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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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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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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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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Gilles de Rais the real Bluebeard
Gilles de Rais was a soldier in the fifteenth century, famous for being a sadistic torturer who loved to kidnap
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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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