Horrifying Torture Methods That Will Give You NightMares

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Scaphism involved a naked person that was firmly fastened within a back-to-back pair of narrow rowing boats, with their head, hands, and feet protruding. The condemned was then forced to drink milk and honey to the point of developing diarrhea and then more honey would be rubbed on their body to attract insects. They would then be left floating on a stagnant pond or in the sun. This method of dying was as long as it as painful.

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Coffin Torture was used to embarrass and slowly kill the condemned. The victim would be placed in a metal coffin cage and hung from a tree or building until they died.

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Boiling involved a victim that was dipped in a big bowl of boiling liquid. The liquid could be anything from water, oil, acid, tar, or even molten lead. This type of torture is considered slow and extremely painful. Sometimes a hook would be used to keep the victim plunged in the liquid and speed up the process.

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Disembowelment or evisceration is the removal of some or all of the vital organs, usually from the abdomen. It was used on humans as a method of death penalty, and is fatal in all cases. It has historically been used as a severe form of capital punishment.

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One of the most painful forms of torture was impalement. This method of execution involved a person being pierced with a long stake. The penetration could be through the sides, through the rectum, through the vagina, or through the mouth. This method lead to a painful and slow death.

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The Breaking Wheel was a torture device used for capital punishment in the Middle Ages and early modern times for public execution by cudgelling to death. The torture device was usually made out of a large wooden wheel with many radial spokes, though a wheel was not always used. Sometimes the condemned would also be beaten with a club or iron cudgel.

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A Gridiron was essentially a human grill. It was a metal grid with a fire underneath it that would cook a person alive.

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Because Bamboo grows very quickly, up to one foot a day, it was an alleged form of execution in Asia. The story goes that a victim would be tied to the top of Bamboo shoots, allowing the trees to grow through the person's body and subsequently kill them.

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The Garrote was very common at one point in history. This evil machine was used to strangle a person to death, and could also be used to break a person's neck. There was even a spiked version of this device, which was known as the Catalan Garrote.

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Neck torture was a humiliating and painful process. This punishment was something like an endurance test, where the victim would be hooked into a neck device.

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Flaying refers to the removal of skin from the body, much like when an animal is skinned in preparation for food. But in this case, the human victim is still alive. Flaying is an ancient practice that was practiced by Assyrians and individuals in the Ming Dynasty.

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Heretics' Fork was a torture device consisting of a metal piece with two opposed forks attached to a belt or strap. One end of the device was pushed under the chin and the other to the sternum. The strap was used to secure the device to the victim's neck while they were hung from the ceiling or somehow suspended. This made it hard for the victim to sleep, because if their head dropped, the prong would pierce their throat and chest.

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Drawing and Quartering involves being hanged, drawn and quartered. It was a spectacularly gruesome and public form of torture and execution, and was reserved only for this most serious crimes deemed more heinous than murder and other capital offenses. This method was only used on male offenders.

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Keelhauling is a form of torture that was created by sailors for sailors who have crossed the line. The condemned would be tied to a line that looped beneath the boat, thrown overboard on one side of the ship, and then dragged under the ship's keel either from one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ship (from the bow to stern).

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The Brazen Bull was a device used in ancient Greece to execute criminals. According to legend, the bull would be casted out of brass and made hollow with a door on one side. The condemned would be put inside, as the door was shut behind them. Then a fire would be started under the bull, heating the metal and cooking the person inside.

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