"A Race of Headsmen" - The Sanson Family, Executioners of Paris

What if you were born into the profession of executing people? For the Sanson family of Paris, this was their occupation for 200 years. As headsmen they executed some of the most famous people of French history, and they taught their descendants the ropes so they could teach their sons the same. This is the story of those men, the people they executed, and the toll it took on all of their psyches.