The Executioner Always Chops Twice: Ghastly Blunders on the ScaffoldSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2004. ápr. 3. - 240 oldal A morbidly fascinating mixture of bungled executions, strange last requests, and classic final one-liners from medieval times to the present day. |
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... iron, large enough to encase both legs up to the knees. Wedges would then be driven downwards a little at a time, betwixt leg and metal, Iacerating the flesh and crushing the bone, and incriminating questions asked following each blow ...
... iron legging tightened by a screw mechanism. Heating the device until red-hot either before being clamped on the legs or while being tightened was an additional incentive to confess. Another type of high boots were made of soft spongy ...
... Iron In England the iron consisted of a long iron bolt with a wooden handle at one end and a raised letter at the other. The letters allowed everyone to know not only that someone was a criminal, but also what particular type of crime ...
... criminal's arms. And should any additional punishment be deemed necessary, the executioner would deliver measured blows with an iron bar. Water. Torture. The Water Torture This method of persuasion required the prisoner to be bound.
... iron ring about their necks and ropes or hoops placed around their bodies. Piles of wood would then be heaped waist-high around them and set alight. As the flames rose and the thick smoke billowed forth, the executioner would either ...
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The Executioner Always Chops Twice: Ghastly Blunders on the Scaffold Geoffrey Abbott Korlátozott előnézet - 2004 |
The Executioner Always Chops Twice: Ghastly Blunders on the Scaffold Geoffrey Abbott Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2002 |