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They call them horrific torture devices, but I can think of several people who would deserve a few hours on at least one.

Pens out, please.

 
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    The Judas Cradle

    The Judas Cradle Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture Politics & History picture
    The Judas Cradle, a medieval torture where the victim would be placed on top of a pyramid-like seat. The victim's feet were tied to each other in a way that moving one leg would force the other to move as well - increasing pain.

    The triangular-shaped end of the Judas cradle was inserted in the victim's anus or vagina. This torture could last anywhere from a few hours to complete days.

    While loss of blood really wasn't a risk, victims died of infection, since the device was never cleaned. Bacteria, blood, pus, discharge...

    Well, you get the point.
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    Flaying

    Flaying Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture Politics & History picture
    Flaying is a very old torture method that was used thousands of years ago in the Middle East, Africa and even America. During the Middle Ages, it was frequently used to torture and execute criminals, captured soldiers and witches.

    In one version of the Flaying Torture, the victim's arms were tied to a pole above his head while his feet were tied below. His body was now completely exposed and the torturer, with the help of a small knife, peeled off the victim's skin slowly.

    In most cases, the torturer peeled off his facial skin first, slowly working his way down to the victim's feet. Most victims died before the torturer even reached their waist.

    In another version, the victim was submerged into boiling water and was taken out after a few minutes. He was slowly flayed.

    "Hey, Bobby Flay, what's on todays menu?"

    "We're having a spicy bit of humanus epidermus. Would you like white meat or dark?"

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    The Pear of Anguish

    The Pear of Anguish Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture Politics & History picture
    The Pear of Anguish was used during the Middle Ages as a way to torture women who conducted a miscarriage, liars, blasphemers and homosexuals.

    A pear-shaped instrument was inserted into one of the victim's orifices: the vagina for women, the anus for homosexuals and the mouth for liars and blasphemers.

    The instrument consisted of four leaves that slowly separated from each other as the torturer turned the screw at the top. It was the torturer's decision to simply tear the skin or expand the "pear" to its maximum and mutilate the victim.

    The Pear of Anguish was usually very adorned to differentiate between the anal, vaginal and oral pears. They also varied in size accordingly.

    Constipation: SOLVED
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    The Spanish Donkey

    The Spanish Donkey Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture Politics & History picture
    The Spanish Donkey gave victims an unimaginably horrible ride.

    Victims are put astride, naked, the apparatus, which is actually a vertical wood board with a sharp V-shape wedge on top. Varying weights are then attached to their feet.

    Eventually, the victim's own weight and the extra baggage cause the wedge to slice through their bodies, splitting them in half.

    If you ask me, this one is kind of half-assed.
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    The Crocodile Tube

    The Crocodile Tube Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture Politics & History picture
    The victim was fixed inside a tube just big enough for the victim's entrance. The tube, having crocodile teeth-like spikes, was slowly compressed leaving the victim totally immobilized. The torturer could only see his face and feet.

    With the help of carbon and fire underneath the tube, the torturer gradually heated the tube until he extracted a confession or killed the victim.

    With the face and feet exposed, the torturer was able to inflict painful wounds on the victim. Facial mutilation and toe ripping were preferred choices.

    Other methods included forcing the victim to crouch inside the ring, thereby compressing the lungs and causing the intestines to burst.

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  1. jordan
    The Spanish Donkey at 2/26/2010 9:00 AM
    this is gross like real gross but real cool sick mother freakers
  2. ideosyncratic
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 10/23/2010 1:52 AM
    The triangular-shaped end of the Judas cradle was inserted in the victim's anus or vagina. This torture could last anywhere from a few hours to complete days.The Spanish Donkey gave victims an unimaginably horrible ridewhich is actually a vertical wood board with a sharp V-shape wedge on top.


