Top 3 Most Gruesome Execution Methods

Yo wazzup! So this blog entry is all about the most gruesome torture or execution methods known to man. The moment humanity emerged from the face of the planet, torture and cruelty will always be apart of it. Imagine being prick by a needle, it kind of hurts, right? How much more if you we're skinned alive then a pound of salt will be poured all over your freshly cut wounds, yiikes. I couldn't even imagine the excruciating pain and suffering. So here's a list of the top 3 most gruesome torture/ execution methods EVER!

1. Hanged, Drawn, and Quartered

Used mainly in England, it is widely considered to be one of the most brutal forms of execution ever devised. As the name implies it came in three parts. In the first the victim was tied to a wooden frame and dragged to the location of their execution (drawn). They were then hung until nearly dead (hanged). Immediately after being taken down their abdomen was opened and their entrails were removed. As the victim watched they were then burned before his or her eyes. He was then also emasculated and eventually beheaded. After all of this his body was divided into four parts (quartered) and placed in various locations around England as a public crime deterrent. This punishment was only used on men for any convicted woman would generally be burnt at the stake as a matter of decency.

2. Brazen Bull

Not only inhumane, the bull was deliberately created for the enjoyment of the executioner and onlookers. First proposed to the tyrant of Akgragas in Sicily by the metal worker Pirillos, the bull was designed to be big enough for one person to fit inside. After a fire was lit below, the person would slowly burn to death. The head of the bull, however, was designed to acoustically convert their screams into “bull sounds” and the smoke from their burning body would be expelled through its nose.

3. Premature Burial

Somewhat self-explanatory, this technique has been used by governments throughout history to execute condemned prisoners. One of the latest documented cases was during the Nanking Massacre in 1937 when Japanese troops buried Chinese civilians alive.

So, which do you prefer among the three methods? There are other forms of gruesome torture out there, i just can't imagine a human doing this to another human. But what's done is done we can't do anything about it, we can't change the cruel side of the history.

New form of torture:

“Not returning phone calls is the severest form of torture 

in the civilized world.”

                                               -Marisha Pessl