Death by Drowning: A Medieval Execution of Breathtaking Suffering...

[@eliz_scubavn]

The idea of drowning terrifies me. I’m a trained scuba diver and even though I’m going under water voluntarily it does enter my head just for a second that I could die. The idea that I could be drowned intentionally is just the worst.

[@liftingisfun2350]

Just for a second? You're relying on equipment and can't even swim up quickly if it fails lol

[@RaoulDuke333]

I drowned once when I was a child I jumped straight in the deep end couldn’t swim and breathed the water in immediately. I passed out just like when you have anesthetiser before an operation. Totally painless and just like going to sleep . Better to breathe the water in than hold your breath if you have no choice. Hope this helps

[@flybeep1661]

@@liftingisfun2350 Lol, you're so funny and totally ignorant. You can't just swim up when your equipment fails unless you're only a couple of feet/meters under water. Why you ask? Find that out for yourself and gain some knowledge instead of making comments with zero knowledge of what you're talking about.

[@flybeep1661]

@@RaoulDuke333 If you drowned as a child you'd be fucking DEAD, drowning = death smartass. The rest of your story is total BULLSHIT. Fuck off.

[@liftingisfun2350]

@Fly Beep that's literally what I said, try re reading my comment genius. If it fails, you cannot quickly swim up and really can't do anything.

[@foxtailedcritter]

I'm Learning more about history from this channel then I ever did in highschool. This man is pretty good at explaining it.

[@kristiskinner8542]

Well #1 his focus is on one small portion of history therefore naturally he's able to go into more detail about that one portion. #2 you only have history classes for so many years in school & most kids of those ages dont really appreciate it or remember much of what they are taught (even those like myself who actually liked history) along with being far more interested in/concerned with other things going on at the time like sports, friends, boyfriends/girlfriends, parties etc

[@monicacall7532]

Me too. This channel is like getting a BA in Medieval Studies but without having to take lame and/or boring general ed classes. I love learning this way!

[@SuperAustinFTW]

Then you should have read your textbooks more.

[@jhoughjr1]

Probably less distracted now though

[@based_prophet]

Considering you only get like 150 hours of history a year one could easily surpass this in days how u expect kid prodigy try me it's not smarts its hours n health

[@spiritoftheforest6204]

What had the poor animals done? This is a great channel.

[@judydavenport9636]

good question. I thought maybe the animal would freak out seeing he was drowning and maybe injure the condemned real bad.. ie the murder mittens on the cat as he was drowned. If its any other reason i don't know what it is.

[@voornaam3191]

There have been animals convicted in court for stealing, for example. Very weird. Not the owner, no, a pig could get a penalty. You can check these stories. Some countries have been pretty bazurk in the past.

[@alisonbrowning9620]

animals were nothing to do them, life was not scared it seems

[@warriorjason2763]

@@alisonbrowning9620only royals are certain church members

[@NinjaGrrrl7734]

Breathtaking? You're hurting me here, baby. Punishment indeed 🤣🤣🤣 I adore your work and your terrible, terrible puns. More pun pain please!

[@benpreston5809]

This channel is ridiculously good.

[@paigeturner7788]

I’ve been binge watching these videos of yours! They’re all so interesting and easy to listen to. The narrator is spot on! This is definitely one of my favorite KZbin channels. 🥰

[@hicknopunk]

Yes, i was drowning and every moment of it was desperate and hopeless. I was, pulled up to where I could get my mouth over the water. It was terrifying.

[@millermonsterair]

every time i see a new upload from MedievalMadness, i click and like the vid before i even start watching because i already know its gonna be good.

[@nelsonx5326]

I almost drowned a few times. It was scary.

[@SpamMouse]

Thank you for fleshing out our past - so much more engaging than any BBC history programme.

[@firebyrd437]

I live in a small town in Scotland, we have a rich history though , we have a witches hill where the unfortunately victims were burned alive, very few people will walk up there, including me, there was body found on the sands not far from our town, records indicated that this was an elderly woman who was guilty of witch craft but died before she could be burnt. A forensic image was created of this poor woman and she looked like a sweet old lady that you will find in any town, city or country street today, poor soul did not survive her torture

[@pepsirag457]

Would you mind sharing the name of the village please?

[@absentiambient]

Name a better way to fire up the weekend than the classic dunkin & drowing

[@weirdox3350]

Savage

[@noahhildebrandt8650]

America runs on dunkin

[@saltymemesmith]

Me and the Lads would walk home along a canal after the pub, we'd always dunk this one Guy under water for ages by his feet.. He'd be shouting "please I cant breathe, I nearly drown." Everyone's laughing so hard impossible to hear him properly. Good times! 🤣

[@HansOvervoorde]

I'd opt to stay sober many years, so that I can drrrink 105 gallons of wine, to save my dear life for when I have done wrong.

