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May 20, 2022 · The heretic's fork was a leather belt with two sharp prongs attached to it, used to punish or extract confessions from non-Catholics during the Spanish Inquisition. It caused extreme pain and bleeding, and sometimes death, to the wearer who could not hold a steady position.
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The Heretic’s Fork. This invention of the Inquisition was made to deliver the “merited” torture to witches and heretics. The tool of punishment here is a two-way plug with a collar on each end of a fork’s points.
- Heretic’s Fork
- Hanging
- Crushing
- Barrel Pillory
- Chair of Torture / Iron Chair
- Pear of Anguish
- The Rack
- Iron Maiden
- Rat Torture
- Judas Cradle
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Despite looking fairly inoffensive this little device is not only great for toasting marshmallows but is all you need to get a confession out of the toughest of heretics, sinners and blasphemers. It’s actually quite ingenious and ever so compact. As you can see in the picture above the “fork” is strapped around the neck and placed with the sharp pr...
When it says “hanging” above we’re not referring to good, honest, straightforward neck-snapping, strangulating hanging. No, that would be far too humane for the Medieval sadists. Here we are talking about the many variants of hanging that were excruciatingly painful forms of torture. This generally involved suspending the victim by one or more of t...
Even before the invention of the vise crushing the various appendages was a popular form of torture. The earliest methods would see the victim sandwiched between a pair of boards and more and more weight piled on top. If they didn’t confess or spill the beans then they would end up being crushed to death. If they did, they would also probably end u...
Also known as the Spanish Coat or Schandmantel this fairly innocuous looking set up was actually fairly horrific when carried out to its logical conclusion. It came in a few varieties including “barrel pillory lite” otherwise known as the drunkard’s cloak. This version was more a form of humiliation with the wearer being left to walk the streets we...
As its name suggests the chair of torture is a chair that has been liberally upholstered with spikes. Also known as the Judas or Iron chair these elaborate devices could have as many as 1,500 spikes. Looking at the above chair it could well be the deluxe model. Obviously just sitting on such a chair is not going to generate quite the required level...
Don’t be fooled by the wonderfully decorative design of the “agonising pear”. As you can see it is roughly pear shaped but that is where any similarity with the fruit ends. It was a favoured form of punishment for women who’d had abortions, homosexuals, blasphemers and liars. Any ideas yet where this is going? The pear consists of four leaves that ...
The rack was popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. For those who don’t know, the rack involves the victim being laid out with feet tied to one end and hand to the other. Then the pressure was applied stretching the poor unfortunate. Except they didn’t really stretch. As the ropes were pulled tighter the bones would dislocate from each other...
Named after the legendary 1980s British metal band is the iron maiden – or was it the other way around… The design is simple, a man-sized cabinet lined with spikes, you can probably imagine the rest. I always thought that the iron maiden was used as a form of execution, which it was. One record dating back to 1515 tells of a counterfeiter being exe...
Amongst the most cheap and cheerful forms of torture is rat torture. They are free and there is a practically unlimited supply – ideal for cash-strapped sadistic despots. The basic premise is the rat is encouraged to eat the live victims flesh. Nice! This can take several forms the most straightforward being put hungry rats in a cage with the victi...
Another engineering masterpiece from the Spanish Inquisition was the Judas cradle. As you can see above the victim would be suspended in a harness above a wooden pyramid. You can probably figure out where the sharp end of that big wooden triangle is going. For ladies it was different, but equally painful I’m sure. As the torture session proceeded t...
Learn about the 10 worst medieval torture devices, including the heretic's fork, a device that prevents sleep and causes pain. See how the Spanish Inquisition and other churches used these instruments to extract confessions and punish sinners.
Learn about the heretics fork, a medieval instrument of torture that pierced the chin and chest of the victim. Find out how it was used, what it looked like, and how it harmed the neck and health of the victim.
Jun 22, 2022 · Learn about the heretic’s fork, a cruel tool used by the Spanish Inquisition to torture and kill non-Catholics. The fork was a leather belt with sharp prongs that pierced the skin of the victim’s neck and chest.
Heretic's Fork. Dear candidate, we are pleased to invite you to take up the position of manager of Hell. You will punish sinners by using our deck-building computer system to construct hellish towers capable of keeping the endless hordes of the underworld in check. Best of luck! 9FingerGames. Ravenage Games. 0:00 / 0:00.
Jun 28, 2019 · Learn how the heretics fork, a medieval instrument of torture, was made and used by the Spanish Inquisition. Watch a video by Friis Forge, a blacksmith and historian, who demonstrates the device and its effects.
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