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  3. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/05/2010 7:55 AM
    bhhhhhhephgu ihfjhnualriugh;a


  4. Josh
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 2/24/2010 11:34 PM
    Torture? Burn them with an electric cigarette from http://www.e-cigsshop.com
    1. GodofSelf
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 4/14/2010 4:49 AM
      You are a natural born salesman, son.
      1. Random
        Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 2/14/2011 12:02 PM
        And a b*****d (I think)
  5. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/05/2010 7:55 AM
    iiii
  6. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/05/2010 8:00 AM
    HELOOOOOOOOOO .\\\\\\

  7. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 12/08/2009 12:16 PM
    More attention should be paid to some commonly inflicted foot tortures, such as the crank-operated, spike-filled iron "foot sandwich" crushing press; the application of fire to the greased soles of the immobilized feet; tearing out the toenails; or exploring under the toenails with oiled skewers. It makes great sense that such creativity would be applied to tortures for the feet, as one wishes the torture to be maximally agonizing WITHOUT endangering life, viz., by staying as far as possible from the brain and vital organs--both of which are accomplished by paying attention to the foot.
  8. Mike S.
    The Crocodile Tube at 9/21/2010 8:21 AM
    The picture is not a crocodile tube but a wrist restraint on the Interrogation Chair aka a Spiked Chair
  9. E.H
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 6/24/2010 12:27 PM
    Haha i'm reading this and i hurt all over my body just from reading it. ouch
    1. Anne
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/08/2011 6:37 AM
      Yeah, the flaying looks like it hurts sooooooo bad.
  10. sam
    The Pear of Anguish at 1/04/2010 9:26 AM
    it looks awesome
  11. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 12/08/2009 12:14 PM
    You misunderstood and mislabeled the "crocodile tube." The tube is a penis-extirpation device, typically applied red-hot to an erect member. You have shown a spiked collar of heavy iron, commonly worn by a prisoner to exacerbate his jailhouse experience but not an interrogative torture technique per se.
  12. sam
    The Spanish Donkey at 1/04/2010 9:28 AM
    ouch my balls
  13. Anonymous
    The Pear of Anguish at 11/27/2009 10:21 AM
    it is not good
  14. bob
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 1/06/2010 4:32 PM
    i spent ten years in the middle ages and it was'nt fun i went through all of those and im nearly ripped apart!



























    jk
    1. litgoddess
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 1/06/2010 6:09 PM
      were you trying to include a picture???
  15. Twilight4Life
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/05/2010 4:58 PM
    Jesus! i'm glad we are more civilized.
  16. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 2/24/2010 11:27 AM
    this is awsome i wish i was born in these times
  17. jOE
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 2/03/2010 9:52 AM
    I LOVE ALL OF THESE I WISH THEY WERE DONE TO ME!
    1. Anonymous
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 2/21/2010 6:55 PM
      sick freak
  18. Ann
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 10/01/2009 10:15 PM
    Umm, I wanna try Breast ripper.......lol
    Wanna know what it feel like.
    1. Anonymous
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 10/21/2009 12:14 PM
      ill help u out on that..
    1. litgoddess
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 10/05/2009 5:03 PM
      ummm, well it feels like sharp metal hooks digging into your skin, and then tearing your b*****s off. Go ask someone - I'm sure they'll be happy to demonstrate on you.
  19. TheShyKid
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 4/14/2011 8:49 AM
    Gruesome!!
  20. anette2811
    The Breast Ripper at 10/14/2011 6:26 PM
    I just hugged my boobs after reading this.
  21. Sammiluvsu
    The Breast Ripper at 4/04/2011 6:00 AM
    ouch, that would hurt.. :/
  22. chris
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/09/2010 1:44 AM
    i fear for my ancestors
  23. medi
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/09/2010 1:45 AM
    i hope all those fuckers and torturers who came up with these ideas are still burning in h**l right now. inhumane basterds
    1. jebusskyrocketsuperstar30000
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/12/2011 3:57 AM
      Your wish is rather contradicting medi, even though the people who are responsible for those devices were no saints, hoping they would be burning in h**l as in means of eternal suffering and punishment makes you no better than them. Thus, you approve torture.
    1. Random
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 2/14/2011 12:00 PM
      Amen!
  24. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 5/10/2010 7:07 AM
    cool
    1. Anonymous
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 5/10/2010 7:07 AM
      re
  25. Crystal
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 2/15/2010 2:05 PM
    how am i suppose to write about medieval torture in school when almost all of them deal with boobs, anus's, and vagina's
    1. max
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 2/21/2010 6:54 PM
      true
  26. GodofSelf
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 4/14/2010 4:48 AM
    You will notice that most of these horrible things were invented and used by Christians. Wonderful religion you guys have there.......
    1. Anonymos sry
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 2/14/2011 11:53 AM
      That's why I'm not christian!
  27. ummmm wtf
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 5/12/2011 6:04 PM
    ewwwww
  28. Joanne
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 11/12/2009 1:26 PM
    oh my goodness...this list is insane. INSANE!! i kind of feel like throwing up...
  29. Joanne
    The Spanish Donkey at 11/12/2009 1:24 PM
    Half-assed...you mean literally right?
  30. Anonymous
    The Judas Cradle at 2/15/2010 2:10 PM
    nasty
  31. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 10/05/2009 4:58 PM
    ive been thru worse than these....lol
  32. IvAn
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/04/2010 9:11 AM
    wat sup this so gross but cool
  33. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/04/2010 8:50 AM
    NO ITS NOT
  34. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 12/08/2009 9:35 AM
    the Breast Ripper? who would even come up with such a name?
  35. Juan
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/04/2010 8:49 AM
    THIS WEB SIGHT IS MESSED UP RETAREDS
  36. bob
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/04/2010 8:48 AM
    how sick are you freaks
  37. kristen1985
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 12/08/2009 10:19 AM
    AHHHHH!!!! are you kidding!! what kind of people would ever do this!
  38. hm
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/04/2010 8:33 AM
    well sweet anyway
  39. thick mclonghard
    The Pear of Anguish at 1/11/2011 7:07 AM
    looks like my saturday fun time
  40. hm
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/04/2010 8:32 AM
    what the heckmyou guys got all the info ur sick