[@dflatt1783]

I wonder if 1000 years from now if people will be looking back on what we did and think to themselves "WTF was wrong with those people". Like we do with medieval people today.

[@theobserver9131]

We don't have to wait 1000 years. I already ask myself that every day. We are still terrible, awful creatures.

[@dflatt1783]

@@theobserver9131 But Hey! We getting better lol.

[@anesu846]

100%. Every society thinks they’re smarter than the last and there’s almost no biological evidence that we are. As Nietzsche says, it’s all about who had the power, no generation is special, nor can it be the smartest

[@anesu846]

@@dflatt1783 supposedly lol. I think we are after the wrong ends completely. Everything we are doing seems to be making us more divided, unhappy and unhealthy

[@dflatt1783]

@@anesu846 As opposed to a time in human history when people were undivided, happy and healthy? I must have missed that era in my history class lol. :)

[@deltonmcclary7341]

All Hallow's Eve episode coming soon? 😉

[@beths1140]

I went to school with a girl who drowned when she was 5. She fell in the pool and was dead when her father found her. He did CPR and saved her. She said drowning was very peaceful and she hoped when she eventually died that it would be by drowning. I imagine it must have been peaceful to her because she didn't fight it.

[@jonnaking3054]

I'm terrified of water and to me drowning always seemed like the worst way to go.

[@nickim6571]

I almost drowned once and it is VERY painful.

[@anonymouskid239]

how is it painful?

[@nickim6571]

@@anonymouskid239 It feels like your lungs are on fire.

[@SaltySteff]

​@@anonymouskid239 after holding your breath for so long your lungs will take an automatic breath whether your brain tells it to or not. This is supposed to be excruciatingly painful when it happens.

[@saltymemesmith]

That's nothing, I once held my breath under water in my bath tub for nearly 20 seconds 👣

[@garrettfields6972]

Great channel man! always happy to see a new upload from you!

[@michaellyons5208]

Thanks as always for not watering down your content

[@astardustparade]

I LOVE your channel! I learn something new every week from you.

[@chelseaelizabethbrown2399]

Just as entertaining as the last with the medieval madness feeling. Thanks for another episode, can't wait for the next the historic torture methods are a particular favorite for me 😊

[@sedna1766]

Same here! I bought this book a fair few years ago, its awesome and very interesting with plenty of graphic descriptions and methods, it's called 'The Big Book of Pain: Torture and Punishment Through History' by Daniel Diehl and Mark Donnelly, easy to pick up randomly but hard to put down! 😁

[@kmorris180]

I think the testing of witches changed quickly when it was discovered that if someone weighed the same as a duck, they were a witch.

[@amakuaole]

They thought of it all. All of the cruelest things to do to a person. "There's nothing new under the sun."

[@stephenbowers7901]

It's that Friday feeling.... MedievalMadness drop yet another class in our dARK history and my world is once again a better place.... Feeling kinda like the ones 'who read the books' before game of thrones as I was here at the start of something cool for once meehee 😁 Love your work... top quality as always thanks. Spread the word these vids are the schizz x

[@thiccredgyal3404]

WTF am I watching this when I'm stoned. I just keep imagining what it feels like to drown. Excellent 👍 video BTW

[@hassankhalid4969]

its actually kind of adorable how people consider the earth pimple at 8:05 as a "hill"

[@Anamnesis010]

Love your videos.

[@HolyPineCone]

History is so interesting! It's kind of fascinating how school manages to make it so incredibly boring. I liked science in school but now, 15 years later, I still like learning about history. How did they manage to make history so dull? Just like the potatoes they constantly ruined I guess.

[@mikmak2102]

The reason he wanted to be drowned in that wine is because it was the queens favourite wine and he wanted to be petty.

[@sjstu]

Love this channel.

[@Iesous27]

It's always the most suspenseful thing for me when I watch it in movies or shows. Drowning scenes always get me 😩

[@Dolores5000]

Oh wow I jus read Shogun holy hell there’s a chilling scene concerning man vs caldron

[@beezyb42011]

That's f***** up that they put all those animals in the leather sack with him and drowned them all?

[@SaltySteff]

Yeah my thoughts exactly. As much as I hate the things humans do to eachother, why involve innocent animals. I can't imagine the suffering felt by all in that sack.

[@stephenlamley541]

I've had two pulmonary oedemas. On a basic level its internal drowning and absolutely terrifying let me tell you. Horrendous, i was very close to dying i almost gave in. Then the doctor realised I'd been on a drip too long, talk about negligence.

