This weeks, top 5 torture.

Number 5: The Scavenger's Daughter. 

This device was invented in the time of Henry the 8th of England. It's  been reportedly rarely used, despite how interesting it is.  The victim's head and limbs were all strapped to various parts of this mechanism. The way you the man above strapped in is a good example, they were forced in a crouching position. This position forced blood to flow mainly to the nose and head. An interesting note is the fact that its main concept is actually the opposite of and an earlier posted device, the rack. Instead of forcing limbs to be stretched it forced you to be crushed. A screw would be used to tighten and tighten the device slowly. Eventually all of your blood would come gushing out of your eyes ears and nose, like squeezing those fruit snacks Gushers.

Number 4: The Head Crusher. 

I immediately had to choose this device as it is named after one of my favorite songs. So basically just take a person and place their chin on the bottom flat metal part. The screw would put the cap shaped part down onto the head and turned to apply more and more pressure. To give this little toy more enjoyment the torturer would sometimes hit the cap with and object at certain points. This would send shocks of intense pain throughout the body. The victim usually wouldn't die until their jaw was crushed and eyeballs popped out as well.

Number 3: Necklacing. Everyone knows what a tire looks like. Just imagine any old tire. Now, imagine having one forced around your body. Then they fill it was gasoline and light it on fire. You might endure this for up to twenty minutes before you finally die. This is a method that became widely known in Africa during the 80s. Reports of necklacing were still coming in as late as 2006. 

Number 2: Rat Torture. 

Rats rats rats. Everyone's favorite pest. The geniuses who make torture methods and devices could probably find a torture like use for anything. So what happened is a jar or pot basically anything that could hold rats in it was placed above your stomach for example. Now the special thing about these containers is the fact that they are holding rats inside. The container with one or more rats was then heated with by placing red charcoals on it. The rats would try escaping the heat by gnawing and clawing their way into your innards. This would happen slowly and you would just be left there. Rats chewing and eating through your bowels until you died.

Number 1: Scaphism. This is a supposedly Persian torture method. Which made me ask myself how come I haven't come across anything cool that was started in the good ol United States? Anyways the torturee was stripped naked and tied to the inside of two row boats stacked. So imagined one sitting normal and the other upside down so both interiors are facing each other. Then the individual was forced to eat honey and milk until they had diarrhea. Then more honey would be applied to exposed parts of the body to attract insects. After this you were put out in the sun or out to float on a still pond. After a long time of sitting out the victims feces would accumulate in his putrid container and attract more insects to eat and mate in his flesh. Death was prolonged only because the one thing to kill them would be starvation or dehydration. This is why Scaphism is this week's number 1 in torture.