I just found my next character for D&D.

  • @SirKovar

    @SirKovar

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Hydra D&D is actually more alive than ever and is growing at a rapid rate. Get with the times, Asshole.

  • @andrefilipe9042

    @andrefilipe9042

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Hydra Can confirm that DnD is getting popular

  • @andrefilipe9042

    @andrefilipe9042

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Hydra I mean that among yonger people D&D has been raising in popularity due to the fun potential. A year ago a friend of mine out of the blue wanted to host a D&D campain in his house. We had fun and another friend of mine even created a character called Biggus Dickus.

  • @andersonneil2293

    @andersonneil2293

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Hydra rpgs are fun, you just play pretend with your friends, drink and eat. You're missing out

  • @andersonneil2293

    @andersonneil2293

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Hydra rpgs are actual games, what gate keepy bullshit are you referring to?

  • @PeterMasalski93
    @PeterMasalski934 жыл бұрын

    Interviewer: Are you comfortable with hangings? Candidate: Sure! I can learn the ropes!

  • @brianstephens7572
    @brianstephens75725 жыл бұрын

    Beat the executioner in a race? Talk about running for your life.

  • @codename495

    @codename495

    4 жыл бұрын

    Brian Stephens That May very well be where the adage came from.

  • @evhoRoLL

    @evhoRoLL

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm pretty sure that's where it originated.

  • @josephikrakowskiwithflextape

    @josephikrakowskiwithflextape

    4 жыл бұрын

    w o w

  • @unosheem6210

    @unosheem6210

    4 жыл бұрын

    I’d be getting away with crimes every month then never losing that race

  • @Vicieron

    @Vicieron

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nah....you outran death.

  • @Alex-cw3rz
    @Alex-cw3rz5 жыл бұрын

    In the town near me (Bolton) there is an executioners skull (George Whowell) in a pub (The pack horse). The story going that the executioner (known as a headsman back then for obvious reasons) had exacuted the 7th Earl of Derby (in 1651) due to his involvement in a massacre during the english civil war in the (Bolton) town. When the Duke was captured, a fitting death for him was made, that was to be taken back to the town and be executed by George who had his wife and children murdered in the massacre. No one knows how they got the skull, some say revenge by the family of the Earl, but either way it is quite Ironic for an executioner and headsman no less, to be remembered this way.

  • @JoJoJoker

    @JoJoJoker

    5 жыл бұрын

    We say no to pay to win you brits...

  • @cleverusername9369

    @cleverusername9369

    5 жыл бұрын

    More parentheses, please

  • @nathanreynolds4759

    @nathanreynolds4759

    5 жыл бұрын

    Imagine having to live in Bolton. This post was made by Cheshire gang

  • @Alex-cw3rz

    @Alex-cw3rz

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nathanreynolds4759 imagine having to include an entire county to make where you are from look good enough to compete with Bolton 😜

  • @OmarTheAtheistAziz

    @OmarTheAtheistAziz

    5 жыл бұрын

    that's a story that will fit well in Skyrim when u walk into an inn & ask the innkeeper about its history

  • @kawannahardy2924
    @kawannahardy29245 жыл бұрын

    I love how thorough this channel is. Whenever I have a question that comes to mind during the course of a video, it's always answered by the end. Tfs

  • @whowantsabighug
    @whowantsabighug5 жыл бұрын

    Well now i know what my next D&D character's background is going to be.

  • @PhyreI3ird

    @PhyreI3ird

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bro, if it's in The Elder Scrolls setting, that would be the PERFECT job for a member of the Dark Brotherhood. Little do the people know that by hiring you to execute their criminals, they're committing more souls to Sithis.

  • @LocalHeretic-ck1kd
    @LocalHeretic-ck1kd5 жыл бұрын

    I read the Memoirs of Jan Mydlář who was an executioner in Prague ( capital of modern day Czech Republic ) during 17th century. He was actually a failed student of medicine who became an executioners apprentice in hopes of saving young woman he loved from an execution. This plan failed and he had to continue to work as an executioner. But he did his job well, married a daughter of fellow executioner and had a family and a happy life. He assisted to the first public autopsy in Prague and had an excessive knowledge in medicine, anatomy and many other scientific disciplines. Even the master from the university often come to him for aid or advice.

  • @artofgameplaying

    @artofgameplaying

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was somewhat expecting those memoirs to be mentioned in the video (: I am glad somebody wrote this :)

  • @ppsarrakis

    @ppsarrakis

    5 жыл бұрын

    sounds like a great story for a tv series.

  • @Anna133199

    @Anna133199

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ppsarrakis Yes! HBO, make it happen.

