Man's Inhumanity to Man
A History of Torture and Execution throughout Time.
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/gibbet
28th Nov 2022 - The practice of Gibbeting is almost as old as Man. Mentioned as far back as The Old Testament, almost every Country had it in some form. Although a "G …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-five-punishments
28th Nov 2022 - First recorded in the late 1st Century BC and The Han Dynasty – The ''Five Punishments'' were a form of harsh Judicial recompense for vario …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/boiling
28th Nov 2022 - Perhaps listed as the most excruciating methods of being tortured or put to death, Boiling is perhaps one of the oldest forms of ''Man's inhumanity to …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/headmans-block
28th Nov 2022 - Also referred to as “The Block” or later the more commonly used “Chopping Block”, a Headman's Block was a specially cut and gr …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/gun-blowing
28th Nov 2022 - ''Gun Blowing'' was a method of Execution seen in 17th to the mid-19th Century (especially in India). The process involved the placing of a Convicted …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/scalping
28th Nov 2022 - Although Films and Books have for hundreds of years linked the practice of Scalping as the "ultimate" form of Native American maiming and execution, t …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/pitchcapping
28th Nov 2022 - Related to the Torture/Execution known as "Scalping", ''Pitchcapping'' was a form of Torture and Humiliation devised by The English Army and used agai …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/snake-pit
28th Nov 2022 - The Snake Pit, is a form of Torture-Execution which is perhaps among the oldest used. The simple construction method - is a dug pit (Human or natural …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/drowning-pit
28th Nov 2022 - The term ''Drowning Pit'' (sometimes called a ''Murder Pit'' or ''Hole'' - despite the confusion with the Medieval field entrapment), was a Scot …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/aleft
28th Nov 2022 - The Method of ''Truth Verifier'' to ''Aleft'' One was to subject Them to a Cauldron of boiling water. The Accused had their arm forced into the b …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/batog
28th Nov 2022 - Originating in Medieval Russia, a Batog was a wooden Rod (several feet long) - and the width of a ''Man's finger'' and was used to Torture via Beating …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/punishing-shoes
28th Nov 2022 - Devised in 15th Century Germany, The Punishing Shoe was a clever and effective way to Torture (and even kill) a Victim. Metal shaped shoes featur …