The spiked iron coffin is the most famous medieval torture device in the world. But no record mentions it before the 18th century: this is how the legend was born.
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In short According to legend, in the 16th century Alexander “Sawney” Bean and his 48-strong clan, born of incest, lived
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In short Between 1632 and 1634, in Loudun, in Poitou, the Ursuline nuns led by Mother Superior Jeanne des Anges
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In short Around 1500, in Switzerland, Jacob Nufer, a pig gelder, is said to have performed on his wife Elisabeth
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The ritual of the Accabadora was a bloody, tragic ritual in use in Sardinia, Italy, until a few decades ago.
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