There are quite a few ancient Chinese ones, let me find some foreign ones

1. Animal execution

This is a kind of execution in the era of the Roman tyrant Nero Claudius Caesar Cruel punishment. These women were used as food for the lions, leopards and other wild animals in the Colosseum.

2. Throat-cutting punishment

Throat-cutting has always been a unique punishment in ancient Rome, so it is called "Roman punishment". The gist of it is to cut the throat. The difference from beheading is that in this punishment, the head and torso are not separated, but the execution principles of the two punishments are the same, because the prisoner mainly died due to suffocation, excessive blood loss and even brain bleeding. The direct cause is that the carotid artery and aorta are severed. Throat slitting was done with a dagger. However, "throat cutting" was never listed as the main method of death penalty in Roman punishments.

3. Caesarean section

This punishment is to use a sharp blade to penetrate the prisoner's abdomen and open the mouth, causing damage to the internal organs and causing death. Greece and Rome just tortured people to death, but in ancient Persia, after cutting open the abdomen, six to eight meters of intestines were pulled out and wrapped around a winch. In Japan, the execution of abdominal dissection was performed by oneself. , used to prove one's loyalty and regain lost honor. At the same time as the disembowelment was performed, a laurel crown with heroic characteristics was placed on the head of the deceased. Therefore, not ordinary citizens are eligible for caesarean section. They are usually beheaded. In Japan, beheading not only means taking away life, but also has the intention of insulting the spirit's soul.

4. Throwing Punishment

The key to this punishment is to make the prisoner fall from a height. Of course, it cannot be carried out in places where there is no high place, such as in the desert...

5. Starvation

If the prisoner is simply allowed to starve to death, it will not reflect charity. The creativity and ingenuity of the torturer. In medieval Europe, the "hunger mask" was most commonly used. When the mask was fastened to a person's face, an iron tongue was inserted into the prisoner's mouth to force him to breathe. In this way, even if there was food all over the floor, The prisoners were also unable to eat until they starved to death. Picture description: The canons were set up, and many prisoners were starved to death.

6. Crucifixion

This punishment existed in ancient Egypt and is very commonly used in countries along the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Generally speaking, it is used to punish people with lower social status, such as slaves and beggars. In order to humiliate the most heinous criminals, crucifixion was sometimes used.

7. Burial alive

Burial alive is generally used for large-scale massacres. During China's Warring States Period, Qin General Bai Qi buried alive 400,000 of Zhao's surrendered soldiers at one time. Qin Shihuang's actions to deceive Confucian scholars were only minor in comparison. Picture description: Japanese water torture - at first people could barely put their heads out of the water, but later...

8. Wooden stake torture

For this torture, in the 19th century The "Big Encyclopedia" defines it as: "One of the creations that brings human cruelty to the extreme." The method of execution consisted of inserting a wooden stake into the prisoner's body, most commonly into the anus, and leaving him to die. In 1958, the uncle of the King of Iraq was staked for homosexuality.

9. Skinning alive

Skinning alive means peeling off a person's skin, either partially or entirely. In ancient India, skinning alive was also called "low fire to remove fine hairs", that is, burning the skin with a torch and roasting the body to three thirds. At this time, the living flesh is completely separated from the skin attached to the body. Then "ignoring the prisoner's cries, he peeled off his skin completely... His muscles were fully exposed, the blood vessels were clearly exposed, and the internal organs could be seen pulsing. The light shone on his chest, and the muscle fibers shone brightly."

10. Dismemberment

This punishment means simply cutting off the limbs. But after a certain period of development,

The torturers thought that "simply" would be too cheap for the prisoner, so they came up with many tricks

The Persians' ingenious method was to cut from the fingers first , then cut off the toes, and then cut off the hands, arms, ankles, legs, ears, noses...

The Chinese method is to amputate the limbs and then use gold wound medicine to stop the bleeding, wrap the wound with cloth, and then stuff it Put it into a large urn and place it in the toilet. The prisoner will suffer for a long time before he or she dies.

