King Charles I beheaded for treason 

That 'BANG!' scared the heck out of me! Great video!

twice I've heard you tell that story and twice I've jumped out of my skin :-) Good job as always.

Love your wall lamp!! Excellent content and presentation as always.This channel deserves to be far bigger! Many thanks as always for posting.

I imagine the narrator has been telling this story for centuries, all the way back to the day when he was there, cleaning a mug and telling the story to guests in his tavern. Brilliant Storyteller

New subscriber from the USA. Don't ever stop sharing your stories or your knowledge. You're an incredible asset to RU-vid and the world. Thank you.

RU-vid for some reason recommended me your videos....and I'm glad it did! You're a great storyteller!

Alec Guinness’s portrayal of Charles 1st in Cromwell is absolutely incredible.

You sir made me jump. Great story.

I felt like a kid again hearing the story! I was definitely spooked!

OK not gonna lie. You almost gave me a heart attack. I also dropped my phone on my nose too haha. But great video. And I love what you have done with the helmet on the wall. Badass lamp

That wall lamp behind you is super cool :)

I don't know anything about stolen axes or blocks and I have no executioners story to tell but I have to say that's the coolest sconce I have ever seen, great idea!

it was nic cage, the bone is sitting next to the declaration of independence i too, jumped at the 'BANG'

YOU SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME!!!

Hey Kevin, I love your stories & your delivery of them. Keep them coming.

I've only just discovered your channel today, & I find your knowledge of history amazing & the way you describe & story tell fantastic. Thank you so much. Richard.

Wherever you live these days, Kevin, you are a national treasure.

I love hearing your stories.

Gello, Mr, Hicks. I love your wall light, very cool indeed. Another great video.

ANOTHER WONDERFUL STORY !

I’m so glad I found your channel, I’ve been showing your videos to my friends and family.

RU-vid: "Beheaded For Treason?" Me: "ok..." Kevin: "Hi!! 😁"

You know how to tell a tale! Fascinating !

Well, that 'BANG!' certainly brought history to life. My poor heart! Loved it. And the video, as always. Reminded every day how pleased I am I stumbled across you, Mr. Hicks A pleasure to enjoy history through such a natural and captivating storyteller.

That *BANG* damn near gave me a heart attack. Subscribed.

Where is the vertebrae today? Great story as usual Ser Kevin.

Nice one Kevin!

"Short by a head." Holy Moses that was the definition of cheek. I love this channel forever.

Brilliant story, thanks for sharing 🙂 I totally jumped when you said King Charles eyes blinked & BANG!!! - Would love to watch any historical videos you might have done/will do on Bolton, York, Chester or Edinburgh. Thanks a lot 🙂

Fascinating Kev, I wonder. Please keep these stories coming. Prince Rupert of the Rhine was a bit of a lad around the same period, he survived, even thrived although commanding the King's armies. I discovered him as he ran my home town for part of the civil war, Bristol, being a glass blower I heard of him through tales passed down through the glass houses.

Fantastic as always Kevin !

Thank you Mr. HICKS you make history so interesting and exciting. My High school history classes were so boring I could hardly keep my eyes open during class.

Really great storytelling Sir!! 😮

Fantastic channel......I did jump !!

Loved this one, great channel and awesome host

Another entertaining story Kevin. I love the helmet light! Thanks for sharing.

your films and presentation are just amazing!!

New subscriber from California here. I’m glad I found this channel. Thank you for the stories, well told.

😂😂😂 you really know how to get a head- of things Mr. Hicks. 💀 British humor really gets me everytime.

I'm in full research of this at the moment!! love your channel!!!!

Like others have commented “BANG!” made me jump. Your students were well served by you, sir. Thank you.

I LOVE your wall lights!

Lol Love the lamp shade.

that bang scared the crap out of me! paired with starring his eyes because i got glued of the story adds to the scar factor

Jesus, don't do that it's 3AM in the morning here, you really woke me up 😂 😅

I fall for those jumpscares every time. Thanks for the tale.

Very fun story telling, reminds me of listening to Sir John Hurt telling old folk tales and stories.

Love your content! Thanks!

I love your commentaries on history. Years ago, I lived in Cirencester, working in Bristol. I spent as much time as I could exploring your wonderful country. From Plymouth to York, from Warwick to Stratford on Avon....the history of your country has intrigued and informed. Your podcasts and the way you present are second to none....thanks so much!

That bang part got me too 😅 Thank you good sir for sharing that wonderful story with us

Few tell a story and hold an audience like you do!

I'm so glad i found that channel.

the Bang! got me, I was listening to the story and I wasn't expecting that

Excellent story!!

Awesome video sir

I totally adore this channel and this fine gentleman. That "bang!" though made me spill my coffee all over me. Legit.

I love history. They say you are never too old to learn. I am learning more of our past that I never knew about thanks to your slick presentations. Shame our current generation learn very little about our past histories, they are missing out. Love the wall lamp by the way.

RU-vid item about Royal Exhumation says that one of the people in Charles I tomb was the Prince Regent. The account in that said that the future George IV took a couple of souvenirs which Queen Victoria had returned to the tomb. I think Charles' dignity on the scaffold was truly courageous and admirable.

