Full list of ancient tortures
The ancient tortures are plentiful. When it comes to do harm to a fellow, man always strives to find new
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Category: tortures
The Hot Water Ordeal
Ordeals – ‘the judgments of God’ – are usually related to the Inquisition and to the tortures imposed to those
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Rope torture: the queen of all torments
In torture, the rope is called the queen of torments: that is because it was economical, readily available and could
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Water cure and waterboarding
The most terrible tortures are often perpetuated with simple means and elements, available everywhere. This is the case of the
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The cold water ordeal – water cure
The ordeals were physical tests, in the past, which those accused of various crimes, mostly witchcraft and adultery, had to
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The true story of Blanche Monnier, kidnapped for 25 years
Stories of kidnappings are always terrible, but they are even more so if the perpetrators are family members of the
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The persecution of albinos in Africa
In Africa albinos are not considered human. They are seen as ghosts or demons and they are often killed because they
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Bisat al-rih, the torture of the flying carpet
When you hear or read the word flying carpet everybody definitely thinks about stories of the Far East, as the one of
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The Chinese water torture: the secret of its name
The most famous Chinese torture is perhaps the water torture, which is widely described in various books and used in
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White torture: the damage it can cause
Human beings are famous for always striving to seek new methods of torturing one another. The white torture, a form of
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The Circeo massacre
The Circeo massacre is a true crime story and refers to the kidnapping and torture inflicted by three young far-right
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The torture of breast ironing
In Cameroon young girls and adolescents have for years been subject to a horrible torture: breast ironing. This is typically
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