  • @RS4METODAY
    @RS4METODAY5 жыл бұрын

    Am I wrong in thinking there's a chance of a good script for a movie about executioner's? Lol

  • @haakman123

    @haakman123

    5 жыл бұрын

    A good one? No. But there is script m.imdb.com/title/tt6185998/

  • @TheViralEvolution

    @TheViralEvolution

    5 жыл бұрын

    Call it "the executioners apprentice"

  • @RS4METODAY

    @RS4METODAY

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@haakman123 Heh, thanks for that. But I was thinking more over a historic setting. xD

  • @airbomb34

    @airbomb34

    5 жыл бұрын

    It would make for an interesting plot.

  • @haakman123

    @haakman123

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@RS4METODAY yeah, I just remembered seeing a trailer for this movie somewhere and thought about it now

  • @ebels3
    @ebels35 жыл бұрын

    4:15 Sounds like a truck driver's life. Everyone hates us, there are ridiculous laws for us, and we are deemed a "lower class" in the eyes of the public. But unless you grow and make literally all of the products you consume, we are extremely necessary.

  • @justinb954

    @justinb954

    5 жыл бұрын

    indeed and a thank you!

  • @6idangle

    @6idangle

    4 жыл бұрын

    Like most essential jobs, the ones who get the praise are the least essential usually

  • @justanothernerdydude4391

    @justanothernerdydude4391

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@darkerdaemon7794 My very well articulated friend, I don't think they were being serious.

  • @darkerdaemon7794

    @darkerdaemon7794

    4 жыл бұрын

    I don't know if they were or weren't being serious, hence my response. It's easy to label something as a joke to dissuade any repercussions of blowback from it, but, I still felt like it needed to be said, even at the risk of coming across as autistic. Too many people try to hide criticism and bias behind the notion of a "joke", but to me that is just as silly as the stereotyping in the original comment. Tl;dr, even if it was a joke, it was in poor taste, and too many people say and do stupid stuff then try to say, "Relax! It was just a joke bro!" Imo that's just as biased as the original comment.

  • @killcharge4338

    @killcharge4338

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm a matinance man, I work in trenches fixing water pipes and doing other stuff and people tend to think of me as unclean or lower than them selves yet they still want their roads bladed and water Clean

  • @Wesley_H
    @Wesley_H5 жыл бұрын

    1:20 Executioner: Any last words? Prisoner: Gotta catch me first. ARIBA ARIBA!! Executioner: Shit!

  • @PhyreI3ird

    @PhyreI3ird

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's why you get a throwing axe as a backup. Pretty hard to run with one of those suckers bouncing around, dangling from the wound.

  • @Wesley_H

    @Wesley_H

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PhyreI3ird Executioner: Any more last words? Prisoner: Gotta hit me first. SERPENTINE SERPENTINE! Executioner: Shit!!

  • @lycossurfer8851
    @lycossurfer88515 жыл бұрын

    "We currently seek a people friendly person for a demanding get your hands dirty position, long hours and previous experience/references required. There will be tryouts and proper business attire is a must" was the ad I believe....

  • @alexandrac9363

    @alexandrac9363

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hahahahahhaaaaa

  • @manoloramirez8785

    @manoloramirez8785

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like minimum wage at a warehouse

  • @EastyyBlogspot
    @EastyyBlogspot5 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of that joke, man about to beheaded and a guy runs up with a letter and the guy says just leave it in the basket i will read it later

  • @makepeace234

    @makepeace234

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @francisbell1961

    @francisbell1961

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol sod's law it was a pardon

  • @johnthegreat97
    @johnthegreat975 жыл бұрын

    1:24 advertising for being an executioner-gardener. "If you find a competitor that will mow your lawn for less we will kill them.... And they won't mow your lawn for less."

  • @adamlee6435
    @adamlee64355 жыл бұрын

    Vincero: The Preferred Watch of Executioners

  • @nozecone

    @nozecone

    4 жыл бұрын

    If they lucked out, their victim would be wearing one ....

  • @kasacon666
    @kasacon6665 жыл бұрын

    I just finished googling "Did they always put bags on people's head when hanging" 40 minutes ago for research. What a weird coincidence that that was today's video.

  • @NicholasWoodley

    @NicholasWoodley

    5 жыл бұрын

    I want to know why now.

  • @firholfinance8623

    @firholfinance8623

    5 жыл бұрын

    Simon saw your search history 🙃

  • @jamieh4086

    @jamieh4086

    5 жыл бұрын

    Good old internet analytics to customize the ads you get to see

  • @Mostlyharmless1985

    @Mostlyharmless1985

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nicholas Woodley why they put bags onthe heads of people being hanged? Um, because it’s pretty damn horrifying to see someone get an internal decapitation, and, sometimes if the hangman wasn’t so bright, a total decapitation. Or worse still, see the face of someone being slowly strangled to death.

  • @NicholasWoodley

    @NicholasWoodley

    5 жыл бұрын

    I can see that now. I would have thought they'd have wanted that to be seen as a deterrent. Thank you for the information MostlyHarmless

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws--5 жыл бұрын

    5:10 This is the same thing that happened in the past with a criminal's family or relative in Japan. They were shunned by society, they had their fingers cut or had tattoos to indicate who they are. The ancestors of those people are still known to be shunned by society even today but not as harshly.

