Why Public Beheadings Get Millions of Views, Frances Larson, TED Talks

In a disturbing but fascinating walk through history, Frances Larson examines humanity s strange relationship with public executions and specifically beheadings. As she shows us, they have always drawn a crowd, first in the public square and now on YouTube. What makes them horrific and compelling in equal measure TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or les