[@alisonbrowning9620]

the burning in your throat when you start to drown is really painful

[@None_of_your_business666]

The cheers at the end of such videos that describe such horrible things is hilarious

[@srky4346]

Why did I learn about the bag thing. Horrible, truly barbaric.

[@donallally4892]

The medieval period was so cruel it's hard to imagine now. Mind you it's a longtime before we had proper law and order, or having police and courts of law

[@ArThor70]

This planet is a wicked place. ☠

[@SpamMouse]

The planet is fine - it's the people that are the problem.

[@jackiereynolds2888]

The narrator was spot-on with his description of the actual experience of drowning. The city of Commerce out in the state of California in the county of Los Angeles, I personally enjoyed a genuine experience of death by drowning; fortunately I was spared the 'closing sequence' by an attentive lifeguard. Actual clinical death had to wait until I grew-up into a blue-ribbon fool and idiot and dropped form alcohol toxicity. The experience of my drowning that day in a public pool (called the 'Plunge' back then) was so very terrifying, - the events preceding it are still, after more than half-a-century, as vivid as my typing these very words. Conciliations ? well the girl who dove in and rescued me🙂 - any pretty young woman and any pre-pubescent boy - is always good for - 🙂 ♥️ 🧨 😛 💘 💥😉.

[@toonmag50]

A male chicken is called a Cock in the UK.and the word has been used for the description for over 1000 years.

[@krisschmidt4054]

Bro I'm practicing my navy prone float lol perfect timing

[@Jiggleton]

9:25 LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOOOOORRR

[@CHRISDLAW-hw1mp]

Feel sorry for the animals they didn't do anything. Lol imagine you are just chilling playing with your favorite ball, scratching the ground, eating some fruits, or just laying in the sun to get warm next thing you know you are in a bag with a bunch of other shits underwater lol.....

[@1Highways]

We would never be that cruel amount in current days... water boarding?

[@craigstarling4704]

Yep, Thank God the Cat and dog made it.

[@sarah_the_tea_queen1404]

If you wan’t to keep making videos about madievel/historical torture methods you should look into scaphism

[@sunflowers730]

Ok, the sack one horrifies me. What did those poor animals do to deserve that?

[@_argh.1]

Probably was made to weigh the sack down and or make it even more difficult to escape Also predatory animals were also put in sacks so it would’ve made the situation much more painful for the victim

[@katelaloba8243]

Holy harshness Batman

[@GregoryChew0921]

that’s my drowning hole in the backyard.

[@old_boy9030]

Everybody gangsta till they can't fkng breathe

[@TedBackus]

my friends & i were playing in a shallow pond on a field trip and a chaperone asked where 1 of the kids was, we thought he went to pee, or whatever. we played for another 20 minutes or so, but i got angry because someone kept kicking my legs under water, so i left the water & did some other stuff. later in the day, the chaperones noticed that kid was still missing. they found him in 4ft of water, right where we were playing, im fairly confident it was his arms or legs underwater that were 'kicking' me. it turned out he didnt know how to swim but lied as to not miss out.

[@silentking5559]

There's a big difference between being drowned in salt water and being drowned in fresh water. In salt water you essentially choke on the water until you die of hypoxia, considering how agonising it is to have water in your lungs just for a moment downing in salt water has to be one of the worst possible deaths. Drowning in fresh water is still very painful, but when you eventually inhale the water it passes straight into your blood and to your brain, causing you to become unconscious very quickly and sparing you the agony of chocking for an extended period.

[@funpheonix9752]

But with fresh water drowning, you could also be a victim of “dry drowning” where there’s water still trapped in your lungs, making you drown on land. At least if you drown in saltwater and get rescued in time, there’s no dry drowning involved. Both have their massive downsides.

[@poeticsilence047]

I guess in those times they were able to drink their problems away.

[@jeffheyer7783]

Crazy they thought drowning to be painless..

[@voornaam3191]

Meet or moot? In Dutch "I meet" is "ik ontmoet". Forget that "ont" for a while, it's a prefix. The oo sound still lives on. Right across the North Sea.

[@jingles123456789ify]

Lmaoo why the drawing of a snake? Why not just omit it completely at that point

[@noblestsavage1742]

How would they hold someone down with a pile of wood? Wood floats!!!

[@sarah82ish]

I think someone would actually hold the wood. Pushing them down

[@honorladone8682]

Let the bodies hit the floor---drowning pool

[@1987sfinest]

This world is still medieval and savage,human nature?