  • @ScoobyShotU

    @ScoobyShotU

    5 жыл бұрын

    Today they cut there finger on purpose if one of there workers does something wrong and brings shame to the boss or organization. Yakuza is who they are they literally do it with a little knife and bite down on something stick the knife threw the table and tear the little finger I believe over it to cut it off fast and clean but it has to hurt..

  • @MrJGWIN

    @MrJGWIN

    5 жыл бұрын

    When you ostracize a subgroup of your own culture, over generations mind you, to the point where they assimilate the "marks of the ostracized", banding together, forming their own shadowsociety, and thus effectively ruling over certain parts of japanese life

  • @bygoneorb4k
    @bygoneorb4k4 жыл бұрын

    Loving this channel. Clear, full of information, no waffle, and a great delivery. 10/10

  • @semaj_5022
    @semaj_50223 жыл бұрын

    This was way more interesting than I expected. And it left me with a somewhat profound sense of sorrow for any and every truly decent man condemned to the life of an executioner.

  • @jessetorres8738
    @jessetorres87385 жыл бұрын

    Is this a job still available today? I've graduated from college and hate the restaurant job I have now and this sounds like an improvement compared to it. I'm kidding (mostly).

  • @fionafiona1146

    @fionafiona1146

    5 жыл бұрын

    China and the USA do not disagree on everything.

  • @clintbandura9018

    @clintbandura9018

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yep. In 30 states, federally, and military in the US, and 53 other countries.

  • @ChideraStephen

    @ChideraStephen

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jesse Torres lmao

  • @franciscodanconia45

    @franciscodanconia45

    5 жыл бұрын

    Shoulda chosen a STEM major.

  • @malenotyalc

    @malenotyalc

    5 жыл бұрын

    Just get drunk after work and watch Waiting. But do not do what they do in that movie!

  • @thedude7319
    @thedude73195 жыл бұрын

    Going to use this for my dnd adventure thanks

  • @yucatansuckaman5726

    @yucatansuckaman5726

    5 жыл бұрын

    Uhm please dont steal 😦😦

  • @gil6875
    @gil68755 жыл бұрын

    "HEY!!! vsauce michael here!! Do you want to become an executioner?!" That how I thought this vid was going so start by the looks of him XD

  • @SaraH-jn5db

    @SaraH-jn5db

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ikr the first video i ever saw of him i was confused why vsauce became british😂

  • @TheKing-uu7jn

    @TheKing-uu7jn

    5 жыл бұрын

    And why he was extra bald

  • @codypatton2859

    @codypatton2859

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dead joke

  • @necromancer___3054

    @necromancer___3054

    5 жыл бұрын

    gil RIGHT?!

  • @Microtonal_Cats

    @Microtonal_Cats

    4 жыл бұрын

    Like the sponsor for this episode was University of Phoenix, School of Executions?

  • @brianconnolly3267
    @brianconnolly32674 жыл бұрын

    These are incredibly well-made and researched videos. Thank you!

  • @ARedStoneWall
    @ARedStoneWall5 жыл бұрын

    This would make a great setting for a video game RPG.

  • @Japanlover79

    @Japanlover79

    5 жыл бұрын

    Zachary Osborne it could but it would probably be censored unless released on steam

  • @inendlesspain4724

    @inendlesspain4724

    5 жыл бұрын

    I had a similar idea, but with a game more in the style of Papers, Please.

  • @MachineMan-mj4gj

    @MachineMan-mj4gj

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@inendlesspain4724 Everyday, you have to deal with the millions of little inconveniences of being the one guy who chops of heads and tortures people for a living.

  • @KILLERAOC

    @KILLERAOC

    5 жыл бұрын

    Really would wouldn’t it? The outcast role actually fits well in a way that most attempts to replicate it don’t.

  • @Novusod

    @Novusod

    5 жыл бұрын

    RPG nah. This subject has simulator written all over it.

  • @redlandz1977
    @redlandz19775 жыл бұрын

    I caught that “skip” in the dialogue when you said the executioner made a “killing”... couldn’t help but laugh at that one, could you? 😂🤣😂

  • @katiewenta
    @katiewenta4 жыл бұрын

    I’d always wondered. I know this is an old post now, but very interesting and informative. Thank you!

  • @MC-ii3qk
    @MC-ii3qk4 жыл бұрын

    Read " The Hangman's Daughter" series. Great read

  • @Imnotshortimfunsize

    @Imnotshortimfunsize

    4 жыл бұрын

    Love those books!

  • @pLanetstarBerry

    @pLanetstarBerry

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ok, I was trying to remember what that series was called! I used to work at a library and shelved that series a lot.

