Also known as the cat’s paw this device was used by the executioner to rip and tear skin off of the victim. Oftentimes death would not occur immediately but rather as a result of infection setting into the wounds.
photo – brainz.org
A historically popular method of capital punishment, if the victim were lucky he or she would be executed along with several others. This would ensure that the flame is much bigger and lead to death by carbon monoxide poisoning rather than actual burning.An extremely slow and painful punishment used in Asia, the victim was tied down over several bamboo shoots. Because bamboo grows so fast (up to 1 foot per day) it would penetrate directly through the victims body, slowly impaling then.photo – sodahead.com
Somewhat self-explanatory, this technique has been used by governments throughout history to execute condemned prisoners. One of the latest documented cases was during the Nanking Massacre in 1937 when Japanese troops buried Chinese civilians alive.
Also known as the “death by slow cutting” or the “lingering death”, this form of execution was finally outlawed in China at the turn of the 20th century. It involved pieces of the victims body being slowly and methodically removed while the executioner tried to keep him or her alive for as long as possible.Practiced by Samurai, Seppuku was a form of ritualistic suicide that allowed the warrior to die honorably. Essentially he would disembowel himself and in an ideal situation there would be a close friend standing by ready to behead him as soon as his guts began to spill.Not only inhumane, the bull was deliberately created for the enjoyment of the executioner and onlookers. First proposed to the tyrant of Akgragas in Sicily by the metal worker Pirillos, the bull was designed to be big enough for one person to fit inside. After a fire was lit below, the person would slowly burn to death. The head of the bull, however, was designed to acoustically convert their screams into “bull sounds” and the smoke from their burning body would be expelled through its nose.Employed heavily in Colombia (go figure) and the rest of Latin America by drug cartels, we spared you the picture on this one. It involved cutting open the victim’s throat and then pulling his or her tongue out through the opening. Usually the body was left as a warning to others.A particularly brutal method of execution practiced primarily by the Romans, it was intended to be as slow, painful, and humiliating as possible. Usually after a prolonged period of beating or torture, the victim was forced to carry his own cross to the location of his death. Afterwards they were either nailed or tied to the cross where they would hang sometimes for several weeks. Death, when it did come, usually came by suffocation as the victim could no longer hold themselves up to breathe.Used mainly in England, it is widely considered to be one of the most brutal forms of execution ever devised. As the name implies it came in three parts. In the first the victim was tied to a wooden frame and dragged to the location of their execution (drawn). They were then hung until nearly dead (hanged). Immediately after being taken down their abdomen was opened and their entrails were removed. As the victim watched they were then burned before his or her eyes. He was then also emasculated and eventually beheaded. After all of this his body was divided into four parts (quartered) and placed in various locations around England as a public crime deterrent. This punishment was only used on men for any convicted woman would generally be burnt at the stake as a matter of decency.1 2
About crucifixion
The romans used just a pole instead of a cross, (why go through the trouble?)
the hands were fastened above the head with just 1 nail.
With hands to the side, you can fall asleep (as seen in the movie Conan the Barbarian, although that might not be a factual depiction),
but with your hands above your head, you suffocate if you don’t push yourself up with your feet,
that’s why they broke the legs (of the thieves next to Jesus) to speed up their death so their bodies could be disposed of before the first annual Holy Day.
It was the Catholics that changed it into a cross, which resembles the T of Tammuz, son/reincarnation of Nimrod, who was born on December 25th,
so that they could continue to use the T as a symbol.
The cross is in origin not a mistake, it’s a lie.
wow, humans, huh? you don’t want too many of them around.
Wow, the bamboo one must have hurt badly. o_o
Walking the plank is incorrect as pirates never made people walk the plank
I expected no.1 method to be having somebody listen to Justin Bieber songs while being tied up. That’s the worse way of dying.
Wow those are pretty horrid. I wish I could get a better understanding of the blood eagle, though.
Creepy and sick way to die. Imagine living in the era of the Spanish Inquisition. Ouch!!! Sad as it may sound,some of these methods DO happen in this day of age.
Actually, walking the plank is very rare as most pirates just throw their victim overboard if they got tired of them.
Hmm, the only one I didn’t know about was 25. I must be more morbid than I thought…
Frightening,brutal, awesome and more.We are a succession of of evil civilizations throughout the years.
Loved it!
that was, indeed some scary, scary stuff. leave it to people to come up with creative, yet horrifying ideas.
Wow thats some pretty scary stuff dude.