Did Erik Menendez really play hangman with Leslie Abramson in court?
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Jessica Sager,
People.com,
27 Sep. 2024
The second story is about Eichmann’s prison guard, Haim (Yoav Levi), a Moroccan Jew who takes pains to make sure his charge is unharmed and delivered to the hangman’s noose in as good a shape as possible.
Several other leading figures of the period ended their days on the executioner’s block, including the unhappy Comte de Chalais, whose headsman bungled the job and ended up frantically chopping away at his screaming victim with a small hatchet.
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A guy known for delivering killer monologues is joining the long list of suspects at the Arconia.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
Materials for all seasons at the world’s grandest art fair, plus Cleopatra and a killer ship model
The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht in the Netherlands is the art extravaganza of the year.
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