After arriving in the Han Dynasty, Ling Chi punishment replaced dismemberment. Perhaps in the eyes of the executioners, Ling Chi punishment was more painful and more subtle...

Today, some countries still stipulate that amputation can be used for thieves. Pakistan The Chinese code stipulates: "A person who commits the crime of stealing for the first time will have his right hand chopped off from the wrist joint; a person who commits the crime of stealing for the second time will have his left foot chopped off." However, there are almost no cases of depriving the life of prisoners by this punishment.

People in Asia and the Middle East particularly prefer this punishment. The key to this punishment is to beat the human body piecemeal until death.

11. Dismemberment

This is a typical Western death penalty, closely related to Westerners' love of playing with machinery. The prisoner's naked body was fixed on a large roulette wheel with iron nails. By shaking the handle, the roulette wheel could rotate around its axis. Every time the roulette wheel rotated, the iron spikes fixed on the ground would cut off a strip of flesh. , and after a dozen or so turns, the prisoner was basically torn into pieces. Picture description: Anatomical punishment - cutting off piece by piece from the vocal cords to the breasts, which is similar to the Chinese Ling Chi.

12. Crushing punishment

Crushing punishment can be roughly divided into three categories: one is to crush the prisoner to death with a fixed heavy object; the other is to place the prisoner in the middle, with both sides simultaneously Use force and gradually increase the weight; the third is to crush or tear it with something sharp. In Rome and Egypt, prisoners were often spread on spikes and then rolled over with boulders, so that the prisoners had no chance of survival. The picture shows torture with a cane.

13. Crushing with a Bar

The Germanic people used a heavy wooden plate, which was dragged back and forth by horses and crushed until the prisoner turned into a bloody mess. foam. In Persia, prisoners were stuffed into presses used to press grapes and olives. The prisoners treated in this way had no shape whatsoever

14. Burning at the stake

Burning people with fire is the most primitive and barbaric practice. Both the West and the East in ancient times talked about burning people.

15. Roasting and Burning

These two punishments are commonly used methods of execution. The difference between them and burning is that the prisoner must be treated with "small fire" deal with. The purpose of controlling the fire within a certain range is to kill the prisoner while he is awake.

16. Sawing

This is a special decomposition tool called a saw. It is said that Easterners like horizontal sawing, while Westerners love straight sawing. After Christianity was introduced to Japan, the Japanese were also keen on straight sawing. They usually sawed from the top of the head, while Western torturers did the opposite and sawed from the groin between the legs. The consequences of doing so were the most terrifying because The prisoner was very conscious until the incision was made to the navel. In order to prolong the suffering process, prisoners are often kept in a head-down position, so that the brain can receive sufficient oxygen and avoid death due to rapid blood loss. The last "masterpiece" in the history of sawing was carried out by some manic Gestapo men. They have various types of hacksaws. In their hands, a person becomes a tree that can do whatever they want, cutting any part they want. Picture caption: Sawing was a common form of torture in Germany in the 16th century. The victim was absolutely conscious before reaching the vital point.

Seventeen, Arrow Punishment and Penetration Punishment

What was everyone’s first feeling when they saw her? If you tell her its purpose, you will probably gasp. This is the famous "Iron Maiden" of Nuremberg. She is a container that can be opened and closed, and the interior is full of sharp iron nails. As long as a person is placed inside, as she closes, it will be a scene of hell.

*Iron Maiden

Fatal Embrace: Iron Maiden

Looking through the history of torture, among the many records about torture instruments, the human body is the most Most of the utensils are made of models. This kind of appliance often has two doors opening on the left and right. There are sharp nails inside the door. Once the door is closed, the people inside will feel the pain of the nails piercing their bodies. The most famous of these torture devices, and one that must be mentioned, is Germany’s “Nuremberg Iron Maiden.”

What is surprising is that this weird execution tool has a long history. The earliest record is of Nabis, a tyrant who ruled Sparta from 205 BC to 194 BC.

Third, although this kind of torture device has doors opening on all sides, the victim cannot escape even if all the doors are opened.

