Gettin medieval on your ass. Which way would you want to go?

[akshatp]

Here are ten medieval torture devices. Which one would you use on your enemy? Which one would you choose to have to endure, given an ultimatum?

http://history.howstuffworks.com/middle-ages/10-medieval-torture-devices1.htm

Man, people in those times were ruthless!! Can you imagine being ripped apart from the inside out?

I think the Pear of Anguish and The Rack are the worst. Breast Ripper ranks pretty high on the gruesome list too.

 

[Crono]

Which one would you choose to have to endure, given an ultimatum?

Stake.

 

[chubbyfatazn]

Which one would you use on your enemy?

Can I put in a nomination? I'd like to nominate being hanged, drawn, and quartered, and ling chi.

There was also some device that was basically a giant cone on a stool that went up your ass. You could stand, but you'd get tired eventually... and also something about being covered in honey and left out on a lake to fester.

 

[thejunglegod]

The Pear of Anguish, OH MY GOD

 

[Jeeebus]

FREEEEEEEEDDDDDDOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!


caps

 

[akshatp]

Can I put in a nomination? I'd like to nominate being hanged, drawn, and quartered, and ling chi.

Getting hanged, drawn and quartered isnt so bad because once you are hanged you dont have to suffer through the rest of it.

Ling chi is pretty effed up tho.

 

[dabuddha]

There was another list I read few years back that had this contraption that you straddled (it was almost like a triangle I think) and they'd tie heavy weights to your feet so that it'd basically split you right up the middle.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

There was another list I read few years back that had this contraption that you straddled (it was almost like a triangle I think) and they'd tie heavy weights to your feet so that it'd basically split you right up the middle.

Ouch.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

http://www.torturemuseum.nl/

Doesn't show many of the devices on the site, but humanity is a sick bunch when it comes to torturing. They've got both the devices dabuddha and chubby mention too, as well as a lot of other things.

There's torture museums in many countries, so if you want to see the horrors man can come up with just see which one is closest and go have a peek there.

 

[Ausm]

I would go with the Iron Maiden myself besides it reminds me of my ex.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

The device Chubby mentioned:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_methods_of_torture#Judas_cradle

The one Dabuddha mentions is the sharpened version of the horse, also called the wooden horse or the Spanish donkey.

 

[Number1]

Here is more torture goodness:

http://readingshouts.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/most-painful-20-torture-devices-in-the-history/

Fun for the entire medieval crowd.

 

[Scotteq]

Getting hanged, drawn and quartered isnt so bad because once you are hanged you dont have to suffer through the rest of it.

Ling chi is pretty effed up tho.

not quite: "hanged" in this context really means "slowly strangled until you pass out... revive... repeat as long as it's entertaining for the crowd..." They keep you alive until the horses do their part.

 

[Scotteq]

Oh - and for the record: Death by SnuSnu

 

[lxskllr]

Comfy chair

 

[CraigRT]

That stuff is just unreal. I can't believe this stuff was actually used. OMG

 

[chubbyfatazn]

The device Chubby mentioned:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_methods_of_torture#Judas_cradle

The one Dabuddha mentions is the sharpened version of the horse, also called the wooden horse or the Spanish donkey.

Man I had fun reading that article during downtime today. Rat torture? Lol. Scaphism was the one that I mentioned about being tied up on a lake covered in honey and left to rot amidst his own shit.

Anything being placed in an oven or cauldron of water/oil that slowly heated up. Kind of like the brazen bull. Just waiting through the heating-up process... I still place my vote for ling chi, though.

Getting hanged, drawn and quartered isnt so bad because once you are hanged you dont have to suffer through the rest of it.

As someone else mentioned, usually the point wasn't to kill you on the offset. What's the fun in that? Sometimes if someone involved in the execution took mercy on you then maybe you would be hanged to the point of death, but usually (AFAIK) the point was to hang you right to the brink of death and then bring you back.

 

[BladeVenom]

Death by snu snu.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Pillory would probably be the least intolerable of those options. As far as which device to use on an enemy, I don't think I have any enemies whom I would wish any of those devices upon.

 

[jagec]

Pillory would probably be the least intolerable of those options. As far as which device to use on an enemy, I don't think I have any enemies whom I would wish any of those devices upon.

I agree, but I might stoop to using the pillory on my enemies. I wouldn't throw rocks or anything, but a little bit of public humiliation isn't always a bad thing.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Many if not most all of those "medieval" torture devices and methods are complete 19th century fiction.

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