  • @Kenxclout
    @Kenxclout5 жыл бұрын

    Fill out an application duh 🙄

  • @mikitz

    @mikitz

    5 жыл бұрын

    Unless you've been practicing on neighborhood animals, forget it.

  • @wolfshanze5980

    @wolfshanze5980

    5 жыл бұрын

    No, they'd ask you to do it online.

  • @shuttereff3ct593

    @shuttereff3ct593

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well written resume is a key skill.

  • @GarrusN7
    @GarrusN75 жыл бұрын

    Wow this shattered some misconceptions I had about executioners. Cool video.

  • @kari7403

    @kari7403

    5 жыл бұрын

    Right? Now I'm wondering where the idea that executioners wore black bag like masks on their heads during executions, (to hide their identity, which was apparently well known by all the towns folk so they can avoid socializing or eating with them.) So, why and where and when, did the concept of the masked (and usually well muscled, large built physic.) executioner come into play? Also, I'm curious if there were many, if any, female executioners. And if so, when about was the first one employed? I would think they would prefer the men to chop off someone's head. Including the condemned. Haha. Although, if it came to flogging, I think most would prefer a woman to do it. As men tend to have more muscle mass and an over all higher strength percentage. Now we need a follow up video for all these questions! Haha.

  • @Physick1

    @Physick1

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@kari7403 A hood may help prevent body fluids from getting on the face too.

  • @kari7403

    @kari7403

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Physick1 That is actually a very good point. Thanks.

  • @ndaemon1718

    @ndaemon1718

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@kari7403 as for the female executioners it is doubtful since females were considered intellectually on the level of cattle.. often with similar rights.

  • @kanonierable

    @kanonierable

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@kari7403 The mere idea of a female executioner is obscene by itself, beside that the job requires considerable physical strength. The hood is something that comes into play when you have to execute a person of high profile and the regular hangman would refuse to do the job. Like for example in case of the delinquent being of royal blood or even a king, as in the case of the dethroned British monarch Charles I. It was not easy then to find a person who was willing to do the job as the spilling of royal blood violated very strong religious and other deep rooted traditional taboos. Another reason to hide your identity was because of the extremely high chance that the remaining followers of the dead king would seek bloody revenge on anyone who laid hands on the sacred person of the monarch that had been chosen by the grace of God.

  • @elenikyritsi478
    @elenikyritsi4785 жыл бұрын

    I loved this video... I never thought there would be such detailed accounts on this profession! well done!

  • @abrahamreviews
    @abrahamreviews5 жыл бұрын

    Glad you finished the video. I thought you would leave me HANGING.

  • @mflorentine13
    @mflorentine135 жыл бұрын

    I never knew Jonny Sins was such a history buff.

  • @davianhernandez479

    @davianhernandez479

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bruh

  • @questioneverything8301

    @questioneverything8301

    5 жыл бұрын

    The guy in the video looks like a soy boy.

  • @MrTomkat030

    @MrTomkat030

    5 жыл бұрын

    Matthew Florentine looks nothing like Johnny Sins

  • @nahboi6290

    @nahboi6290

    4 жыл бұрын

    KEK.

  • @blatherskite3009

    @blatherskite3009

    4 жыл бұрын

    Goddammit, you just made me Google a porn star.... Good thing I'm on my own computer :)

  • @Malaphor
    @Malaphor5 жыл бұрын

    By running faster than another executioner.

  • @bugzyhardrada3168

    @bugzyhardrada3168

    5 жыл бұрын

    A fit criminal could make a killing, by simply allways running faster then the executioner..... seems logical enough

  • @SeraphimRoad

    @SeraphimRoad

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@bugzyhardrada3168 Until the executioner throws his axe after you...

  • @bugzyhardrada3168

    @bugzyhardrada3168

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SeraphimRoad uhh a challenge Well under those circumstances i wouldn't run in a straight line i'd have to zig zag....wouldn't i....checkmate....😋

  • @SeraphimRoad

    @SeraphimRoad

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@bugzyhardrada3168 Congratulations! You are the towns new executioner !

  • @bugzyhardrada3168

    @bugzyhardrada3168

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SeraphimRoad Damn it....didint see that twist coming.....checkmate for me i guess. But running and/or executing people for pay doesn't really sound so bad to be honest....at least it gives me a job so no more crime for me i guess.

  • @Jenuin
    @Jenuin2 жыл бұрын

    This was an awesome video and well done. The knowledge I never knew I needed to know.

  • @HamburgerMolester
    @HamburgerMolester3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine walking into the doctor's office and he tells you: "Okay, so I have you down for an execution? Oh wait that's my 3:30....ah, yes here we are, you're the one with the stomach ache."

  • @dragonheart1236

    @dragonheart1236

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm putting that character into my next dnd campaign. A weirdly burly doctor, who the party later learns is also the city's head executioner

  • @Aconitum_napellus
    @Aconitum_napellus5 жыл бұрын

    if given the choice of living next to a public latrine, lepertorium or a brothel I know which I would choose.

