How did the Iron Maiden and other famous torture devices REALLY work? Links would be nice, if possible :).
They went into the studio, made really godawful shit-metal albums, and inflicted them upon the public. Thank god we live in more enlightened times, and such methods of torture are largely abandoned.
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ah a specialty of mine shame the daily radar’s 20 knarliest
torture devices of all time has been 404’d but lets see some of the best i remember from various sources
#1 iron maiden -
(medevil)
the spikes were on the inside of a coffin and the coffin closed with the victim inside , thing is the spikes were not all that long so they would jab into your flesh fairly deep say 2-3 inches but not enough to do lethal damage
#2 Spiked boots
(Medevil)
shoes made from steel with flat bits at the toes which you had to balance upon , if you balanced on the heel a steel plate with a spike on it would jab your heels
#3 The Saw
(Medevil)
Victim was hung upside down from rafters of a tree , the theory being that blood would rush to the head and keep you concious longer , then saw was used from the groin downwards towards the midsection until victim died , occasionally the saw would get to the middrif before the person expired
#4 POW water torture
(WWII)
Japanese men would force feed a POW water lots and lots then tie a gag to his face and jump up and down on his belly causing internal rupture
#5 Camel water torture
a Camel would be dehydrated heavily and poor prisoner would be tied to its body , then camel would be allowed to drink , its belly would expand so much the prisoner was torn apart
#6 Chilli burns (sourced some mens magazine)
(modern)
They’d put you in boiling water until you were scaled badly then roll you around in chilli powder , then they would put you in a freezer closing your pores and sealing in the chilli to the flesh
#7 The Boots 2
Ever see Misery the film ? where she broke his ankles? , well in medevil (yes med EVIL) times they would put perforated wooden planks around your legs in a box shape then thru the holes hammer in wedges of wood , breaking your legs , more and more would be hammered into until your legs were no more than mush
#8 the cage
(tame) they stick you in a tight cage and let you die of exposure
#9 Spiking
you’d be thrust analy onto a spike , and left there to rot
#10 rack
obvious
#11 Trial by fire
(not strictly torture but interesting)
they’d get a red hot iron ring and make you hold it for a bit , after 2-3 weeks if it healed you were innocent (god healed you) if it didn’t you were guilty (since they used nasty bandages and penicilin was a good few hundred years off you were buggered)
#12 Torture chair (can’t recall the proper name)
sharp pyramid of steel you sit onto , torturer hold you up with wires and lowers you onto it at his discretion
#12a Torture saddle (ditto)
same but triangular prism arrangement and you were pulled down by weights around the ankles
#13 Sjambok (mens mag source)
(modern south african)
A whip made from leather that can cut flesh deeply with each stroke , with notice “not for discipline of horses” but ok for humans aparently pre 1990s favourite weapon of SA police other than guns
#14 Cleansing of the soul
(medevil)
prior to any of the medevil above they would feed you hot coals to purify your soul etc
#15 Dunking stool
(med)
testing of witches - tame , dip you in if you drown you are not guilty of being witch , if you float you are going to be executed (nice)
#16 Tieing off
(modern i think)
get a limb of yours and tie it off a bit and wait till it goes all rotten or dies or get gangrene
#17 Chilli stick
(modern , sourced mens magazine)
Police get stick , cover end with green chilli paste , proceed to insert this into you
#18 The pear
(medevil)
a wind up device where you turn the handle at the base of the pear and it expands , pear was inserted into anus or vagina and handle was turned opening up the spikey pear inside you.
all i can remember at the moment , prison these days is far far too easy