Top Ten Torture Devices.
Back in the middle ages, many torture devices were devised to punish criminals and other people, and here are ten of the most horrible, disgusting, brutal tortures ever invented. By Daniel Shen.
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10: THE TUB: this torture consists of a victim being placed in a wooden tub with only his head sticking out. then the executioner will paint honey or sugar on the victim's face, and the flies will do the rest. the flies will feast on the victim's face and days later the fly's maggots will devour them alive. HORRID!
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9: HERETIC'S FORK: this torture only requires something similar to a double-ended fork a belt. the fork is strapped to the victim's neck using the belt with one end pointing to the victim' chin and the other towards the sternum. After that the victim will be suspended somehow. if the victim's head drooped the prong would pierce his/her skin. CRUEL!
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8: THUMBSCREW: the thumbscrew is a torture using a tool that closes and opens like a clamp controlled by twisting this screw. The device, as its name suggests, crushes fingers. there are other larger versions designed to crush limbs and heads. SHOCKING!
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7: THE RACK: this torture is common during the medieval times. A person would be placed in a frame and his limbs would be tied to ropes. Then torturers would pull a contraption and the limbs would slowly be pulled apart. it is often used for forcing answers out of victims. HORRIBLE!
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6:RAT TORTURE. one of the worst tortures, often no one could bear it. The rat torture involves putting large rats in an open-base cage, and a heating device on top. The rat's natural instinct leads them to escape the heat, and so they would burrow into the victim's body. And you know what happens next. DISGUSTING!
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5:TONGUE TEARER: like a big, bad and dangerous pair of oversize scissors, this is certainly a tongue's nightmare. as sharp as a katana, the tongue tearer can tear through victims' tongues with no effort. this is a popular torture contraption and is rather successful. OH MY GOSH!
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4:CEMENT SHOES: being bashed with cement is bad enough, but imagine having your feet IN cement? That's exactly what happened to spies and traitors when they were caught by the American mafia. The Americans would bury a victim's feet in cement and once it dried the victim is thrown into a river and drowned. TERRIBLE!
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3:BREAST RIPPER:The breast ripper is directed towards women. The breast ripper can be stuck into women's breasts through sharp points. Then comes the violent bit. The ripper is jerked and pulled violently, and huge chunks of flesh would come flying off. HOLY!!!
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2:SAW TORTURE: in the saw torture the victim is hung from the legs on a wooden frame, leaving the victim dangling. Blood would rush into their brains, making them unconcious during the long and bloody torture. two people would come along with a saw and they would saw straight through the body's underside, chopping it in two. OH YUCK!!!
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And now.. for the worst...which is the horrible SPANISH DONKEY!!! The name isn't quite shocking, but the torture will. In the torture there is a wood wedge-like seat with tiny spikes as shown. A victim would be forced to sit. Then an executioner would place weights on each of the victim's foot until the victim falls down the wedge and ends up in two nice halves. TORTURING IS JUST SO CRUEL AND HORRIBLE!!!