DiscoverTED: The Year in Ideas 2015Why public beheadings get millions of views | Frances Larson
Why public beheadings get millions of views | Frances Larson

Why public beheadings get millions of views | Frances Larson

Update: 2015-09-221
Share

Description

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?
Comments 
In Channel
loading
00:00
00:00
x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

Why public beheadings get millions of views | Frances Larson

Why public beheadings get millions of views | Frances Larson

TED Conferences LLC