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Frances Larson: Why public beheadings get millions of views

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In a disturbing — but fascinating — walk through history, Frances Larson examines humanitys 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?

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Tedtalks;TED;Talks;Internet;death;history;online video;TEDGlobalLondon;2015

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