[Faline]

Nine photographs and illustrations show objects commonly labeled as historical torture devices, including a thumbscrew, spiked chair, boots, iron claw, head crusher, wooden horse, rack, knee splitter and four-pronged claw.

Historical records document the use of thumbikins and the boots in Scotland in 1684. The Scottish Privy Council authorized thumbikins on July 23, 1684, and William Carstares was subjected to them on September 5. Spanish boots made to a 1769 specification also survive in Freiburg. The boots pictured here are screw-operated leg clamps with spiked plates, rather than the wedge-and-hammer device described in the accompanying account.

The historical basis for several of the other objects is less certain. The spiked chair, head crusher, knee splitter and claws are frequently presented as torture implements in museums and popular lists, but firm evidence of their use is limited. There is particularly little evidence that instruments labeled as breast rippers were used historically.

[Rowena024]

awsome

[janet291]

Wow!
Very interesting!
Awesome Post

[Jere]

some see torture.
i see pleasure

[markz666]

Very interesting post Kelly love the info

[Adora]

I think my favourite one is the rack : )

[killingbennet]

sik fuks but i can think of one guy in particular who would benefit from some treatment with these instruments.

[Binyamine]

If we could get some videos showing these torture tools in action, this would be fun.I still cannot figure out how Breast Ripper works Anyone want to volunteer

[Nite]

i just keep thinking that you would pay someone a couple of hundred dollars an hour to put these into action......good post

[san_chayin]

Last device is intutive.....