Comments on: 20 Medieval Torture Devices

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:18:24 +0000

It’s very interesting, I’ve been researching it for awhile now. I think exposure is probably the worst, because it takes the longest to die and since it was so cheap, people used it often. Sometimes the person was buried up to their neck and left for the animals and sun, other times they were hung in a cage with large holes to allow the birds to rip away the flesh, and still other ways were to chain them in the stocks or pillories. Often the victim was killed by other people throwing things at them while they were defenseless. The human mind is so twisted. Eewww.

By: Lily

Lily — Mon, 04 May 2009 09:36:57 +0000

Haha. I am also doing a project on medieval torture . yes, that’s “medieval torture” not “midevil torcher” adnama . Have you people heard of rat torture. They would put a rat under a ceramic bowl of some sort and then put a rat under it and heat it so that the only way the rat can get out is through your flesh; or sometimes they would insert a rat in your anus and the rat would have to find its way out through your bowels . eugh. it is trully disgusting .

By: camron

camron — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:47:35 +0000

wow. i am really glad that we were not alive then! talk about mind blowing pain!!!

By: p

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:38:24 +0000

wean they do the stuff you cant move

By: p

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:37:10 +0000

that is the colest thing in the world

By: j

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:17:14 +0000

This is so sick i swear im gonna puke what kinda fruit cake doese that

By: SexMachine

SexMachine — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:57:53 +0000

i think that the best torture device will be fucking someone to death or handjobs

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:00:13 +0000

How do so many of you have projects based on this? I never learned about this stuff in school — I think I would have passed out.

What country are you guys in? US? UK? etc?

By: miss somebody

miss somebody — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:22:25 +0000

omg this is weird stuff. im doing a project aswell and this creeps me out. just looking at what some people went through makes me sick and now i have to do a speech on it and include pics aswell.

By: adnama

adnama — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:06:52 +0000

my bad i didnt actually mean if only i knew how to use it i meant if only i knew why they did it

By: adnama

adnama — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:05:04 +0000

ok i am doing a project also on midevil torcher and i can’t stand it for another second i have found so many horrible instruments of torcher i cried at the thought of someone going through that….. i am one who live by the saying “spread the love not the hate” or ” forgive and forget” and a thousand others like that ……. no one and i mean absolutly NO ONE should have to go through that no matter what they did…. there was one called the brazen bull and it was terrible they would make a bull out of bronze and tell people to get into it and scream so they could see if it actually sounded like a bull….. but then once they are in the bull the mean people lock the top ( there were no other air ways) and set a fire beneath the bull so it got up to like a thousand degrees in it… and when they screamed for help people thought that they were testing the bull…….If only i knew…..

By: Irreverant

Irreverant — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:11:10 +0000

I read a book once called ‘Demonic Males’, that tried to explain the origins of violence in the human race. Apparently, “alpha male” or not, many of the males would regularly and often brutally beat there off-spring and particually their female partner(s), usually with branches, to what avail? Power and dominence!

I guess, through the beautiful process of evolution, violence has now found an even more effective “channel” to express itself through – Mankind!

Some philosophers suggest that “thought” is what separates us from “animals”. After reading this post, I conclude that “thought” is a very dangerous thing.

And “Mother Nature” is one sadistic b**** !!!!!!!!!!

By: LaRN

LaRN — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:17:49 +0000

Wow…. Very interesting… and gross.

By: Editor

Editor — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:55:31 +0000

monroe,
A very valid point. For anyone that doubts what monroe said, consider (to a lesser degress) how popular *and* unnecessarily dramatic “reality TV” is today, people don’t just argue, they back-stab and try and destroy each other.

I think you are right, it’s the extremeness (if that’s even a word) of it that appeals to us and makes us go “omg what the hell?!” and want to keep reading more.

I know in the back of my head when I re-read this topic all I can think is “if I lived back then, I think I’d just hide in a barrel some where so no one could do this stuff to me”

By: monroe

monroe — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:24:30 +0000

Its natural to be intrigued by these things. I for one, research these things, even when I don’t have to. Its not “sick” or “twisted” to be curious. Its an intriguing topic. The things people do to other people. Sometimes its so bizarre, so disgusting. You’re just drawn to it.
Back in the day, the press used to print vivid, detailed articles on deaths, murders, suicide, and even Emily Dickinson was noted to saying that she particularly liked to read about train accidents and factory accidents.
Its in our nature to be drawn to “the dark side”. It just is. Its because its so foreign and different to us. We’ve never experienced these things. The fact that these things actually happened, from one human being to another, draws us in. Even today, its interesting to read about the modern day atrocities. Serial killers, for instance. Do we ever remember the victims? Hardly. We remember the killer, because the things he does are so different. They’re so malicious and disgusting. Bad news is always more fun to hear than good.

I guess I’m just sticking up for the ones that were on the more “excited” side of this article. Its not wrong to think these things are interesting and cool to learn about it. I’m sure we can all agree that these methods and mechanisms are disgusting and unimaginable, but they’re very interesting to learn about.

By: Zhudas

Zhudas — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:29:09 +0000

very very intresting…. although im not quiet sure why you people find it disgusting, after all we are all human, dont we sumtimes like to cause pain to people we hate. after all this are the best and formost the satisfactory form of punishing them. btw i my self doing a project just like you other scum bags but i need a volunteer. any one up for it. i pay them/loveone a great deal of money. thank you

By: Crystal

Crystal — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:16:04 +0000

I am doing a project on torture as well. It pains me to read some of these horrible descriptions,but it’s very interesting…..It’s very scary to see what some people would do if they could get away with it….I’m sure some people deserved it,but how could they be absolutely sure back then…….You’d have to be pretty damn bad to go through any of that. I am going to have a good presentation I do believe.

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:13:16 +0000

claire,
I know what you mean… this stuff is so damn morbid but still interesting. The old-style sketch drawings from old-books really sells the whole “nasty, medieval, undereducated, torture” vibe doesn’t it?

By: claire

claire — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:33:38 +0000

well done could use more pics

By: L.B.

L.B. — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:55:16 +0000

I LOVE IT!!!!!

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:48:03 +0000

… Freeman I’m really hoping you were a spam-bot, because if you think that looks fun, I really hope we never meet in real life

By: |H|A|W|K|

|H|A|W|K| — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:31:46 +0000

Is it fun, when you are laid to it and beign tortured?

By: Freeman

Freeman — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:22:45 +0000

I really enjoyed your site especially the pictures of the cats paw, it looked fun!
Cheers

By: camilla

camilla — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:19:38 +0000

0mg that stuf was like so gross ewl now i want to study more about medieval torture