This video was made possible thanks to everyone on the Simple History Patreon: Used by empires from the Mughals to the British, blowing from a gun was a terrifying method of execution. But did it make a comeback in modern North Korea? Find out in this shocking look at a forgotten punishment.
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Further Reading:
Kim A Wagner, ‘Calculated to Strike Terror’: The Amritsar Massacre and the Spectacle of Colonial Violence, Past & Present, Volume 233, Issue 1, November 2016, Pages 185–225,
Jenzen-Jones, N. R., Charles Randall, Jack Shanley, and Omer Sayadi. “‘Blown from a Gun’: Situating the British Practice of Execution by Cannon in the Context of Southern and Western Asia.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 34, no. 4 (2024): 777–98. .
Ben-Halliday, Reginald. “Being Blown by a Cannon: Man’s Inhumanity to Man.” Medium.com. September 29, 2022.
Sharman, Jon. “North Korean defector 'forced to watch 11 musicians executed with anti-aircraft guns” Independent.co.uk. September 21, 2017.
Credit:
Simple History Creator: Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Video Directors: Lav Velimirovic, Ognjen Jovic
Script: Jake Leigh-Howarth
Script Review: Peter Turner
Narrator: Chris Kane ()
Artists: Fiona Phan, Selma Belegic
Animators: Nancy Bhalla, Krishna, Guillermo G. Caasi. Jr, Ravina Bheda, Rommel Ponferrada
Editor: Artem Dobrohodov, James Dowse
Thumbnails: Fiona Phan
Brand Partnerships: Justin St-Laurent
Senior Production Manager: Umar Ijaz
Simple History Channel Manager: James Dowse
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