Man's Inhumanity to Man

A History of Torture and Execution throughout Time.

Denailing

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/denailing 26th Nov 2022 - Another Ancient form of Torture, ''Denailing'' in practice, it involves the tearing or ripping of the nails of the hand (or toes) – by force. Ma …

The Apega of Nabis

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-apega-of-nabis 26th Nov 2022 - The ''Apega of Nabis'' was a Torture device ''invented'' by Spartan King Nabis (2nd Century BC). The device was similar to the dubious ''Iron Mai …

Canque

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/canque 26th Nov 2022 - The device known as The Canque– was of Portuguese invention, and later adopted by many other Nations as a means of Public Humiliation and as an …

The British Official Table of Drops

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-british-official-table-of-drops 26th Nov 2022 - The ''Official Table of Drops'' was a Publication of The British Government in 1888. The Document was designed to apply a more ''scientific appro …

Genickschussanlage

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/genickschussanlage 26th Nov 2022 - The ''Genickschussanlage'' was a form of Execution, used primarily by Nazi Germany, during World War II. Developed in The Labor and Concentration Pris …

Whirligig

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/whirligig 26th Nov 2022 - While ''Suspension Torture'' was not ''new'' to Europe of the 17th Century AD – a device was born out of The English Civil War known a …

Kia Quen

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/kia-quen 26th Nov 2022 - The Practice of Kia Quen goes back to 17th Century China – as a form of Torture. In usage, it was for the extraction of needed information …

Mancuerda

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/mancuerda 26th Nov 2022 - A not often used method of Spanish (and later Italian) Torture from the 15th to 16th Centuries – the Practice of Mancuerda, was a pain …

Cording

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/cording 26th Nov 2022 - Seen in many Cultures, it was The Chinese who apparently refined The Act of Cording as Torture and information retrieval around the 19th Century. In p …

Dule Tree

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/dule-tree 26th Nov 2022 - A Middle English word (16th Century AD), ''Dule'' (or Dool in Scottish) – were a specific type of tree used Gallows (Public Execution by Ha …

Poena Cullei

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/poena-cullei 26th Nov 2022 - Another Ancient Roman method of execution, The ''Poena Cullei'' was particular grisly and suffering for it's Victims. Those who had been convicted of …

Tunica Molesta

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/tunica-molesta 26th Nov 2022 - A rather heinous way to die, The Ancient Roman ''Tunica Molesta'' (in terms of Roman History), was a manner of Execution going back to The Imperial Er …