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[kumimonster]

torture devices

well right now watching the special on torture
various methods are being tested - unfortunately, not with live humans.

so far:
the rack has been looked at - what actually breaks first?
the next was the tunica molesta - how fast was it ?
the pear... how death would really occur?

burning at the stake. actual causes of death by looking at 3 different variations
1) timber piled high against the pole/victim
2) timber piled at the feet
3) timber piled around the victim

impaling a la vlad: ok. this is actually cool.
how could a stake actually be stuck into someone and yet be able to keep them alive.
right now, it's a matter of not actually perforating the important bits.
gotta push up the rectum, the bowels will be torn (infection would cause death in a couple of days).
then up and forwards towards the sternum which will keep the stake within the body and then finally upwards.
if the taper on the stake remains thin, then it wont block the windpipe and the victim could remain alive - well temporarily. heh.

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Next up: Death Machines of the Ancient World