Branding
The branding is a process by which a mark or a symbol is imprinted into the skin with a hot branding
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Category: tortures
Necklacing, the rubber tire torture
Necklacing is a form of torture executed in modern times, born in the mid-80s in South Africa. Execution of the
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Blood Eagle – the atrocious Viking torture
Blood Eagle was a method of torture and execution in force in the Nordic countries, especially among the Viking population.
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The garrote
The garrota was a machine used to inflict the death penalty, used mainly in Spain. It basically consisted in tightening
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Execution by elephant
The execution by elephant was a form of capital punishment used in South and Southeast Asian countries, such as India and
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Death by boiling
Death by boiling was a form of torture and capital punishment in use in various parts of the world. In
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The Guillotine
The guillotine was a method of execution and death penalty in force in various countries such as France, Italy, England,
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The torture and murder of Sylvia Likens
Sylvia Likens was a girl of 16 who was tortured and killed by GertrudeBaniszewski, with whom she lived. A few of
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Ah Map – The Hello Kitty murder
This murder took place in China and was only discovered because Leung Wai-Iun, the girlfriend of one of the killers,
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Lingchi – The death by a thousand cuts
China is famous for its tortures. The lingchi isn’t one of the most famous methods of execution, but it surely
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The hell of Junko Furuta
Junko Furuta was a girl of just 17 who in November 1988 was kidnapped by Jo Kamisaku and three of
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Hanged, drawn and quartered
Hanged, drawn and quartered describes a method of execution in force from 1351 to 1870 in England as a punishment
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