Fourth, the wall of the barrel of the torture device is very thick. If the door is not opened, the moans and screams of the tortured person cannot be heard outside. Moreover, if the door is opened midway and closed again, the iron needle will still penetrate the same wound on the victim's body, so there is no expectation that it can alleviate the pain before death.

If this is the only way, Germany does not deserve to be called the country with the most advanced technology in the world. After all the trouble just now, it was obvious that Iron Maiden was in a mess inside, and it would be a disgusting thing to dispose of the body. However, the Germans installed an entire vertical tunnel under the Iron Maiden. The executioner only had to activate the mechanism and open the secret door, and the body would fall straight down. At the end of the tunnel is a series of rotating blades. Combined with the impact of the corpse falling from a height and the sharp blades, the unfortunate guy's body will be cut into pieces and just fall into the Pergenitz River in Nuremberg. Finally, flows into the Rhine River. The executioner only had to flush the blood into the tunnel in the end to keep it dry and clean.

18. Poison punishment

From very early times, death by poisoning has been one of the methods of execution.

The earliest recorded poisoning in this case was the execution of the philosopher Socrates. Su was poisoned to death for offending the powerful people in Athens. When the poison was delivered, he asked the executioner: "Well, my warrior, tell me what to do?" The latter told him not to move around the room after drinking the poison, because movement would slow the onset of the poison and prolong death. time. Also talk as little as possible, otherwise you will need to drink more than double the dose. It is said that the Su family accepted it. At that time, Greece mostly used poison hemlock extracted from poison hemlock, which was commonly seen in Europe. (Gelsemium celery)

In ancient China, poisons extracted from animals, insects, minerals, and plants seemed to have many more channels to poison people than in the West.

Modern society has begun to use the methods of ancestors again out of considerations of effectiveness and humanity. Gas chambers and euthanasia injections seem to be a continuation.

19. Hanging

It is different from hanging. The method is to cut the prisoner's hands behind his back, then tie his wrists with a rope and lift him to the top of the execution frame, and then suddenly release him. The rope made it fall, stopping only a few dozen centimeters above the ground. Under the impact of the impact caused by the landing stop, the prisoner's arms will be pulled out of joints.

The weight-designed hanging method is even more cruel. Records show that if a victim’s legs are tied with a weight of more than 60 kilograms and tortured, both legs will be pulled and dislocated. If it exceeds 100 kilograms, all the bones in the body will be broken under the impact of the impact. It is not uncommon for the belly to burst open and the internal organs to spill out.

In the mid-19th century, China’s Qing government used hanging to punish Catholic missionaries and widely used hanging as a legal form of punishment

Twenty, whipping Punishment and stick punishment

Flogging has existed in various periods in history. Singapore is the first country with a high degree of civilization in modern society and severe caning.

21. Wheel Punishment

This is a punishment in which people are tied to a wheel and beaten to death.

Twenty-two. Punishment

It is China's "five horses dismemberment". The special feature of this punishment is that the prisoner's limbs must be "forced" at the same time...

23. Strangulation

Strangulation is strangulation. It is a suffocating punishment like hanging. But it does not mainly rely on the weight of the prisoner itself, but causes death through some external force acting on the neck. Strangulation has been used by many peoples in Asia and Europe, but in some places in Europe there are regulations that do not allow virgins to be strangled, so the executioner must first make the virgin lose her virginity before using a rope or other torture instrument to wrap around the prisoner's neck.

Twenty-four. Strangulation

Strangulation is not hanging. It is very similar to the principle of strangulation and can be said to be a mechanization of manual execution.

The original hanging was to make the prisoner sit on a platform, with his hands tied in front of his abdomen and his back leaning against an upright wooden stake. The executioner put a hemp rope through the hole in the wooden stake. Weave a loop into the prisoner's neck, tie the two ends of the hemp rope into a knot on the other side of the pile, and insert a stick through it. When the stick is turned, the ring tightens so that the prisoner is strangled. This method does not damage the carotid artery at all, but causes the person to slowly suffocate to death.

Later, metal chokers and iron collars appeared instead of nooses, and rotatable screws made it easier to shrink the hoops.