  • @EmployeeJoe630

    @EmployeeJoe630

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lepertorium, those people are always willing to lend a hand

  • @michealcarr5134

    @michealcarr5134

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well lepper wouldn't wanna live near as fleas and lice can carry the disease, latrines would be bad for lungs from all ammonia and bacteria, and brothels would be noisy all night better but I guess being grumpy in morning would help you with morning executions

  • @Aconitum_napellus

    @Aconitum_napellus

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@michealcarr5134 You know how some jokes are funnier if you don't over analyse them?

  • @kanonierable

    @kanonierable

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Aconitum_napellus Well it wasn't much of a joke to begin with, was it?

  • @Aconitum_napellus

    @Aconitum_napellus

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@kanonierable Better than your joke, dick.

  • @chastitunatea7426
    @chastitunatea74265 жыл бұрын

    My great grandfather was the executioner for the state of Mississippi during the 1950s and early 60s my grandmother would play around the chair and knew the condemned men well enough that they knew her name. He was very good he was very humble but my grandmaw said he regretted taking the life of innocent men .when he knew they were not guilty

  • @mikitz

    @mikitz

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's a living, ain't it.

  • @chastitunatea7426

    @chastitunatea7426

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@mikitz yeah it is now just a job

  • @chastitunatea7426

    @chastitunatea7426

    5 жыл бұрын

    @sl0re10 yeah it tore him apart and led to heavy drinking later on

  • @phoenixdavida8987

    @phoenixdavida8987

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@chastitunatea7426 I bet.

  • @MaGiCMushroomClouds

    @MaGiCMushroomClouds

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fried convict. Served extra crispy. Justice optional.

  • @7ajhubbell
    @7ajhubbell2 жыл бұрын

    Thoughtfully presented. Thank you.

  • @TrashDaddy1
    @TrashDaddy15 жыл бұрын

    Judge: TRASH DADDY YOU WILL BE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THE MURDER OF A PRESCHOOLER Me: ok... but can you beat me in a foot race?

  • @CockatooDude
    @CockatooDude5 жыл бұрын

    God damn it it's 4am again and here I am.

  • @thel8815

    @thel8815

    5 жыл бұрын

    5.53 here this is too real...

  • @cia9315

    @cia9315

    5 жыл бұрын

    Rock you like a hurricane

  • @achtungvolk7807

    @achtungvolk7807

    5 жыл бұрын

    3:52am

  • @getoffmylawn8986
    @getoffmylawn89865 жыл бұрын

    Amazingly informative video! Thanks for all your research.

  • @halo3odst
    @halo3odst5 жыл бұрын

    "I say, there never a dull moment around here.." *crowd looks at executioner with disgust.* "I said.... Theres never a dull.." *crowd chops off the executioner head.*

  • @killcharge4338

    @killcharge4338

    4 жыл бұрын

    I guess we need a new head of execution Yeah I saw it too

  • @melanieashman1066
    @melanieashman10665 жыл бұрын

    Well I have a strange little story of my own,.....interested well we hope you will be. Firstly as a young child I was sickly and led a quiet sort of childhood, as I spent a lot of time recovering from being very poorly, I was always starting with some sort of ailment or other. I spent a lot of time in a local sweet shop looking at the sweets that nice as they were I could not eat without being very ill for the day or even the week. This village shop was run by a lovely family who told me they had a selection of sweets that they made themselves, to my eternal joy I found that most of these sweets I could eat without getting ill. So I regularly called into the shop for the odd little treat like most children do. I got to know the family and was fascinated by the older father of the family, he always seemed a very intelligent and well educated man, someone you wouldn't be surprised to find out was a professor. I thought many times to myself one day they will tell me what he used to do and I will be amazed, he will have climbed mount Everest or descovered a new element or invented some wonderful thing or other he will be a famous man in his time. I often skipped home dreaming of the day I would find out why once upon a time he had been famous. Well it was all very exciting. Then to my sadness the family never got round to telling me before me and my family moved far away. Years later when I myself was much older by accident I read a book about the history of Courts, I was a court officer myself and fascinated by history. Finally I did find out what this wonderful man had done that had made him a very famous man. Though in a kind of secret way. I doubt that in a thousand lifetimes I would have ever guessed what he did. Still chills me now what I found out that afternoon. My friend that had so fascinated me with his chit chat and busily run his little sweet shop in our little village where years and years before he was the areas hangman. M

  • @eurovision50

    @eurovision50

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's some story... Do you remember the guy's name?

  • @melanieashman1066

    @melanieashman1066

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@eurovision50 Yes

  • @eurovision50

    @eurovision50

    5 жыл бұрын

    Would you mind giving his name? I know it's a weird question, I'm just a bit fascinated by the story and I'd like to read about the guy if there's anything available online.

