Execution: The Guillotine, the Pendulum, the Thousand Cuts, the Spanish Donkey, and 66 Other Ways of Putting Someone to DeathSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2006. ápr. 4. - 288 oldal In his own darkly humorous style, Geoffrey Abbott describes the instruments used and their effectiveness and reveals the macabre origins of familiar phrases such as "gone west" or "drawn a blank," as well as the jargon of the underworld. He covers everything from the preparation of the victim to the disposal of the body. Execution is everything you ever wanted to know about the ultimate penalty---and a lot you never thought to ask. |
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... Alive Buried Alive Upside-Down Burned at the Stake Burned Internally Cannibalism Cauldron Cave of Roses Crucifixion Cyphon Diele Drowning Dry Pan Eaten by Animals Eaten by Crocodiles Electric Chair.
... Alive Fried to Death Gas Chamber Gibbet Gridiron Guillotine Gunpowder Halifax Gibbet Hanged Alive in Chains Hanged at the Yard-Arm Hanged, Drawn And Quartered Hanging Hara-Kiri Impaled By Stakes Iron Chair Iron Maiden Keel-Hauling ...
... alive; so whatever news thou shalt hear of me, make ready my dinner, and if thou seest me dead when thou contest, eat it thyself!' On 22 June 1535 the aged and infirm priest was taken in a chair to Tower Hill and there beheaded. The ...
... alive, and afterwards they were conducted back to prison in a little waggon. I saw the woman in a very weak state later, but could not find the man any more.' Some weeks afterwards Howard met the head knout-master of St Petersburg, a ...
... smeared the kraal himself to test the powers of the diviners. He then sentenced all the witch- finders to be executed, and this was carried out, they being skewered or clubbed to death. BOILED ALIVE A minor scald is painful enough , but.
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