The 10 worst tortures in history

The breast piercer is an instrument of torture with the shape of a pincer finished in four sharp points, used during the Roman Empire and later by the Inquisition in Europe. The torture consisted of applying the four points being red hot or cold on the breasts, tearing them apart. The places where more use was made, although at different times, were some regions of France and Germany until the 18th century. Applied for several centuries, an undetermined number of women who were convicted of the crime of heresy, blasphemy, adultery, provoked abortion, other "libidinous acts", erotic white magic and some other crime, suffered this torment in their breasts.

It consisted of a necklace, belt or bracelet provided with spikes on the inner face and put on the inmate. With each small movement (including breathing) the spider collar hurts the flesh. The torture process is progressive: first, a lacerating pain. Subsequently, the infection occurs, after which the rot is reached and after it, a gangrene that can cause death.

A rope was tied to each limb of the prisoner and in turn the other end of the rope to a horse, in this way a horse would stretch an arm or a leg, at a certain moment the four horses that pulled hard on the rope were torn off literally the limb of the tortured

A sarcophagus with an interior full of nails strategically placed so as not to cause the prisoner's death. The sharp points were nailed in soft parts and non-vital points so that the suffering was as much as possible. The sarcophagus of the image was used in 1515, the executed one suffered terrible pains during two days and their tears and cries of pain were continuous during that time.

The victim was tied with a barbed wire and his mouth was covered with rags so that he could not vomit, through some tubes, water was introduced through the nasal passages until his stomach was about to explode, when the abdomen the barbed wires were stuck in the body, the struggle caused by the acute pain of feeling like your stomach is about to explode caused the barbed wire to get stuck in wrists and ankles.

The normally naked victim's joints were tied to the ground, fixed by means of woods and their bones were destroyed one by one with the brutal iron wheel, when all the bones were porridge only maintained by the meat and The skin that surrounded them was tied to the wheel to be exposed to the crowd, for days it survived in great pain?

It consisted of immobilizing an inmate supine (lying on his back), so that a drop of cold water fell on his forehead every 5 seconds. After a few hours, the continuous drip caused physical damage to your skin (similar to the fingertips after a dip bath). But the real torture for the victim was the madness that would cause him not to be able to sleep, due to the constant interruption of the drops, nor to be able to drink that water when the thirst attacked, with which a few days later the death by unemployment came cardiac.

A utensil in which they introduced the prisoner's head and by means of a bearing, the head was squeezed at the top, while at the bottom was the top with his chin. The teeth exploded or were stuck in the jaw bones, the eyes were leaving their basins due to the pressure when the skull broke and finally the brain could even get out of the ears.

Depending on the gender of the tortured, the pear was introduced by the anus or the vagina, once inside your body a crank was turned that opened the contraption inside you causing unbearable pain, in addition to the expansion the object had on its tip some nails they were stuck inside the victim.

The victim was forced to sit on an extremely sharp metal wedge, the weight of the body attached to that of the chains and heavy balls that were attached to the ankles caused it to stick out the metal in the body until it caused death, normally due to bleeding, although in some cases if the body was twisted it could even amputate a limb