Sunday, January 24, 2010


In the Inquisition Museum. The building looked like a fortress surrounded by beautiful gardens. The walls were 4-5 feet thick stone sound barriers which prevented people on the outside from hearing the screams coming from inside. All of these tools were those used for torture in the late 1600s. One man, the Inquisitor, was in charge of all of the torturing and decided which person received which punishment. People hanging in this device would die of thirst and hunger.

The Guillotine. It originally had a flat blade and would take 2-3 falls to work effectively. A French doctor later introduced the angle in the blade to reduce the amount of suffering.

Chastity belts.

The stretching machine. Peoples limbs were sometimes stretched up to 30cm beyond their normal length.

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