  41. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 8/28/2009 5:13 PM
    I'm having Brazen Bull for dinner tonight. Yum.
  42. sadist
    Flaying at 6/26/2010 8:00 AM
    ahhhhh.. that's classic..
  43. sadist practitioner
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 6/26/2010 8:03 AM
    i wanna try it! :_)
  44. Tortuga
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 11/16/2009 4:08 PM
    Spanish Donkey = old school Sybian
  45. dang that must have hurt
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/29/2011 8:15 PM
    OUCH.
  46. ME
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 12/14/2009 9:54 AM
    EWWWWWWWWW
  47. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/04/2010 9:19 AM
    hhh
  48. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/04/2010 9:19 AM
    gg
  49. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/04/2010 9:18 AM

    im IIIIIVAN
  50. IVAN
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/04/2010 9:16 AM
    heloooooooooooooo
  51. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/04/2010 9:17 AM
    helooooooooooooooooooooopo



  52. IVan
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/04/2010 9:12 AM
    is any body on
  53. iVaN
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/04/2010 9:13 AM
    to talk on
  54. namestiti
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 4/23/2011 3:16 PM
    this stuff is gross but so helpful for my freshman project on medieval toture .
  55. supermanzx
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/12/2009 5:07 AM

    It is good that these kinds of things are no longer used, at least in much of the planet
    1. litgoddess
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/12/2009 7:12 PM
      what are you talking about? I've got at least half of these in my closet, right behind my collection of whips. :)
      1. Anonymous
        Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/17/2009 1:19 PM
        yh i no u used them on me ;D
        1. Toilah
          Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 10/15/2009 2:31 AM
          it isnt amusing jking about these, just imagine urself in the Iron Maiden

