Guillotine
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Oct 16, 2026
Woody OvertonHOST
This said the guillotine falls silent.
Woody OvertonHOST
At Boimentes Prison in Marseille, France, Hamidia Dunjubi, a Tunisian immigrant convicted of murder, became the last person executed by guillotine.
Woody OvertonHOST
The guillotine first gained fame during the French Revolution when physician and revolutionary Joseph Ignace Guillotine won passage of law requiring all death sentences to be carried out by means of a machine.
Woody OvertonHOST
Now, decapitating machines have been used earlier in Ireland and England, and Guillotine and his supporters viewed these devices as more humane than other execution techniques, such as hanging a firing squad.
Woody OvertonHOST
A French decapitating machine was built and tested on cadavers on April the 25th, 1792.
Woody OvertonHOST
A highwayman, y'all, that's another term for a dude that goes around and armed robs people, became the first person in revolutionary France to be executed by this method.
David BazzelHOST
So again, the last official execution by guillotine in France took place in 1877.
Justin MooreHOST
Is it gill-uh-teen or guillotine?
Christian WeaverPANELIST
Guillotine.
Christian WeaverPANELIST
Guillotine is the MMA move.
David BazzelHOST
Guillotine.
David BazzelHOST
Eh, what'd you say?
Justin MooreHOST
Okay.
David BazzelHOST
What'd you say, Christian?
Emil DeRosaHOST
Please shoot me.
Emil DeRosaHOST
Or as Ben says is a nice way to go, guillotine me.
Ben CahnHOST
Guillotine me, for sure.
Emil DeRosaHOST
[laughs]
Ben CahnHOST
Uh, in the-
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Emil DeRosaHOST
Oh, drawing and quartering?
Ben CahnHOST
Not drawing and quartering, but something similar to that.
Ben CahnHOST
But it was, it was meant to provide equality in death by its creator, Joseph Guillotine.
Gabrielle QuintanaPANELIST
She wouldn't have the heart for that.
Austin EnglishPANELIST
Guillotine's your spiritual weapon.
Austin EnglishPANELIST
[laughs]
Liam McCartyVOICE_ACTOR
That's good.
GregHOST
They do, like, the Alice Cooper guillotine thing, and but as they're doing it, you see the k- the pers- the executioner has the boots and everything.
GregHOST
And so Natalie's freaking out, like, tries to rush the stage and everything.
GregHOST
Guillotine drops, slow motion, emotional.
GregHOST
Tony Todd picks up the head, and it's the most clearly mannequin head in the world.
GregHOST
How do they have her exact haircut? Do they have...
Paul HechtVOICE_ACTOR
Because, my dear friend, she lives in my dreams.
E.G. MarshallHOST
[ominous music] Our mystery drama, The Guillotine, was written especially for the Mystery Theater by Elspeth Eric and stars Paul Hecht.
E.G. MarshallHOST
I'll be back shortly with Act 1.
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E.G. MarshallHOST
[ominous music] In 1825, a collection of short stories by Washington Irving was published under the title of Tales of a Traveler.
E.G. MarshallHOST
One section of the book is charmingly headed Strange Stories by a Nervous Gentleman.
E.G. MarshallHOST
And it is from this section that we have chosen the tale that follows, one we call The Guillotine.
Paul HechtVOICE_ACTOR
I am of a brooding and introspective nature.
JustinHOST
[laughs]
Jim G-BabyGUEST
Guillotine.
HydrabergGUEST
Guillotine down.
CaitlinGUEST
Jesus Christ.
JustinHOST
[laughs]
Ray StevensHOST
And I love the text messages we get here about how, uh, you, you should kill somebody.
Ray StevensHOST
Uh, Guillotine always works.
Ray StevensHOST
Nick says firing squad.
Jeff MonossoCORRESPONDENT
Mm-hmm.
Ray StevensHOST
And, uh, uh, I got in a little dust-up with, uh, your guy, Evan Brown, about this, uh, last week, because I just, uh, you know, uh, i- i- it's just... it's messy.
Ray StevensHOST
And, uh, but again, y- if you're gonna take somebody and lethally inject them, you gotta do it the right way and get it over with so you're not sitting here wondering what we're gonna do next.
Ray StevensHOST
Guillotines, electric chair, firing squads, or things like that.
Ray StevensHOST
I mean, my goodness.
speaker_5AUDIENCE
And Mr.
speaker_5AUDIENCE
Guillotine was of course terrifying for, um, you know, the leaders, the-
Jim BraudeHOST
Mm-hmm
speaker_5AUDIENCE
...
VictoriaAUDIENCE
And Mr.
VictoriaAUDIENCE
Guillotine was, of course, terrifying for, um, you know, the leaders-
Jim BraudeHOST
Mm-hmm
VictoriaAUDIENCE
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