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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... Bull Broken on the Wheel Buried 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.
... Stakes lron Chair Iron Maiden Keel-Hauling Lethal Injection Mannaia Mazzatello Mill Wheel Nail Through The Ear Necklacing Over a Cannon's Muzzle Pendulum Poison Pressed to Death Rack Sawn in Half Scaphismus Scottish Maiden.
... stake; the wheel was invented — and felons were broken on it; blunt iron became sharpened steel — so decapitation by axe and sword became possible. And even if such knowledge or facilities were not available, local resources always ...
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