          1. PZycHoTIc RaT
            Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 10/15/2009 12:47 PM
            No f**k the tortures aren't funny. The methods AND WHERE they were applied are funny xD
          1. litgoddess
            Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 10/15/2009 9:30 AM
            every corner of the globe has something shameful in their history. we can joke about it because we're laughing at ourselves as well. please lighten up? :)
  56. blob
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/24/2011 5:07 AM
    uummmm wtf?
  57. steven
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/14/2009 4:25 PM
    they should bring back the iron maiden for criminals!
    1. Random
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 2/14/2011 12:04 PM
      You'r sick.
  58. KZT
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/10/2009 12:12 PM
    These things are horrifying. I guess the users/torturers/priests would claim that "they were just following orders", or that the "ends justify the means". How fortunate that whatever god they claim gave these orders can't go on trial for crimes against humanity. Thank goodness the modern church isn't like that anymore- the switch to pedophilia must have saved a fortune on cleaning.
    1. litgoddess
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/10/2009 10:11 PM
      ah how I love generalizations - my favorite fallacy.
      1. Virgin of Nuremberg
        Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/11/2009 6:35 PM
        Delicious retort litgoddess
  59. Tommy
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 11/01/2011 10:02 PM
    That loooks like fun!!!!!
  60. Girl1
    The Breast Ripper at 11/25/2011 3:42 PM
    I am holding my boobs now lol
  61. Bobby
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 11/01/2011 10:11 PM
    I dont want to know how they do the impaling!
  62. Disgusted&NotAmused
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 12/03/2009 12:16 PM
    This is just another reminder of how horrible human beings can be to each other. Really, we've failed as a species on so many levels, and this is just one of them.
  63. terryk81
    The Pear of Anguish at 10/09/2011 6:06 PM
    this shouldn't be an issue now, being that freaky women and homosexuals alike say "bigger is better..."
  64. Brittnaaay
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/10/2009 2:18 AM
    You can find this and more at http://www.occasionalhell.com/infdevice/

    :]

    Have fun.
  65. PhantomV48
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/10/2009 2:38 AM
    The Brazen Bull
    or, add a bit of water, and it becomes The Braisin' Bull!
    1. litgoddess
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/10/2009 10:12 PM
      haha LOVE IT! Imagine what that reduction would taste like.
      1. Virgin of Nuremberg
        Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/11/2009 6:37 PM
        Chicken, of course.
  66. kunts
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 6/22/2011 7:50 PM
    toughen up you pussys
  67. Jen H
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/10/2009 6:41 AM
    http://www.electroniccigarettesinc.com
  68. Anony
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/10/2009 3:05 AM
    http://www.atheistrev.com/2009/04/christian-support-for-torture.html
  69. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/10/2009 6:38 AM
    Holy c**p - What the h**l is wrong with humanity?
  70. terryk81
    The Spanish Donkey at 10/09/2011 6:07 PM
    brings whole new meaning to "ride 'dat donkey!"
  71. terryk81
    Impaling at 10/09/2011 6:09 PM
    um, screwed?
  72. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/10/2009 8:03 AM
    There is a good exibition these days if you go to Mexico City, it`s in Centro Historico, in front of the Museo Nacional de Arte. You can see most of these instruments.
  73. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 4/22/2010 3:38 AM
    Re the brazen bull, two facts are of note: (a) it was invented by Phalaris; and (b) to amuse the king, Phalaris was the bull's first victim!
  74. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/10/2009 8:09 AM
    And people wonder why intelligent species (they must exist) have not visited our planet..



    Also, this illustrates the "problem of evil" as the best refutation of the existence of any deity.
    1. Anonymous
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/10/2009 9:58 AM
      Actually, without a deity, the problem of evil becomes a moot argument. If you are to posit actual evil, then that means you assume there is good. If there is good and evil is the opposite of good then you are assuming there is some law giver defining the distinction between good and evil. That law giver must be outside of human-kind or else ethics governing what we consider good and evil would be subjective and these methods of torture could classify as someone's good relatively. So your question must incorporate a deity in order to make any sense.



      I think the proper question considering the problem of evil is 'why would a deity allow these things to happen'? If there is no deity, then it really doesn't matter.
      1. reply to anonymus at 9/10/09 8:58PM
        Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/11/2009 1:22 AM
        Good and evil are actually human made categories that are subject to constant change and the line between them is on the constant shift. The shift can go both ways, and the source of the change is the subjective human mind, a mind that alters, grows, evolves.