  • @melanieashman1066

    @melanieashman1066

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@eurovision50 well that's quite a lot to ask as your on the internet under a false name. Plus if you do your homework you would know most executioners cannot be easily traced and most leave no photographic evidence of themselves behind, as secrecy was quite important to keep these people safe whilst they lived their lives, there are only a few that have been written about and you will easily find these. Enjoy, your investigation....

  • @765respect

    @765respect

    5 жыл бұрын

    How did you find out? Was it through the Court history or did someone tell you? Closest I ever got to an executioner was living nr a dunking pond. I use to think ppl were saying ducking pond, you know, innocent child chattering, until I put witches and a plank going out to the water together. But the pond did have ducks...

  • @fender8421
    @fender84215 жыл бұрын

    5:25....I see what you did there

  • @TheMohawkNinja

    @TheMohawkNinja

    5 жыл бұрын

    He said that completely straight-faced, XD

  • @SethanderWald

    @SethanderWald

    5 жыл бұрын

    xD ikr? I'm not entirely sure if that pun was intentional, but it was well executed for sure. ;)

  • @cjdfv

    @cjdfv

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@TheMohawkNinja There was an edit right after that phrase so there's no way he (or someone else in the room) didn't start laughing

  • @tihy9s168
    @tihy9s1684 жыл бұрын

    Very fascinating, good video man!

  • @PeachDragon_
    @PeachDragon_5 жыл бұрын

    Oh yes, i always wanted to become an executioner, thanks for the tutorial.

  • @KuddlesbergTheFirst
    @KuddlesbergTheFirst5 жыл бұрын

    Vikings never had horn helms, executioner don't wear mask, and a t-rex actually was actually fluffy?

  • @kvonkirk2340

    @kvonkirk2340

    5 жыл бұрын

    No but some Scandinavian Warlords would wear other men's skulls. There was a couple of cases at executions executioner would be so ugly they would make him wear a mask And thank God now that it's 2019 they are back to saying the T-Rex had scales. Cuz F the feathers.....

  • @franktheprank7336

    @franktheprank7336

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@kvonkirk2340 nobody is saying they had scales, dude they're the ancestors of birds what did you expect.

  • @kopeyka22

    @kopeyka22

    5 жыл бұрын

    _Tyrannosaurus_ only had a sparse feathering.

  • @franktheprank7336

    @franktheprank7336

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@kopeyka22 I think I know what paper are you referring too, it got a lot of covering when it was published. I recommend you read the actual paper and not an online article about it(most of them, or at least the ones I seen, are wrong). That paper actually talks about the discovery of T-rex remains that showed the possibility for the animal to have a naked underbelly, the rest of the body is still known to be covered in feathers or at least proto feathers, with a more resently discovered exception in the tail. If anyone wants more info about it(and does not want to stare at scientific papers for hours) there's the channel "Trey the explained" he knows his stuff and constantly backs it up so I personally found him to be one of the most reliable source in this platform.

  • @stormisuedonym4599

    @stormisuedonym4599

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@franktheprank7336 The "rest" being the upper part of the trunk, which is _assumed_ to be covered in feathers. We have evidence of scales for the rest of its body. Given the size and climate _Tyrannosaurus_ lived in, it's entirely likely that it lost the feathers its ancestors had.

  • @gmansplit
    @gmansplit5 жыл бұрын

    Did you just say that Vincero watches are "luxury and handcrafted." That is one of the most hilarious statements I have ever heard. Great joke.

  • @greghemlock6679

    @greghemlock6679

    5 жыл бұрын

    Vincero watches handcrafted by the most skilled artisans that could be found among 14 year old slave girls in China whose life is so dismal they erect suicide nets below the windows

  • @gmansplit

    @gmansplit

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@greghemlock6679 Precisely that combined with the highest quality, artisan level Chinese machines in the world, of course.

  • @bobby9847

    @bobby9847

    5 жыл бұрын

    When you have 40,000 people working at one place odds are someone is gonna kill themselves once in a while.

  • @biohazardlnfS

    @biohazardlnfS

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@bobby9847 more like 80,000 I heard it's like 3 to a cage

  • @jp-um2fr

    @jp-um2fr

    5 жыл бұрын

    I see the comments here are from those that owe China $10,500,000,000,000. If it's rubbish who's the fool ?

  • @uni_versetones
    @uni_versetones4 жыл бұрын

    Simon is so smooth and professional. He can talk about death and I still feel warm and cozy.

  • @TCTGFAM
    @TCTGFAM5 жыл бұрын

    I would start by doing an internship at a butcher's shop

  • @magnuslilleengen

    @magnuslilleengen

    5 жыл бұрын

    Back to school ai?

  • @gomahklawm4446

    @gomahklawm4446

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@IamtheNight99 Keep spamming for your wanna-be dictator, he's out in a week.

