Torture Devices

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The Most Brutal Types of Torture Ever Created

This particular device was used by the Spanish Inquisition nearly until the beginning of the 19th century. Torture with Rats Another favorite method of torture by the Spanish Inquisition was torture with rats....

The Most Terrifying Medieval Executions!

All sorts of torture methods and instruments were invented to make the suffering and executions long and painful. A very popular type of torture in Germany was sleep deprivation....

The Crazy Inventions our Grandparents Thought were Spectacular

In 1923, Isabella Gilbert tried to answer this very question by creating something that seemed to be a cross between a cosmetic device and a Medieval torture mechanism....

Witches and Vampires Gather at Dracula's Castle

What reminds one of Dracula is the room which contains all sorts of torture devices, while there is a separate exposition dedicated to the Inquisition....

It Can't Be: Find out What Some of the Objects Around us were Used for in the Past

After more than half an hour of intense sweating at the treadmill you start thinking that it's a genuine torture device. And you'd be absolutely right. This exercise machine was in fact built to cause suffering....

The Inquisition - Facts, Myths and Truths

In case none of this helped and the accused did not keep their heads down, they were subjected to torture. They were shown the torture devices, were also mentally harassed....