In all centuries, criminals were subjected to the death penalty, sometimes invented for this very exotic ways. Among them were some really cruel ones, which we have collected in this collection.
Elephant crush
This type of execution was actively used in the Middle Ages in South and Southeast Asia. It was especially popular in India, where it was practiced until the 19th century. A specially trained elephant crushed the body or head of the victim. According to historians, sometimes this execution was carried out in a somewhat more unusual form: the elephant stabbed the victim with the blades of swords tied to tusks.
Iron bull
This type of execution was invented in ancient Greece. The victim was closed inside a hollow metal bull, under which a fire was then made. The unfortunate man was literally baked alive. At the same time, thin metal tubes were inserted into the nose of the bull, through which the cries of the executed were heard in the form of low mooing.
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Impalement
This type of execution was used in many cultures, including Russia.
Vlad Tepes, the ruler of Wallachia, became especially famous for him in the 15th century.
In some cases, the person being executed was simply pierced with a stake, and he died from painful shock and damage to internal organs. But usually the execution was much more brutal. The man was simply put on the closed end of the stake, and he was slowly put on him by gravity. The sufferer, tormented by pain, had to wait many hours for death.
Excoriation
A medieval type of execution in which the victim was tied in a prone position and began to methodically rip off the skin. Usually several people were engaged in this, but in the case when the executioners wanted to prolong the execution, one, who gradually removed the skin, coped with the task. Death could not occur for a long time - from several hours to several weeks. A number of factors led to it - painful shock, blood loss, wound infection and hypothermia.
Sawing in half
This type of execution was used both in wild tribes and in civilized European countries. The victim was turned upside down and methodically sawed in half, starting at the perineum. Since in this position the blood was actively flowing to the head, the victim remained conscious for the longest possible time.
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