Top5 Ruthless Punishments In Human History

It would not be wrong to say that the 17th century was a time of very ruthless punishments. If you said at that time that the earth does not revolve around the sun but the sun revolves around the earth, then there were very high chances that you would be immediately put in jail. Not only this, there were many ruthless ways of torture at that time. The time of 15 to 16th century was very dangerous especially for women. If a woman did something using science, she was immediately declared a witch and was burnt in fire in front of the entire public.

This was just the beginning of these tortures. In this article, I will tell you about some such ruthless punishments that you will be shocked to hear.

5) Iron Maiden

The kings of ancient Egypt used to build a luxurious grave for themselves before dying. After death, they were made mummies and laid to rest in this grave. Now imagine a similar iron grave, but the difference is that it has large and sharp nails inside it. The name of this torture device was Iron Maiden. This used to be a very famous method of torture.

In this, a person was put in a straight grave and tied. But this does not kill the person. Those nails will definitely penetrate the human’s body, but only if he stands properly. Those nails do not affect the person much. But after standing like this for 1 hour, the human body will start getting completely tired and the person will try to move. This is where these nails start their work.

A few more hours will pass and the person’s legs will start getting more tired. The person is standing like that inside this grave without food and water for a day. Blood is coming out of the human body rapidly and the person is becoming unconscious even without wanting to. But as soon as those nails will start piercing human’s body again the person will regain consciousness due to the pain. Just imagine that this same thing is happening to you again and again. Very few people will be able to bear this torture for more than two or three days.

If you want to survive in this situation, you will have to stay conscious for as long as possible. Unfortunately, you cannot do anything more than this. It is impossible for you to get out unless someone opens the door from outside. Luckily, this torture device has not been used since the 15th century.

4) Tickling Torture

Actually, the word torture was born in ancient China. Different tortures were used in China before any other country in the world. In that time of 220 CE, tickling torture used to be the most popular and effective. This type of torture was used in China for about 2000 years.

It was also very easy to do. First of all, a prisoner was tied completely on a table. After that, salty water was rubbed on the lower part of his feet. Then a goat was tied near the feet of the prisoner in this room. The goat would lick the feet of the prisoner for hours and keep tickling him. This torture was fun for the first few minutes. But just imagine what would happen if this thing continued for 10 hours continuously?

There are more than 2 lakh nerve endings in a human’s feet. A soft touch makes them very sensitive. If this torture continued for a long time, soon the air in the lungs would stop coming and the person would die of suffocation.

3) Bamboo Torture

Now the time has come to tell you about the most lethal torture technique in history. All the tortures I have told you about till now seem trivial in front of this. Once again we come to ancient China. Now the torture that is going to happen will not happen in a jail but in an open forest. The name of this famous torture technique is Bamboo Torture.

In this, the prisoner was tied in a parallel position right above a cut bamboo tree. The branches of the bamboo tree present right below the prisoner were make pointed with help of knife. It was left like that. In a few days, those trees were grow and became pass inside the prisoner’s body. The bamboo tree grows very fast and it grows 35–40 in (90–100 cm) in a day.

The branches of this tree are so strong that even the human body cannot stop them from growing. It slowly starts entering the body and after some time comes out from the other side. In this torture, a person can survive for two or three days at the most. This punishment is one of the ruthless punishments of the ancient Chinese times.

2) Brazen Bull

This punishment was given to prisoners in ancient Rome. This punishment had a bull structure which was made completely of brass. A small door was also made in its belly part. Through which the prisoner was locked inside. Once locked inside, fire was lit right below the bull. That bull made of brass would gradually become very hot and would burn the prisoner alive and kill him.

You must know that dying by fire is one of the most painful deaths. In this torture, prisoners would slowly die from fire and its heat. It was almost impossible to get out of this bull. You must be thinking that one could get out by breaking the door of the bull. But there was so little space inside that bull that the prisoner did not even get a chance to move. Brazen Bull is one of the very ruthless punishments in history.

1) Elephant Torture

In ancient India, people were crushed to death by elephants. These elephants were specially trained to not kill the criminal in one go. First, the hands and feet of the criminal were crushed with the help of elephants. After that, finally the head was crushed. The surprising thing is that this kind of punishment was given in front of thousands of people. An elephant weighs up to 4000 kilograms and it is almost impossible to escape from its heavy feet.

In ancient times, different methods were used for torture techniques in different countries. But in today’s time, all these methods have been banned. This does not mean that torture has completely stopped. I am sure that humans have found ways of even more ruthless punishments. The only difference is that the world has not yet come to know about them.