[@seanfoltz7645]

Probably one of the more humane ways to kill someone - so long as you were kept underwater - as you're talking 30-60 seconds of being able to hold your breath since you were panicked and your body was burning O2 faster than you calmly sitting in your chair timing how long you can hold your breath, then, once you couldn't hold out any longer and gasped for air, about thirty seconds of discomfort before your brain shuts down, with your body following a few minutes later. That's the thing about O2 depravation, as your brain can only handle about 30 seconds of no O2 before it shuts down, hence the reason why slitting someone's throat is so effective at rapidly killing them.

[@destyrian]

"In 13th century England, anyone found guilty of murder on one of the king's ships would be strapped to their victim's body and tossed into the sea to drown." That is the most metal method of execution I've ever heard.

[@honorladone8682]

Vlad the impaler is my favorite.

[@deltonmcclary7341]

Yeahhh!! Witchcraft in the medieval times coming soon I hope!

[@stevem.o.1185]

The sack WOULD be popular in SAXony. We live in a shoddy simulation.

[@slimytoad1447]

Ottoman siblings were strangled with a silken cord not drowned

[@rncine]

I’m not going near water, ever 🙀

[@cjthebeesknees]

You can drown me any day. Giggity.

[@no1diesfromlove]

breathtaking suffering. Lol

[@1aikane]

What humans do to each other. Hideous

[@MagdaleneDivine]

Lol a drawing of a snake

[@cjthebeesknees]

Right, EDWARD grab the colored pencils and paper and draw your best snake. Make it pretty and colorful!

[@kimwhatmatters4085]

Why were cats and dogs put into the sack with the prisoner ??? Did thru think animals guide you to the underworld or something because a lot of ppl were buried with animals

[@anexistencethatexists]

They panic and attack

[@bigwendigo2253]

The people of medieval time will never cease to disgust me with their extremely pious beliefs and their methods of execution for dumb reasons.

[@teh5408show]

“Breathtaking”😂

[@Toxicwasteeeeee]

from all the other torture methods i’ve seen id rather be drowned

[@SaltySteff]

The physical sensation of drowning may not be as painful as burning or flaying and other types of extremely painful deaths, but drowning is arguably far more terrifying and psychological. Drowning takes some time and it is still an excruciatingly painful death.

[@jackiereynolds2888]

Not so much the methods used etc. but the reasons WHY for this (on-going) mind-numbing practice and prevalence of mankind killing one another is what I think what really deserves attention and investigation by historians. There is no-such-thing as the dessemination of genuine established 'facts' 'History' had always been 'INTERPRETATIONS OF WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN'. They are two DIFFERENT THINGS !

[@kellykane7586]

The snake was replaced by a Drawing of a snake😒WTF

[@melissaharris3890]

I heard that drowning isn't a bad way to go. People who were brought back from the brink of death said the first 2 minutes are terrifying , but after that it w as like falling asleep

[@BigButtocks967]

The 1st 2 minutes! 2 minutes can feel like an absolute lifetime if you’re in excruciating pain.

[@lilywilson6230]

Silco?

[@melissaharris3890]

@@BigButtocks967 Well, yes. But then it's not bad.

[@Klayperson]

That's nothing. Being burned only hurts for less than a minute until you breathe flame and your lungs are scorched, then when you die all the pain stops, so really it isn't that bad!

[@melissaharris3890]

@@Klayperson not quite. Its when you pass out because of breathing in all the smoke and lack of oxygen

[@BuckfastConsumer]

I'd rather live back then. We had no gmo in our food and not one thing was fake

[@TinekeWilliams]

It stopped murderers etc from clogging up the jails and having to feed them. 😂

[@SJ-jd8uh]

Would be perfect now

[@cptjockitch]

We need to bring this back for criminals nowadays. Instead they get an infinite amount of appeals and a high priced lawyer paid for by the tax payer.

[@skottlee8959]

You have an optimistic view of criminal defense.

[@davidhoward4715]

I'm guessing that the prospect that some of the executed victims are innocent arouses a lot of people.

[@nurgle333]

Most criminals now just get let back out on the streets

[@saltymemesmith]

Me and the Lads would walk home along a canal after the pub, we'd always dunk this one Guy under water for ages by his feet.. He'd be shouting "please I cant breathe, I nearly drown." Everyone's laughing so hard impossible to hear him properly. Good times! 🤣

[@Misty8097]

Um...

[@cjthebeesknees]

You’re sick.

[@saltymemesmith]

@@Misty8097 Relax, I made it up. Obviously I don't have any friends 😢

[@ishmael_03]

"It is unknown why men and women were treated differently" No it's not. Women have always been given preferential treatment.

[@davidhoward4715]

Good Lord; bedwetting incels are no whining about methods of execution.

[@ishmael_03]

@@davidhoward4715 Nice way to lose an argument. 😁