Any movement by the victim would cause an increasing amount of pain. The Judas Cradle was often used to acquire vital information. If he or she refused to talk, the torturer would then rock the victim, raise and drop them repeatedly onto the device, move the legs, causing the tip of the pyramid to protrude in different ways.
The primary attraction for this torture method was the humiliation the victim would endure. If the victim fainted from the pain, the torturer could lift them until they were awake again, and commence. One of the most brutal and most commonly used devices was called Judas Cradle which was also known by the alternate names of Judas Chair and the Guided Cradle.
Judas Cradle consisted of a pyramid shaped wooden device and the victim was placed on the top of the pyramid. His or her hands and legs would be tied so that the weight could not be shift elsewhere.
The feet were actually tied with each other with the purpose of increasing the pain whenever there was a movement of feet. The pointed edge of the pyramid was slowly inserted in the anus or vagina of the victim and the torture could continue from a few hours to entire days. The time, however, also varied from victim to victim depending on various factors other than their own ability to bear the pain.
Other times, oil was put on the device which again increased the pain. The torturers used the natural force of gravity to affect the most sensitive area of the human body — the perineum region. The form of the device is carefully designed so that the most painful suffering is delivered to the victim from the braces. The torture is extended through the night, leaving the suspended person to bleed to death. Come the morning, the interrogation will begin anew with vigor. Often times, the feet are tied to additional weights, something not very welcoming.
And so this might play out as such for several days, also due to the fact that the edges are not clean, serves as a constant cause of death from infection. Breasts of the victim were fixed to the clawed bars and she was then pulled by the executioner away from the wall, severely mutilating or even tearing her breasts off. Who could forget the rack, commonly considered one of the most painful forms of medieval torture?
The Rack consisted of a large rectangular wooden frame, with a roller at one or both ends. Victim was positioned on the frame, his ankles were fastened to one roller and the wrists to the other. As the interrogation process progressed, a handle attached to the top roller was used to gradually stretch the limbs away from the body, resulting in excruciating pain.
Even forcing the prisoners to watch someone else being tortured on the rack was often enough to extract confessions. In the later Middle Ages, a new, even more gruesome design of the rack appeared. The crocodile shears were a torture instrument used in late medieval Europe and usually reserved for men who tried to assassinate the king. These shears were made of metal, based on the concept of pincers.
The insides of their hemicylindrical blades were lined with a great amount of spikes. Sounds like a device from hell, if there is one. The head crusher was a brutal torture device commonly used only by the Spanish Inquisition. The executioner then slowly turned the screw, gradually compressing the head between the bar and cap. At first, the teeth were smashed and disintegrated into the jaw, then the eyes followed. This horrendous instrument was an effective way to extract confessions from the victims, as the suffering could be prolonged to indefinite time, if the executioner chose to.
However, even if the torture was stopped midway, the person, although still alive, often had irreversibly damaged brain, eyes or jaw. In the medieval India and Persia, trained elephants were often used to crush the heads of criminals.
This practice continued well into the 19th century. Execution by elephant in Persia Louis Rousselet, Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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