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Tag Archives: executions
A bad way to go
My original tumblr post was here. This woodcut bears the Latin caption “Malo mihi tortor violet quam membra Cytheris: Integra sum secto corpore sponsa Dei.” This appears to mean something like “I prefer to sit in violation of the members of Venus: I cut the whole body, the bride of God.” Your guess is as good as mine. Original text:
Martirio católico de herejes.
Adriaen Colalert, 1608 Fuente: Universidad de Chicago
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Guillotine fodder
In the flames
In the flames
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“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching.”
― Gerard Way
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Reaching into her Future
To the block!
Buccaneer’s Vengeance
Original post here. Images are three illustrated pulp pages containing the texts “(1) Vengeance by Alan Anderson (2) ‘So he’s you’re husband, eh?’ The leader laughed. Prudence closed her eyes, shuddering, as the blade touched her. (3) Two girls! One was dead. The other wide eyed and staring. When she saw Christian and the blackamoor she…As Christian matched up a weapon to fight, the leader barked a command to the men behind.” Sourced to pulpcovers.com.
Twin Terror Tales
Image is a cover of Terror Tales and contains the text “Terror Tales. Francis James is Back!! with a new, chill-packed novel, Bride of the Serpent. House of the Mummy Men: start, fascinating terror novelette by Edith & Ejler Jacobson.”
Image is a cover of Terror Tales and contains the text “Terror Tales. Slaves for the Wine Goddess: eerie mystery-thriller novelette by Russell Gray. The Monster is Hungry! by Wyatt Blassingame.”
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“Terror Tales” March and July 1939