the worst death...

**Hurin_Rules** · 08-17-2005, 16:52

I'm probably not remembering it exactly, but one punishment I remember from the medieval period was to be thrown into a sack with a rabid dog, a monkey and a poisonous snake, and then the sack would be beaten with staves until it stopped moving.

**The Stranger** · 08-17-2005, 17:51

taurus the nazi's did that to 8 dutch resistance fighters that had blown up a train. they hid well in the swamp but the nazi's threathened to wipe out their village (not all but 4 were from that village) from existing (like in poland) if they didnt come out. so they came. the nazi's pushed them in a barrel with barbed wire and rolled it till they were dead

**The Blind King of Bohemia** · 08-17-2005, 18:26

A nasty death was the commander of the garrison of Drogheda, Arthur Aston being beaten to death with his own wooden leg by the troops of Oliver Cromwell.

I also read about a ruler( i believe it was somewhere in India) that he had a brother crushed to death in a giant pestle and mortar so no blood touched the earth.

**Kraxis** · 08-17-2005, 18:35

Originally Posted by The Blind King of Bohemia

A nasty death was the commander of the garrison of Drogheda, Arthur Aston being beaten to death with his own wooden leg by the troops of Oliver Cromwell.

I also read about a ruler( i believe it was somewhere in India) that he had a brother crushed to death in a giant pestle and mortar so no blood touched the earth.

Ohh man... That has got to be one of the most humiliating deaths!!! It is funny yet so horrible. Well done Cromwell, you found the magic line between perverse and humiliating. Man I have to sit and hold my mouth not to laugh at it, and it is horrible to feel like that.
Yuck!

**Kraxis** · 08-17-2005, 18:40

Oh I have another one... Not the worst but certainly not among the more friendly deaths.

The Mongols after their victory at Khalka River, took the leaders of he captured Kievans, bound them together, lay them down on the ground, then lay heavy planks on top of them, so they could only barely breathe. Then in a disgusting move the Mongols commanders had a victoryfeast on the planks, eating all kinds of foods, even captured Russian foods they waved in front of the very slowly dying Russian leaders. At one point a man was supposedly still alive and the Mongol commanders had finished their feast. Angry at the man had the nerve survive they began to jump on the planks until he finally died.

**The Stranger** · 08-17-2005, 18:48

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha he had the ne..hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha how can think of such things, a real twisted brain

**VAE VICTUS** · 08-17-2005, 19:03

i should'a been a mongol,shoulda learned to rope and ride,killing russian princes while i eat a feasttttt,taking the young girls bodies just like a barbarian,killing whatever i want,aahh i shoulda been a mongol.
(sang to the tune of "i shoulda been a cowboy.")

<<<<<mongols
------------------------------------ <<<<floor

<<<<<russians

**King Henry V** · 08-17-2005, 19:21

The execution of the Earl of Atholl, King James I murderer, was particularlly gruesome: "On the first day he had a rope tied around his feet and hoisted in the air on a crane. The rope was allowed to drop towards the ground then stopped suddenly so his legs were pulled out of his sockets. He was then led off to a pillory and crowned with a red hot iron crown that was stamped 'king of traitors'. On the second day he was dragged through the streets of Edinburgh, strapped to a stretcher that was tied to the tail of the horse, jeered at and pelted with dung. The he was blinded and his flesh torn with red hot pincers. Only on the third was he finally hanged, drawn and quartered." Message to all republicans: don't mess with the king!

**Kraxis** · 08-17-2005, 18:30

So far DnC has found the worst case.

I have another one. In itself the sentence wasn't too bad (relative to the others we have seen here), the man was supposed to be drawn.

But they simply couln't kill him that way, and since the sentence was for execution by drawing they began to cut his muscles and tendons. Afte many attempts the poor bugger was still alive with basically all his major muscles cut and nearly all joint-tendons cut as well. Finally he died from bloodloss or pain (it is from France right before the Revolution so details in that kind is rather lacking while the details in what they did is very deep). I think the executioner was punished heavily for this, not because he had tortured the man beyond all reason but because the man didn't die from the drawing.

NASTY!!!

**The Stranger** · 08-17-2005, 18:32

hahhahahahaha. well not to laugh about but still hahhahahahah

**Proletariat** · 08-18-2005, 03:26

Originally Posted by Hurin_Rules

I'm probably not remembering it exactly, but one punishment I remember from the medieval period was to be thrown into a sack with a rabid dog, a monkey and a poisonous snake, and then the sack would be beaten with staves until it stopped moving.

I remember reading about the Romans doing this. I think it was Livy, but anyway it was with a chicken, a dog, a monkey and a snake and the sack was thrown into the sea. I think it was a death reserved for politicians who were bought off or some other corruption type crime.

**Hurin_Rules** · 08-18-2005, 05:35

Oh, I just remembered another medieval one: the death of Hugh Despenser in the early 14th century. As part of his execution, they cut off his genitals... and then burned them to ash before his very eyes.

It always makes me wonder where they got the balls to do that.