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| The spikes will tear the flesh apart |
Referred to by many as the worst of the
medieval torture gallery, the Crocodile Tube was actually fairly
uncommon. However, it was occasionally brought out for the most heinous
of criminals.
The victim is placed inside a tube just large
enough to accommodate the body. The inside of the tube is covered with
razor sharp spikes. The tube is slowly compressed, pushing the spikes
into the victim’s flesh. The head and feet of the victim hang outside the
tube on either end.
Beneath the tube a fire would be burning,
slowly heating up the device and cooking the person inside until he either
confessed or died. To add insult to injury, facial mutilation and toe
ripping were also common side dishes to the main course of being spiked and
burned alive.
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