Tag: torture

The rites linked to death have been one of the most intriguing aspects of the vast anthropological universe for thousands of years. These rituals...

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

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

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

When you think about thedeath by burning, the thought should go immediately to the witch hunts of the '500 and '600. Am I right? However,...

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

Ordeals – ‘the judgments of God’ – are usually related to the Inquisition and to the tortures imposed to those accused of heresy and...

In torture, the rope is called the queen of torments: that is because it was economical, readily available and could inflict a lot of...

The most terrible tortures are often perpetuated with simple means and elements, available everywhere. This is the case of the water cure and waterboarding,...

The ordeals were physical tests, in the past, which those accused of various crimes, mostly witchcraft and adultery, had to overcome so they might...

Stories of kidnappings are always terrible, but they are even more so if the perpetrators are family members of the victim. In recent times we...

In Africa albinos are not considered human. They are seen as ghosts or demons and they are often killed because they are considered bearers of...