  • @IamtheNight99

    @IamtheNight99

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@gomahklawm4446 Um...... Trump hates vegans...... And I hate him....

  • @gomahklawm4446

    @gomahklawm4446

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@IamtheNight99 I hate both, nice that your spam seems to have been removed.

  • @rorykirklnd8957
    @rorykirklnd89575 жыл бұрын

    Where did the idea of last meals come from for someone sentenced to death? And why is it felt that they are owed anything special? -my mom

  • @anaximanderofapollonia9842

    @anaximanderofapollonia9842

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bloody hell, your mother is heartless! Cheers.

  • @anaximanderofapollonia9842

    @anaximanderofapollonia9842

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@rorykirklnd8957 In regards to kindness, you don't show people kindness to feel good about yourself but because you yourself are kind. And your kindness is either the result of your understanding of other people's actions or if false, then it is a result of you taking into consideration the possibility of yourself being in the wrong with the actions which you are about to do to another. Being "so bad" is a subjective concept as one ending up on a death row =/= one being the evil incarnate but one going against the norm (e.g., in islam, apostasy = death and a muslim doubting islam = apostasy). And in absolutely the worst case scenario... People live their lives to the best of their abilities while trying to overcome their short comings. However, without realising what our short comings are, you cannot overcome them. So even if one was "absolutely so bad", then his/her lack of knowledge of what is "absolutely so good" was the result of his/her total ignorance of what that is, which already made his/her life a living hell. Therefore, to send them off to their deaths with the hopes of having just one good memory of this life is the least that you could do for them, even if they could not appreciate your gesture because they are incapable percieving kindness. You will do that because you are kind and you are kind because you understand. And since your mother does not understand, then she is "kind" only to those whom she likes so should she stop liking them, then she would also stop to show her "kindness" toward them. Cheers.

  • @filipskotnica971
    @filipskotnica9715 жыл бұрын

    If only back then facebook existed, all the Executioners from across Europe could setup a friends group and thus find out they aren't alone in the world. Maybe even share a few tips&tricks regarding execution like meal recipes , post selfies with the soon-to-be #hanged people. Next thing they would have Executioner-Pride Marches in the streets...

  • @manhoosnick

    @manhoosnick

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hahahhahaha

  • @basillah7650

    @basillah7650

    5 жыл бұрын

    Executioners were done in the public cutting their head off while hanging was done in jail by the jail warden, not executioner where a rope was tied around their neck and then the trap door opened for the rope to hold them around the neck until it breaks killing them.

  • @applejacks971
    @applejacks9715 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting. Totally opposite of what I thought it would be like. Regarding the watches, I actually watched the entire 'ad' at the end. And it was well done!

  • @joshmaynard1505
    @joshmaynard15053 жыл бұрын

    Lobe watching these videos. Absolutely killing it

  • @613aristocrat
    @613aristocrat4 жыл бұрын

    9:10 Heh. Executioners made a killing doing their job.

  • @bulldogmadhav5762
    @bulldogmadhav57625 жыл бұрын

    They work as gardeners????

  • @anthonyhargis6855

    @anthonyhargis6855

    5 жыл бұрын

    Weed killers. LOL

  • @ezekielmartin4323

    @ezekielmartin4323

    5 жыл бұрын

    Presumably beheading dandelions

  • @rogersheddy.8497

    @rogersheddy.8497

    5 жыл бұрын

    Planting victims under the rose bushes

  • @davidodonovan1699
    @davidodonovan16993 жыл бұрын

    Well done sir. Great video. Great work. Very interesting.

  • @kathypappas6867
    @kathypappas68675 жыл бұрын

    Wow, I'd never even thought of this before . This was so interesting !

  • @gangsterpenguin8709
    @gangsterpenguin87094 жыл бұрын

    5:25 "while there were potentially ways for an executioner to make a killing in the profession.." 🤣🤣🤣 horribly hilarious pun

  • @user-vn7ce5ig1z
    @user-vn7ce5ig1z5 жыл бұрын

    _The Bastard Executioner_ was amusing; shame it was cancelled.

  • @archiejmmiles6895
    @archiejmmiles68953 жыл бұрын

    First time I’ve actually looked at a sponsor, new watch on the way!

  • @nahthisaintit
    @nahthisaintit2 жыл бұрын

    Never a dull moment around this guy

  • @soul2squeezy439
    @soul2squeezy4395 жыл бұрын

    "Ser Illyn, Bring me his head!"

  • @frederikjrgensen7375
    @frederikjrgensen73755 жыл бұрын

    How did hans asperger discover aspergers syndrome?

  • @bugzyhardrada3168

    @bugzyhardrada3168

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sounds logical enough

  • @rsrt6910

    @rsrt6910

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Ambrose Burnside Yeah, I'll go along with that.

  • @shebbs1

    @shebbs1

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Ambrose Burnside seems legit.

  • @devinlabuda5713

    @devinlabuda5713

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Ambrose Burnside thank you for that and sideburns!