        A few hundred of years ago it was normal for a man to bed a girl of 10 years, it wasn't considered evil because average human lifespan was around 35 years, so people had to get a head start on procreation. Today we live much longer, so there isn't a necessity to get married and have kids at the age of 12.

        Evil and good are nothing but constructs of our society. Not governed by outside of human kind at all.

        Nemorensis
        1. sigilant
          Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 1/09/2012 8:00 PM
          A. A few hundred years ago it was NOT normal (at least, in the Western world) to have sex with ten year olds. No matter what Wikipedia or some random whack-job's blog might tell you. B. When they say "The average lifespan was 35 years" that does not mean that people were dropping dead at the age of 35. It's an average of a cross-section of that historical population. So if half your sample lived to be 60 and half lived to be 10, the average lifespan was 35. Usually, the reason why average lifespans are much shorter throughout history is because of high infant mortality rates (no OB-GYNs back in those days). So if 50% of children didn't live past the age of five, it would really kill your statistics.
        1. litgoddess
          Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/11/2009 8:24 AM
          and let's not forget common sense. If the human mind decides it makes sense to go back to bedding 10 yr old virgins, it's not a case of science and survival. It's a choice of right and wrong. It doesn't take too much thought to weigh options and decide if more harm than good can come out of something.
    1. Keeper
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/10/2009 9:38 AM
      The problem of evil in no way refutes the existence of deity. If anything it proves it.
  75. litgoddess
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/14/2009 4:32 PM
    now, now, boys and girls, let's remind ourselves that this was in the aptly named "Dark Ages" and none of these items have been endorsed by the late Billy Mays.

    Feel better?
    1. RankingRocks
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 12/03/2009 12:17 PM
      Although I'm not sure that infomercials aren't just the modern form of flaying. #JustSayin'
  76. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/25/2010 10:33 AM
    all h**l naw..
  77. person
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 5/03/2010 11:08 AM
    hahaahhahha
  78. Mia
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/09/2009 7:51 AM
    Ugly tools!! :/
  79. setan
    The Brazen Bull at 9/17/2010 12:53 PM
    actuay person using this device not death because burn.. before get burn.. he got suffacated?!
    *hard to breath and the lung have drown
  80. dewd
    The Judas Cradle at 10/16/2010 3:34 AM
    indeed...
  81. benni hinn
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 4/15/2010 7:30 PM
    i think we should bring these back so the churches can have ready made source nof atrocities to inflict on everyone who dis agrees with jesus,allah, buddha moe howard and the toothless snake handlers of the ozarks
  82. zara
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/20/2009 11:54 PM
    THE SCARIEST ONE IS THE CROCODILE TUBE OUCH THAT WOULD REALLY REALLY REALLY+1000 HURT OUCCCCHHH
  83. Kathy
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 12/21/2009 4:12 PM
    These are some brutal torture types. Torture is an absolutely ridiculous practice that only humans do. Shame on us!
    1. WitchArachne
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/04/2010 7:45 PM
      Only because we're the only animals that make objects out of other objects. Cats play with their food all the time. They hunt when they're not hungry. They ENJOY the hunt, they LIKE to kill. It's in their nature. And orcas do they same thing. I've seen plenty of documentaries where one flips a seal into the air with its flukes and another jumps out of the water and rams it so its bones shatter. I reckon if a cat or an orca could make an Iron Maiden they would use it.
      Incidentally, though records of the existance of the Pear of Anguish exist, there's no record of it actually being used until 'modern' times and even then it was oral. Use in the anus or vagina is so far only theoretical.
  84. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 4/22/2010 3:37 AM
    Misinformation is a problem. The "crocodile tube" (actually, crocodile SHEARS) was a small tubelike device used to tear off the penis. There's no such thing as a body-sized tube to hold someone so he could be subjected to this or that.
    1. TineBusekist
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 10/20/2010 5:56 AM
      The crocodile tube wasn't common, but it was used to kill many infidels and thieves.



      The victim was fixed inside a tube just big enough for the victim's entrance. The tube, having crocodile teeth-like spikes, was slowly compressed leaving the victim totally immobilized. The torturer could only see his face and feet.



