torture Archives

Sati – the macabre sacrifice of the widows

The rites linked to death have been one of the most intriguing aspects of the vast anthropological universe for thousands

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In short McKamey Manor, in Tennessee, is an “extreme haunted house” where participants, after signing a waiver, are put through

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In short In October 1996 Sharon Lopatka, 35, from Maryland, travelled to North Carolina to meet Robert “Bobby” Glass, whom

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In short Between 25 June and mid-July 2007, in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, 19-year-olds Igor Suprunyuk and Viktor Sayenko killed 21 people,

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After the article about the mellified man, I could not help but talk about scaphism: an ancient Persian method of

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In short Crucifixion was used by the Persians, Phoenicians and Carthaginians and became the symbolic punishment of Rome, reserved for

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In short Death by burning is a very ancient penalty, already found in the Code of Hammurabi and the Bible.

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In short The poena cullei, the “penalty of the sack”, was the Roman punishment for parricides: the condemned, flogged and

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In short In the hot water ordeal the accused had to fish a ring or a coin out of the

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In short Rope was called the “queen of torments” because it was cheap and easy to use. With strappado, suffered

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In short Water torture is ancient: in France “the question” forced the condemned to drink litres of water, in Germany

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In short The cold water ordeal was a test used mainly against alleged witches: the accused, tied up, was thrown

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