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Poor Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan. He was executed a long time back and I wrote about him recently in Executed Today. Enjoy!

Jon's Writing on Executed Today

I had the pleasure of writing about Pierre Basile who was executed by being flayed, then hung, then hastily buried for shooting dead King Richard the Lionheart (pictured above). It was, undoubtedly, not pleasurable for Basile.

Read more, here.

Basile killed one Lionheart. I would have liked to seen him take on this one:

Jon's Writing on Executed Today

For the always enjoyable Web site, Executed Today, I recently wrote about the execution of Dun Xerri. Xerri was a Maltese patriot shot for his defiant acts on January 17, 1799.

Pictured above: The Monument Dedicated To Reverend Mikiel Xerri And The Other Maltese Patriots Shot By The French In 1799 In Valletta, Near His Former Residence.

Jon's Writing on Executed Today

Solomon Molcho (whose cloak is seen above) died in 1532, burned at the stake for apostasy. You can read about his life, and death, on Executed Today. Enjoy!

Jon's Writing on Executed Today

I've had the opportunity to write another (hopefully) fascinating entry on Executed Today. Rachel Wall is quite possibly America's first female pirate. She was also the last woman hung in Massachusetts. Enjoy, ye mateys.

Art by Uniquevisions.

Jon's Writing on Executed Today

I had the great fortune of writing for Executed Today again. On October 3rd, 1283, a prince of Wales was the first known person to be drawn and quartered. Ouch.

Jon's Writing on Executed Today

I was a guest blogger recently on Executed Today. Executed Today is a fascinating, though slightly morbid site, which highlights someone in history executed on the particular day you're looking at the site. My post was about Caesarion. He was assassinated. He was the son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar.