Torture Methods – 1
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Title: Torture Methods - I
Author: A. L.
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Boiling Alive
Another form of cooking people, popular among Savage tribes.
Buried Alive
Widely used around the world throughout the ages. For example, in Nujel'm they buried women in sand up to their necks, then left them, head emerged only, to bake in the sun.
Burned at the Stake
Popular during the Inquisition for heretics, witches, and warlocks. Eaten by Animals
Traditionally the victims were thrown to the lions. This has actual historical backing and was a favorite of many Stygians to watch as a sport. Skinning/Flaying
The skin is removed in strips.
Drawn and Quartered
The person is carved into pieces while alive. It was often combined with hanging and used for extremely serious crimes such as high treason, where mere hanging alone was not enough.
Impaling
Stakes are driven through the person's body in such a way that vital organs needed for survival are not pierced.
Iron Chair/Iron Bed
These pieces of iron furniture were placed over a stoked fire and occupants were roasted to death.
Iron Maiden
Female effigies constructed of wood or iron with the inside hollowed out and filled with sharp iron spikes. The iron maiden would be opened up and the offender placed inside. The person would then be embraced by the iron maiden, being impaled by all the stakes.
The Wheel
Wheels were used in a variety of ways. For example, a person could be somehow attached to the outer rim of a wheel and then either rolled over sharp spikes or off a hill.
Crucifixion
Once used as the highest punishment among Druid tribes. Early crucifixions were carried out on trees, later to be done on wooden crosses
Drowning
Used in a variety of ways. Popular at sea and witch trials. Probably the most well-known variation is the witch's test. If the water rejects the woman and she floats, then she is guilty and executed by anth method. If the water accepts her and she drowns, then she was innocent.
Blown from a Cannon
The person is positioned across the mouth of a cannon, then a shot is fired, blasting through the person's body.
Pressing
The person lies under some sort of slab-like surface and then heavy objects such as stones are placed on top until the person is slowly crushed to death. This process could take hours, or weeks to die from.
The Rack
Catch-all term for a number of mechanical devices and practices which cause torture and death by stretching the person.
Disembowelment
The torso is slit open and the entrails are removed.
Starvation
The person is put away in a cell or cage and not fed anything
Garrote
Oftentimes a hybrid of the rack and hanging. Something is tightened around the person's neck until death results.
Dragging
The person is tied to a horse and dragged until death.
Throat Slitting
Not used very often because of it's lack of drama.
The Cauldron
A iron container, mouth down, is placed on the victim's stomach. The container is lifted a bit and some mice or rats slipped inside. Then the container is heated up from the outside with a flame. As it begins to get hot, the mice want to escape, but there is no way out except through the mouth of the cauldron. So they begin to gnaw through the person's stomach and do so until the person dies.
Torn Apart by Horses
A person is attached to four horses, one to each limb of the body. The horses are then giddied on to gallop in oppostie directions, in the aim that the person will become dismembered. Not a very effective method unless certain tendons in the limbs are pre-cut.
Water Death
Person is forced to drink water until death. Traditionally a stiff tube (made of intestine) was forced down the victims throat and they had a non-stop flow of water entering them, or a slow trickle depending on how long they were to suffer.
The Cage
Giant oddly-shaped metal cages were placed on prisoners' heads and worn throughout the waking hours.
The Cat/Flogger
Prisoners were whipped with leather straps and cat-o'-nine tails until their flesh was raw and bleeding.