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HISTORY'S GHASTLY METHODS OF EXECUTION

Added on: 16th Jul 2015

 

SEPPUKU

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Practiced by Samurai this was a form of suicide that allowed warriors to

die honourably. They would first disembowel themselves and then

immediately be beheaded.

 

 

HANGED, DRAWN, AND QUARTERED

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As the name implies this English execution typically came in three parts.

First, the victim was dragged on a wooden frame to the place of execution

(drawn), then they were hung until nearly dead (hanged), and finally their

abdomen was cut open and their intestines were removed and

burned as the victim watched. They were then emasculated, beheaded

and cut into four parts (quartered) which were put on display around

England. This punishment was only for men as women were burnt at

the stake as a matter of decency.

 

 

PREMATURE BURIAL

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Pretty much self-explanatory, many governments in history would

execute condemned prisoners by burying them alive.

 

 

BAMBOO

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Often used in Asia, the victim would be tied over several bamboo shoots.

Because bamboo can grow up to 1 foot in a day it would quickly impale them.

 

 

CRUCIFIXION

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Designed for maximum pain and suffering, the Romans often made the

victim carry their own cross to the location of their death. They were then

nailed or tied to the cross after which it could take several weeks to die.

 

 

BURNING AT THE STAKE

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A historically popular method of capital punishment, if the victim was

lucky they would be executed with several others. This would ensure a

larger flame which would lead to death by carbon monoxide poisoning

rather than actual burning.

 

 

THE SPANISH TICKLER

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Also called the cat’s paw, this device was used to rip and tear the skin

off a victim. Death was usually not immediate but would occur due to

infections that eventually set into the wounds.

 

 

LING CHI

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Outlawed in China at the turn of the 20th century this involved pieces

of the victim’s body being removed slowly and methodically while

the executioner tried to keep them alive for as long as possible.

 


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