      With the help of carbon and fire underneath the tube, the torturer gradually heated the tube until he extracted a confession or killed the victim. The former was most common, as this is one of the cruelest and most painful tortures ever used on human beings.



      With the face and feet exposed, the torturer was able to inflict painful wounds on the victim. Facial mutilation and toe ripping were preferred choices.
  85. Chelsea
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 2/10/2010 2:19 PM
    Who in the name of h**l comes up with the s**t?! That is absolutely horrible and disgusting!! Especially for women!
  86. zara mcguinn
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/20/2009 11:51 PM
    this would be very scary if it happened now i wouldnt even want to be born
    1. litgoddess
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/20/2009 11:54 PM
      well, if you and I HAD been born, we most likely would have been drowned at birth, for being girls. see? silver lining in every rain cloud.
      1. sigilant
        Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 1/09/2012 8:10 PM
        Yes, because of course medieval people drowned all their female children at birth, right? ...hmm, I wonder... how were they propagating the species without females?? Honestly, don't believe every idiotic statement you hear about people of the middle ages. They were (the majority) sensible human beings who loved their children and refrained from bashing one another senseless at every given opportunity. (If they hadn't, do you think we would have made it to the Renaissance??)
  87. Charles
    The Crocodile Tube at 9/05/2010 11:13 AM
    The torturers represented the establishment types of society. Today, torturers are psychiatrists, bankers, police, attorneys, legislators---people who brutalize the body, mind, and income.
  88. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 12/10/2009 7:31 AM
    hello anyone there?.
  89. vadveat
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/05/2009 4:01 PM
    even thinking about these methods gives me chills, btw awesome site to make lists you can find everything you can imagine here.
  90. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 12/10/2009 7:30 AM
    this is pyscho dawwgg
  91. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 12/10/2009 7:30 AM
    i think i wud want the breast ripper done to lisa
  92. anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 8/25/2009 11:20 PM
    Happy not be born in that era....those are the worst ways to face death!!
    1. dark horse
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 12/21/2009 4:09 PM
      I never even thought of vagina torture as a thing. These medieval tortures are BRUTAL
      1. seriously?
        Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 4/14/2010 3:28 AM
        You do realize there are absolutely no records of any of these devices being used? All of these "complex" torture devices were just created after the middle ages. The reason? Idiots like you guys want to believe that society is improving and it makes you feel better as a person that you wouldn't use these things. Now f**k off.
        1. anonymouse
          Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/04/2011 9:17 AM
          your a w***e
  93. joby
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 1/31/2010 2:47 PM
    This is quite sad but at the same time very interesting.
  94. Anonymous
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 12/03/2009 1:05 AM
    great list
  95. jess
    The Pear of Anguish at 10/19/2010 1:24 AM
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  96. JESS
    The Spanish Donkey at 10/19/2010 1:26 AM
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  97. earleneleclerc
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/29/2010 12:06 AM
    I'm doing a research project on Medieval Torture and Execution Devices for my 9th grade History test and I was wondering if anyone knew if having bamboo splinters shoved under your nails was a Medieval torture device.
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    1. Here
      Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 3/01/2011 9:53 PM
      Idk if it was medieval but it was def used.
  98. daniel radcliffe
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 11/13/2009 4:04 AM
    absoulotley horribley good it looked awfully painfull i cant bieleve they did that
  99. anon
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 11/13/2009 4:05 AM
    WOW how good is that its horrible but osem ever so gruesm!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  100. sumisirob
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 1/29/2012 11:30 PM
    it's horrible
    this shows how inhuman they were.....
  101. he he
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 11/13/2009 4:06 AM
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  102. Jack
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 1/04/2012 9:30 PM
    The "Iron Maiden" was never actually used in medivel times, only created later for a mueseum exhibit.
  103. hot_pan
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 9/03/2009 3:20 PM
    This is totally cool.. Love this site and these lists.. weeeeeeeeeeeee
  104. Meddy
    Top 10 Types of Medieval Torture at 1/16/2012 7:51 PM
    Wow its almost like Saw
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