tortures Archives

Petition to close McKamey Manor

I had already talked about McKamey Manor 4 years ago and how even then it was considered something more than

The United States of America has been the scene of heinous crimes for decades. A land that many legitimately dream

Death Row. This is the section of U.S. prisons in which those sentenced to capital punishment – in those states

New Orleans is, without a doubt, one of the most characteristic cities in the United States of America. Beating heart

In addition to increasing violence and corruption, Brazil is experiencing some silent tragedies. One of them is directly related to

The photo you see above dates back to 1904 and portrays Nsala, a Congolese man. But what is he looking

You read right. Sharon Lopatka chose to be tortured and killed. Her case is in fact a case of consensual

The Dnepropetrovsk maniacs are two young Ukrainians who killed 21 people in 2007 in just 21 days. (Technically they are

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

The crucifixion was a widely used method of execution in ancient times, and it is definitely one of the most

When you think about thedeath by burning, the thought should go immediately to the witch hunts of the ‘500 and

Poena cullei comes from Latin and means “penalty of the sack.” It was used in ancient Rome to punish the