Miscellaneous
Mike and Dylan talk about Charles Henri Sanson, the Royal Executioner in France in the 18th century. Sanson is known for being one of the most prolific executioners, having completed nearly 3000 executions. Sanson not only took the heads of many, but he also had some well known executions, like King Louis XVI. Like most jobs back in the day, being an executioner was in your blood. Charles was a 4th generation executioner, and his sons would go on to do the same work. He apprenticed for his father and his uncle, learning the ways of crowd management as well as being able to accomplish the task at hand swiftly. Sanson was the man who got to work with the guillotine when it first was used to execute the condemned. He helped to make it more efficient and pain free, while still knowing what to do and how to keep the crowd of people from getting to impatient or bored. Sanson was responsible for many deaths, and some very notable deaths. He was responsible for beheading Charlotte Corday, King Louis XVI, and oer 2900 others. The rest of this mans life story is inside! Sourceshttps://www.geriwalton.com/french-executioner-charles-henri-sanson/https://www.headstuff.org/culture/history/charles-henri-sanson-royal-executioner/https://the-line-up.com/charles-henri-sansonhttp://theappendix.net/posts/2014/06/a-short-history-of-the-executionerhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/charles-henri-sanson