torture instrument
device used for torturing
Tucker Telephone
torture device
Foot roasting
method of torture
parrilla
method of torture
pillory
a punishment device in the form of a wooden block, typically placed on a pole, primarily intended to restrain the head (neck) and arms (wrists)
Rope
instrument of torture used by the Huguenots
Iron chair
torture device
Iron chair
torture device
choke pear
torture device
instep borer
putative medieval German instrument of torture that externally resembled an iron boot
Slave Iron Bit
Torture device
Graduated Electronic Decelerator
device that administers electric shocks
Whipping bed
torture device
whip
tool for striking animals or people to exert control through pain compliance
iron maiden
mythical torture device
breaking wheel
torture device used for capital punishment
standing cell
special cell constructed so as to prevent the prisoner from doing anything but stand
Duke of Exeter's daughter
Torture device
Head crusher
Torture device
Kia quen
Chinese torture method
cloak of shame
type of wooden hooded cloak to shame women, used in the 17h century
whipping post
a post to which a person is bound, often using chains or ropes, for public punishment or humiliation, typically involving whipping
thumbscrew
torture instrument for crushing digits
Wooden horse
a torture device that roughly resembles a neckless horse
Wooden horse
a torture device that roughly resembles a neckless horse
brazen bull
torture device and execution device
rack
torture device
Hot Cage
Torture device
Heretic's fork
historical torture device
strappado (torture)
torture method
Scavenger's daughter
16th-century torture device
waterboarding
drowning simulating torture method
boot
instruments of torture and interrogation designed to cause crushing injuries to the foot and/or leg
knout
Scourge-like multiple whip
combing
form of torture using iron combs to rend flesh
Whirligig
torture method
breast ripper
torture instrument
stocks
a punishment device in the form of a wooden block, primarily intended to restrain feet (ankles)
box
method of punishment
Apollo
torture device
rod
long, thin stick without leafs
mask of infamy
torture device
pendulum
torture device
Picquet
16th and 17th century military punishment
Riding the rail
punishment mostly prevalent in the United States