Great story sir. You're well practised at it and must've heard a few. You got me, I jumped! It's not even dark yet. Poor Charles, just playing a role, bravely, but caught up in another chapter of an ancient struggle - and that time the Republic won. The God King had to lie prostrate. Surely the soldiers saw, and the populace were screened from seeing and hearing any last offence. 7 years of civil war to prove that God works in the hearts of all the faithful among mankind, not only one. A personal blood price for peace, paid by the King. 7 years of civil war, and it need never have been, if only he had been less keen to emulate a Roman Emperor in an England deeply steeped in Republican sentiment, armed with the Magna Carta. To say nothing of the Catholic-Protestant divide, but, well, do Catholics tend toward absolutism and Protestants toward democracy? Just musing. No simple answers, there never is. An era! A struggle of it's time. An old story that returns again and again. Napoleon. Hitler. Where and who next? European history! Never a dull moment. Once safely sealed away, curiosity rose, and just to make sure --- Perhaps the salt shaker made up for the desecration of Cromwell's bones. All's fair in love in and war and all that.

Very interesting. I like these little short 5 minute stories, enough to peak your curiosity into looking up the rest of the story.

Salt in a vertebrae? That's some real Ed Gein stuff there!!!

Good god man you scared me! I'm still new around here and was not expecting that! Made me laugh as well. 😆

Your historytelling skills are marvelous, sir. If I follow, you were once an historical site docent? I always enjoyed that kind of work, bringing history to life in the minds of our guests. Keep on keeping on!

Thanks For This Brilliant Video From Blue

Another great story - thanks !

The "BANG" got me! goodness! haha, but thank you for this story!

Your videos are so interesting, I’ve been binging on them and watching all day! Thank you so much for making these videos so in depth and especially all the funny twists you have. Oh your wall sconces look incredible, also! I have a similar helmet myself that I was going to turn into a lampshade, I think the wife may tolerate that!! Do you have a story about King Richard III? I saw the doco where he was exhumed and buried in a new tomb, but looking at his skeleton his quality of life must have been terrible. Do you have any accounts of things he couldn’t do due to pain, or extended lengths of being bedridden? It’s amazing to me as I have a severe back injury and even today with modern medicine and after 7 surgeries I’m still in immense pain and rely on strong pain killers, I don’t know how he would have coped.

You as a presenteur, perfect!

Love your series! I am learning so much from you, I wish you were my History teacher! You're so easy to listen to. Thank you so much for your idea to make us Americans know of British beginnings.

Kevin, you made my jump nearly through my ceiling lol

Love your stories. The story of King Charles I. I always believed it was a lower block to force him to lie down to humiliate him before his execution. Yours is better

I said on another video another channel brought me here and I have to say I am completely addicted to this channel. Your absolutely amazing Kevin so interesting

You'd be good on a ghost tour cuz you sure scared the sheit outta me. 😁🤣

I bet there's thousands of stories like this out there and every one of them has a ring of truth to it.

Worlds best story teller!

Enjoyed the story, loved the wall lamp. Is the bonsai tree real?

Excellent storytelling! 😄

That was a good scare, you made me jump off my chair. Hahahah

Love that lamp shade

HA HA HA I jumped lol brilliant stuff.

I'm very serious listening to you since I love history....... When yoh suddenly loud your voice i almost jump....😂😂😂😂😂😂

How dare you scare me like that! lol

Nice lamp shade. Great merch for your channel I say.

Love the content sir✌️

Good vid.❤

The most original lightshade yet. Cool!

Don't do the bang thing again Kev! 😆 Awesome as per.

Keep up the good work 👍

Kev you nearlygive me a bloody heart attack x

But Cromwell turned out a worse tyrant than Charles ever was.

That great helm light is mega!!!

Love the light cover

"Short by a head" lol

Can we talk more about that awesome bonsai behind you?

You know exactly how to tell stories to those into military history. The gear heads, equipment nerds etc., but then you also know how to convey the feeling and human element of it. In short, what was there, how it was used, and the feelings and ideas it resulted in. I could listen to these stories all day.

You remind Me, of a gentleman, that told similar-'style'-stories, on a program called, 'One Step Beyond' (Originally broadcast, in the 1960's, USA, but, re-broadcast, for many, many years later, all over 'the West', and, in Saudi Arabia, as well! Bravo(!), 'Sir Kevin'! :)

Some years ago I went on an audio guided tour of the Banqueting Hall. It walked us around the streets of the area giving us audio of cock fighting and people talking as if you were eavesdropping on a secret conversation. In what was the ballroom we heard music, conversations and laughter so that if you closed your eyes you could imagine you were at a party. Finally it led us along the route Charles I walked to his execution. The audio was his heartbeat which grew faster and louder as we approached the final destination. I could feel his fear and my heartbeat also grew faster and my breathing became shallow. Then the audio explained the execution procedure and the heartbeat stopped... he was dead. It was very moving and something I will never forget.

Kevin, I’ve seen other illustrations of beheadings around the time of Charles’ execution, and the victims were shown as lying on the floor of the scaffold - l don’t know how much you can rely on such illustrations because I’ve also seen where taller blocks were used.

Flippin heck kev you nearly give me another heart attack with that tale ive ad 2 you badun .

I love the wall lamps. I don’t think I would be allowed to have that . I like the Rowan Atkinson / Stephan Fry version Blackadder ‘ This is the head of a traitor’ Crowd ‘ No it’s not it’s a pumpkin with a mustache drawn on it ! ‘ Bang Crowd cheers