**Torture Devices**

[DollHead]

You forgot the Braizen Bull! That was a bull made out of metal, the victim was shoved inside and a fire was lit under it so they were slowly cooked alive. The first victim was the creator of this device

[Painedexistence]

I saw a few episodes of "Death Machines", on Discovery channel recently where they tested most of these machines on dummies and other simulates of body parts.

Some of them were downright brutal forms of torture and others were bad ways to go. Particularly the brazen bull .

[collaredgirl65]

Originally Posted by jerebear3

some see torture.
i see pleasure

I like the way you think jerebear. lol

[lifexwithoutxdead]

Nice to have pics and info on these, i havent even heard of a few of these before now. That breast ripper made me hug my chest and not let go for a while

[Misanthropic]

very interesting.. love the chair

[ChockFullOfChock]

No mention of the crucifix? That's one nasty device.

[vexacon]

A few more devices of mayhem!

The Pear

Commit sodomy, adultery, incest, heresy, blasphemy or sexual union with Satan (!) in Medieval Europe, and chances are, you’ll get this intricately-decorated device inserted into your mouth, rectum or vagina. A screw mechanism then makes its pointed “leaves” expand while inside any of those orifices, resulting in severe internal mutilation

The Wheel

This device is known by many names, such as breaking wheel and Catherine wheel, but it only means one thing to those who perished by this means: pure agony.

The Wheel is more like an execution device, but the hours before actual death is excruciating. The victim is tied to the side of the wheel, then gets every bone in his body shattered one by one by an executioner using a hammer or an iron bar. Victims of this form of torture often took hours, or even days to die. Some were “fortunate” enough to be granted “mercy”, in the form of fatal blows to the chest or stomach.

The Revolving Drum

Think of this one as somewhat akin to grating cheese, only this one grates a human torso ever so slowly. A popular tool in Spain for extracting information from prisoners many years ago, the Revolving Drum calls for victims to be put into it face down, their heads through the upper pillory and their legs firmly strapped. Their torsos pressed against a spiked drum, the prisoners are then asked questions. Any sign of resistance, and the torturer then slowly rotates the drum one full revolution. This process is repeated, and torturers even go to the extent of placing weights on the backs of victims to further press their torsos towards the spiked drum and cause more pain. The result, naturally, is death by very slow disembowelment.

Rat Torture

This method tortures both man and rodent, but it is man who tends to end up dying a horrifying death. A victim is completely restrained, and a full-grown rat is placed upon his or her stomach. The rat will be confined within a cage placed on top of it, which would then be heated, freaking the rat out enough to frantically burrow its way into the only way out: the victim's stomach and intestines.

The Saw

Who would have thought that one of the most useful tools ever invented by man could also become one of the sickest? The saw, which has helped mankind slice through trees en route to building houses and shopping malls, also has a dark past as a torture / execution device. And the way it was used would make the strongest of stomachs churn out its lunch.

Victims of this indescribably brutal device were made to hang upside down, legs spread apart. Even this position has a purpose: to fill the victims' heads with blood, and therefore allow them to remain conscious as the torturers work the saw through their crotches, sometimes up to their midsection before they pass out or die. Just imagine the sound the whole process would have made, with the saw's serrated edge making contact with flesh and bone with each back and forth motion, on top of the victim's bloodcurdling screams of agony.

Heretics Fork

One end of this device was pushed under the chin, the other into the sternum, with the strap securing this torture tool to the victim’s neck. Immobilized and in great pain, the victim will have to mouth off the Latin word “abiuro” (I recant), or they’ll end up being hanged or worse, burned at the stake.

[St. Geno]

Cool post

[umakemeSICK]

DAMN...you taught me ALOT about why I should be HAPPY I wasn't around when many of these torture devices were in use!!
Thank you !!

[Faline]

Thanks for the added devices vexacon