Medieval Torture Devices

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:55 pm

Don't read if you have a sensitive stomach.

People complain today of how lethal injection is inhumane- take a read of these methods. It's abhorrent what the human mind can dream up to torture others.

http://medieval-castles.org/index.php?cat=31

Fibonacci · Post by **Fibonacci** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:07 pm

Interesting. Thanks RG!

Ive experienced Tean Zu. Sort of. Me and my brother were moving some logs for a bonfire a few years ago. I tripped and reached out to stop my fall. My fingers hit, my hand didn't. EXCRUCIATING to say the least! :-1

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:12 pm

YEOWCH Fib!!! That made me hurt just reading it!

Fibonacci · Post by **Fibonacci** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:16 pm

Yeah, Back then I had a bad habit of biting my nails. I dont know if it would have made a difference to have had longer nails, but I dont bite them anymore.

Richard Bell · Post by **Richard Bell** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:35 pm

No "comfy chair" or "soft cushions" poking ?

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:04 pm

good gawd!!! very interesting and makes me glad i live in this century....

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:18 am

You notice how some of the worst as in painful and humilating tortures were dreamt up by religious authorities especially those aimed against women, although there were one or two aimed at ripping out genitals. In scotland the church took over the property of anyone accused of withchcraft a surprising number of witches were single women with property. Not that I'm cynical or anything.

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:46 am

the greatest torture of all relationships :-5 :-5

i mean for suzy not me :sneaky:

BH672 · Post by **BH672** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:31 am

jimbo;555058 wrote: the greatest torture of all relationships

:wah: Either that or being forced to listen to rap music! :wah:

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:47 am

BH672;555088 wrote: :wah: Either that or being forced to listen to rap music! :wah:

Another one who doesn't like my singing huh? :rolleyes:

:wah:

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:51 am

Rapunzel;555093 wrote: Another one who doesn't like my singing huh? :rolleyes:

:wah:

sorry i took my time there wondering if you were a hoody or not

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:08 am

RedGlitter;554959 wrote: Don't read if you have a sensitive stomach.

Try Warwick Castle, if you're in the area...

Red · Post by **Red** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:50 am

jesus, what a fab site ive saved it for later!!

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:53 am

Some people would pay good money to have someone inflict some of them :wah: :wah:

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:05 am

SuzyB;555117 wrote: Some people would pay good money to have someone inflict some of them :wah: :wah:

Tell me about it. I read all of jimbo's posts.:-5

OzBoy · Post by **OzBoy** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:31 am

I remember someon telling me once that their definition of pain would be described as sliding down a razor sharp knife on your testicles and landing in a pool of vinegar and salt water not sure how they came to that but it still brings a tear to the eye :-1

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:52 pm

OH HO HO OH OOOHHH ! Im likin this !!!:-6 :-6

Red · Post by **Red** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:53 pm

lol very cheery isnt it, brightened quite a dull ol day

BH672 · Post by **BH672** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:45 pm

Is it possible to torture a car?

OzBoy · Post by **OzBoy** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:45 am

BH672;555939 wrote: Is it possible to torture a car?

Yep call it a Volvo

Indian Princess · Post by **Indian Princess** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:16 am

I'll take the calls of bill collectors any day, compared to the midevil times of have someone drawn and quartered, stretched on the rack, fingernails ripped out,nipple pinchers etc.

andersion · Post by **andersion** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:20 am

Hello Guys,

Children were not treated differently in those days. Age was simply not a factor when deciding who to abuse. Sex was - younger females would be violated brutally and repeatedly..and would be kept alive longer specifically for the pleasure of the men who brutalized them.

I remember my dad building a guillotine once for halloween. It turned out great. As far as other torture devices maybe contact a madam.

I remember my dad building a guillotine once for halloween. It turned out great. As far as other torture devices maybe contact a madam.

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Post by **spot** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:33 am

In what sense is a guillotine a device capable of torture? Quite the reverse, I'd say.

cars · Post by **cars** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:45 am

spot;1335113 wrote: In what sense is a guillotine a device capable of torture? Quite the reverse, I'd say.

Mental torture. (Sometimes worse then physical)

Post by **spot** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:59 am

In what sense it it a greater mental torture than any other form of execution, cars?

In terms of physical pain and a conscious awareness of death I'd have thought it was definitely minimal. In terms of preparation time it's less than lethal injection, hanging, firing squad, toppling off a cliff into the river while sharing a sack with a dog and a snake, the list could be extended indefinitely. What on earth have you got against the guillotine?

cars · Post by **cars** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:12 am

What if the blade is not sharp enough?!

Post by **spot** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:44 am

cars;1335153 wrote: What if the blade is not sharp enough?!

The way they're designed it wouldn't matter if the blade was filed flat at the end instead of pointed, you still get fifty pounds of metal meeting one vertebra at around twenty five miles an hour. Come on cars, you have to admit it's as fast and as painless a death as has ever been devised by any legal system. You weren't kept worrying back in Robespierre's day either - you could go from accusation to grave in under an hour.

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:49 am

In the film Carry On Don't Lose Your Head, the character played by Jim Dale is about to be executed. Someone tells him he has a note from Robespierre, and he says, "Put it in the basket, I'll read it later on."

Post by **spot** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:57 am

Snowfire;1335165 wrote: In the film Carry On Don't Lose Your Head, the character played by Jim Dale is about to be executed. Someone tells him he has a note from Robespierre, and he says, "Put it in the basket, I'll read it later on."
And the posters offered "a freshly sliced loaf every five minutes", if I remember. And Kenneth Williams played Citizen Camembert, the Big Cheese of the Secret Police. They don't make them like that any more.

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:06 am

"Infamy, infamy. They've all got it in for me"

No they dont make them like that any more

cars · Post by **cars** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 1:40 pm

spot;1335162 wrote: The way they're designed it wouldn't matter if the blade was filed flat at the end instead of pointed, you still get fifty pounds of metal meeting one vertebra at around twenty five miles an hour. Come on cars, you have to admit it's as fast and as painless a death as has ever been devised by any legal system. You weren't kept worrying back in Robespierre's day either - you could go from accusation to grave in under an hour.

It was said in levity! Have you no sense of humor?

Post by **spot** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 2:23 pm

cars;1335184 wrote: It was said in levity! Have you no sense of humor?
Absolutely none whatever, I thought everybody knew that.