  • @DrFranklynAnderson

    @DrFranklynAnderson

    5 жыл бұрын

    He visited 4chan once.

  • @KrautGoesWild
    @KrautGoesWild5 жыл бұрын

    A lot of old houses in Germany that are or were used as pubs or restaurants had a so-called "Henkerhaken" ("hangman's hook") on a nail hammered into the wall at a far-off corner of the room. The idea was to fasten a beer mug on a chain there because only the town's hangman was allowed to eat there - as mentioned in the video, no other people were allowed at the table - and nobody was allowed to drink from his mug.

  • @andyanimacion3d
    @andyanimacion3d2 жыл бұрын

    All of your videos excel, and this one was certaintainly not the exception. Please keep up your outstanding work! 👏👏👏

  • @robertespinoza5958
    @robertespinoza59585 жыл бұрын

    It sounds like a great job for a fighter coming back from war to do, if u killed before it's not that bad, the first time is the hardest

  • @SirGEEZUS

    @SirGEEZUS

    5 жыл бұрын

    Are you speaking from experience???

  • @dajuanmoten7278

    @dajuanmoten7278

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SirGEEZUS yep ur first is the hardest😎😎

  • @greezooo

    @greezooo

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not all warriors are born killers. Too many come back with PTSD from seeing things they can't un-see. And the ones that are comfortable with it, probably should be branded and shunned from society since they ain't right in the head to begin with. Edit: by "comfortable with it" I'm taking about the human ear necklace wearing types like from Vietnam

  • @noddwyd
    @noddwyd5 жыл бұрын

    "It's Whinnie the Pooh!" ... "He's refusing the blindfold!!"

  • @tarot-karma-online
    @tarot-karma-online4 жыл бұрын

    Great, informative video and I like the watches too. Thank u to the sponsor for this video.

  • @casualwoomy
    @casualwoomy2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tutorial dude

  • @axslaps
    @axslaps5 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like in a number of places I would have volunteered for that occupation.

  • @falkor6509
    @falkor65092 жыл бұрын

    did most executioners know how to use the power of spin with the perfect rectangle?

  • @Nordique777
    @Nordique7774 жыл бұрын

    This is actually something I’ve been interested for a long time

  • @dreamingcode
    @dreamingcode4 жыл бұрын

    Was waiting for you to start mixing a cocktail

  • @isaiahdobesh5109
    @isaiahdobesh51095 жыл бұрын

    “Make a killing in the profession” I’m not sure if that is a great pun, or a terrible one you should be ashamed of, mr. script writer

  • @mikegrossberg8624

    @mikegrossberg8624

    5 жыл бұрын

    There's no such thing as a GOOD pun

  • @nates78
    @nates785 жыл бұрын

    Vincero... a $15 watch for $150. Though, thank you for sponsoring an amazing channel.

  • @fuckYTIDontWantToUseMyRealName
    @fuckYTIDontWantToUseMyRealName Жыл бұрын

    I was just wondering this this morning and then this video shows up in my feed.

  • @spideymcgee4718
    @spideymcgee47182 жыл бұрын

    I always said I knew a lot of random knowledge. This question is exactly why I'm a subscriber. Must have more answers for weird and random questions. Thank you. Cheers 🍻

  • @ThisisBarris
    @ThisisBarris5 жыл бұрын

    I love that you released a video on executions on the same day I released one about the guillotine. It's a brilliant coincidence!

  • @SethanderWald

    @SethanderWald

    5 жыл бұрын

    is your video sponsored by Brilliant by chance? lol, :P

  • @ThisisBarris

    @ThisisBarris

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SethanderWald Haha I wish!

  • @mrxcman9272
    @mrxcman92725 жыл бұрын

    Vicero watches are a ripoff fashion brand. You can get better watches for the same price by Seiko, Orient, Citizen and even Hamiltons.

  • @racesmith3075
    @racesmith30754 жыл бұрын

    I really love that you endorse such good highlights quality stuff! Be it science kits or Harvard style button down crisp white shirts, its quality!

  • @Mira-K
    @Mira-K4 жыл бұрын

    Late 1700s Warsaw's executioner Stefan Böhm was an upstanding citizen and military veteran, who was literally begged by Warsaw's lord mayor to take the office after it was vacated. He was, strangely, very well-liked and (in somewhat dark humour way) popular among the citizens and became proverbial in Warsaw. Wrongdoers and ill-behaving children were threatened (for years after his retirement) with "visiting our dear Stefan for breakfast". He had a deforming scar from Russian saber on his face, making him kinda "creepy smiler"... One of the last executions he has performed were magnate traitors sentenced for bringing the country to the ruin and about-to-happen partition. The condemned paid him extremely well to ensure he makes it quick (Polish hanging method at that time had tendency to be a messy prolonged death), allowing him to retire as one of the wealthiest citizens.

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