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Running around like Chicken Without a Head

'Mike' the headless chicken. Copy photo from Life Magazine.

'Mike' the headless chicken. Copy photo from Life Magazine.

Execution by guillotine of Louis XVI of France, Paris, 21 January 1793 . Louis lying bound on the guillotine waiting for the blade to fall and...

Execution by guillotine of Louis XVI of France, Paris, 21 January 1793 (1790s). Artist: Anon

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Perseus and Medusa

Anne Boleyn , second wife of Henry VIII, was accused of adultery, incest and high treason. On 2 May 1536 she was arrested and taken to the Tower of...

Anne Boleyn , Queen of England as the second wife of Henry VIII, led to the gallows to be executed by beheading after being accused by her husband of...

Anne Boleyn (1507-1536) led to the gallows. Engraving.

Anne Boleyn in the Tower, detail, 1835

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The execution of Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, wife of King Henry VIII, on May 19, 1536. After a work by Jan Luyken.

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The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, left and Saint Jerome Writing, centre, both paintings by Caravaggio, are seen in the Oratory of St. John's...

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The Headless Horseman in the "Magnum Opus" episode of SLEEPY HOLLOW airing Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 on FOX.

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Judith Beheading Holofernes, by Michelangelo Merisi known as Caravaggio, 1598 - 1599 about, 16th Century, oil on canvas, cm 144 x 195 .

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Rome, Galleria Nazionale D'Arte Antica Di Palazzo Barberini Judith and Holofernes by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio , oil on canvas, 145x195 cm.

Judith and Holofernes

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Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, 1501-1536. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from...

Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, 1501-1536

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, centre and Saint Jerome Writing, right, both paintings by Caravaggio, are seen in the Oratory of St. John's...

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St Emidio, Bishop and Martyr, Calendar of Saints, August 9, engraving by Giovanni Wenzel from Composition artistiques pour tous les jours de l'annee...

St Emidio, Bishop and Martyr, Calendar of Saints

Beheading of Anne Boleyn Jan Luyken, 1699

Beheading of Anne Boleyn

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Headless Horseman Riding Horse and Holding Pumpkin Head

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Head of John the Baptist (Mark 6), woodcut, published 1837

Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1617. Found in the Collection of Museo di Capodimonte, Naples.

Judith Beheading Holofernes

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Malta, La Valletta, San Giovanni Cathedral. Whole artwork. Beheaded man martyrdom saint St John the Baptist executioner onlookers; bystanders prison.

Beheading of St John the Baptist, by Merisi Michelangelo known as Caravaggio, 1608, 17th Century, oil on canvas

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Low angle view of dilapidated statue ruins

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The execution by guillotine in the Place de la Concorde, Paris on January 21, 1793 of France’s King Louis XVI during the French Revolution. After a...

The execution by guillotine in the Place de la Concorde, Paris on January 21, 1793 of France’s King Louis XVI during the French Revolution

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Headless man walking out of room (Digital Enhancement)

Statues in the temple of Demeter and Kore , Cyrene , Libya, Greek and Roman civilization, 6th century BC-2nd century AD.

Statues in the temple of Demeter and Kore, Cyrene

Statues of female figures and ruins of houses near the Agora, Cyrene , Libya, Greek and Roman civilization, 5th century BC-4th century AD.

Female figures and ruins of houses, Cyrene

The execution of Louis XVI, January 21, 1793. IIlustration from 'Storia Universale illustrata' , popular science work published in installments....

FRENCH REVOLUTION

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Roman antiquities hall with the headless female statue of Luni in the centre, from Concordia, National Museum of Concordia in Portogruaro, Veneto....

Hall, National Museum of Concordia in Portogruaro

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Two of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, early 14th century. Illustration from Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Museum, Miniatures, Borders, and...

Two of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, early 14th century.

The Headless Horseman returns to Sleepy Hollow in "The Midnight Ride" episode of SLEEPY HOLLOW airing Monday, Nov. 11, 2013 on FOX.

FOX's "Sleepy Hollow" - Season One

The execution of Louis XVI, 21 January 1793, Place de la Revolution, Paris, France. From a contemporary print.

The execution of Louis XVI

Cartoon from the era of the French Revolution showing a hand holding the decapitated head of Louis XVI, entitled That his impure blood may fertilize...

The French Revolution showing a hand holding the decapitated head of Louis XVI

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Romulus and Remus Victorious

Marius receiving the head of Antonius, 1774

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Members of Mexican Navy surround one of the three corpses - one decapitated and partially dismembered - found on the Acapulco-Mexico road, in the...

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Somali police looks at a paramedic holding the head of a suicide bomber nearby the Jazeera hotel compound on September 12, 2012 where the newly...

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The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, centre and Saint Jerome Writing, right, both paintings by Caravaggio, are seen in the Oratory of St. John's...

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The painting, The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, by Caravaggio, is seen in the Oratory of St. John's Co-Cathedral, on March 18, 2023 in...

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The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, centre and Saint Jerome Writing, right, paintings by Caravaggio, are seen in the Oratory of St. John's...

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Two silver metallic faceless female mannequin torsos in suction room, UK.

Two silver metallic faceless female mannequin torsos in suction room, UK

Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Palazzo Pitti, Palatine Gallery. The picture reveals the intellectual curiosity of Allori, who manages to absorb the most...

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, by Cristofano Allori, 1612 about, 17th Century, oil on canvas, cm 139 x 116.

The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane, 1858. Artist John Quidor.

The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane

Louis XVI on the Scaffold , Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New...

Louis XVI on the Scaffold (nearer view), Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

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Studio shot of head of teenage girl touched by male hand

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