Horrific Ancient Methods of Execution

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[@anarchyantz1564]

We need another repeat of this as there are far more that could be covered!

[@BIGJATPSU]

Simon, Hitchcock called, you owe him his lunch back. 🤮😜😂😂

[@TheWtfnonamez]

Did you just casually skip over the fact that Saudi Arabia crucifies people??? Super glad they do it nicer these days, super upset you dont read your fucking scripts before you read them out. Fucking Judas.

[@terriwakefield6319]

@@anarchyantz1564 1!,

[@doyouwanttogivemelekiss3097]

You've missed death by bamboo!

[@conquerandwin]

"Try Audible! Anyway, Chapter four, impalement....."

[@sumitnanaware1667]

" I haven't listened it myself though..."😂😂😂

[@I_the_Taco]

you can read more about it on *audible.*

[@ashleyb66]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@oldmanhunch6856]

That sounds like a threat

[@dlou9227]

Oh no. Anyway-

[@__Lopps]

At 3:50 that dude honestly looks like he’s simply enjoying the warmth.

[@gundvr1846]

he chilling maybe not chilling but he’s chilling

[@I_like_your_handle_Mister]

Average boiling pot enjoyer

[@prithvi6499]

I think that's a Sikh warrior (Cant remember who exactly) being tortured by the mughals in India. He's shown to be enduring the pain signifying his courage

[@phazedkilledyou]

This is an amazing photo

[@GHOST-in-the-MACHINE]

It looks like he's being inconvenienced

[@therealoatmeal4642]

„But as painful as it must be to be burned alive, it just doesn’t seem that creative“

[@solascripturaPR1517]

I'm like..... wait.... WHAT???

[@Raf-qz7ih]

He’s not wrong though, it needs some.....flair

[@lexithomas9694]

@@Raf-qz7ih that's a bar haha

[@mouadaarif5856]

Yo u good?

[@tres8003]

Set a arrow on fire and shoot around them, Then light a pig on fire and sent it towards the victim

[@cesarmalon7829]

Seeing others in pain or hearing any kind of physical suffering puts me on edge. I can’t imagine being able to turn off that sympathetic response, and though I may feel those emotions differently than the vast majority of people but like.... were all people this vile? Was the culture just so violent that it lost its stigma? Would not want to lose my childhood innocence over the evil reality of *that* world

[@kebah11]

Honestly though. I can’t even stand to hear my lil brother cry from really bad stomach aches

[@thegreatballplayer1]

I’m the same way. I couldn’t ever torture my worst enemy in these ways simply because I put myself in their place and imagine what it would feel like.

[@pterojacktylus2475]

Not all people were this vile, most were just peasants trying to survive in a world where their entire lives hinge on the decisions and whims from a series of inbred egotists.

[@brentlanyon4654]

@@pterojacktylus2475 Not that dissimilar from today, but the peasants now have internet, economy cars, and fast food.

[@KTMGUNNER]

If you can do it to animals and eat meat you're a few steps away

[@haleyw5677]

I never thought I’d breathe a sigh of relief when the sponsor section started

[@thetroll1247]

WOW AGREED And wonder y an advanced alien civilization wouldn't come here NOPE

[@killman369547]

@@thetroll1247 Advanced alien civilizations had to start somewhere too. I would assume if one looked back far enough into any civilization human or alien they would find horrific events, execution methods etc etc.

[@OldieBugger]

@@killman369547 when an alien comes and sees a crusifixion in Saudi-Arabia, he says to his crewmates: "Ok, they're still on this stage. I'll report to our HQ that we'll come and check them again in a few thousand years. Maybe they'll be a little bit more civilizied then. Or maybe they have killed themselves, whichever comes first. But right now, they're not worth any attempt to contact."

[@ItsJakeStuff]

Yeah for once haha. Just hate when he says "there's nothing worse than having to sit through an ad when you're trying to listen to something " haha..the irony.

[@stevemac6707]

@ keith moore no person deserves to die in those ways. It speaks volumes for your personality that you seem to relish it almost.....

[@anitastone168]

The Human Being is only limited in their barbaric cruelty by their imagination, and that is limitless.

[@gcb4763]

And we were made in the image of God. I think there is something wrong with creation.

[@frankspikes7858]

@@gcb4763 Free will is a mofo!!! Lol

[@raccuia1]

There are members of our species who derive pleasure out of others' suffering. Enabling has allowed these empty shells of nothingness to perpetrate these horrors.

[@developer4]

Sounds like an expert

[@dyslexicboogaloo]

I believe the human being is only limited in ____________ by their imagination. And their imagination needs some exercise.

[@luvslagos]

It seems to me the different forms of execution were developed more to satisfy the sick appetites of those in charge than to dissuade crime. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@dreyddog19]

Yeah some people were pretty fucked and liked to see that shit for sure.

[@HistoryGe3k]

If they brought back pubic executions, thousands of people would want to watch it. If they put public executions on the internet, that website would go viral. People have not changed.

[@HistoryGe3k]

@@thefinale8855 - The main reason that public executions were stopped is because they were TOO popular and resulted in social problems. I am sure that if executions became public again there would be massive crowds again. If the executions were put on the internet, they would be popular. There are already heaps of internet sites containing executions by the drug cartels and ISIS. By the way, the Drug Cartel executions are way more horrific than ISIS. ISIS has better video production quality but the Cartels are way more brutal. Just saying....

[@HistoryGe3k]

@@thefinale8855 - we live in a pampered society. We say we do not want to see animals harmed while we enjoy our burgers. We complain that we are overweight while millions live in poverty and starve. We claim that we want a peaceful world while our Nations absolutely need a strong military so that we can continue to live the way we do. We want peace in the Middle East while the Western Nations are playing political and military games inside these nations. Millions in the world starve while we actually dump food into the ocean and leave food rotting in the field in order to maintain higher prices in the market. We push a "war on drugs" inside our own Nations while providing the demand for illegal drugs that keep the Cartels in business. Welcome to the real world and it is ugly.

[@shavedleggs5390]

@@HistoryGe3k spot on

[@one_krazymofo8667]

The guy at 3:50 on the pot was just chilling while sitting in the pot

[@johnhalo8726]

Well I don't know about chilling

[@davidbillyard6629]

I reckon he started singing- oh what a beautiful morning oh what a beautiful day lol

[@Jxyn1711]

I believe he's one of the Sikh saints, tortured by a Mughal emperor. Terrible!

[@Banidil]

Ever get annoyed when someone goes "OMG I wish I could transport back to those romantic times" because they saw 2 period plays? I want them to see this stuff lol. It was NOT great for MOST

[@mikemurdoch9653]

Alot of unwiped buttholes, so romantic

[@peanutoreo8052]

So many people today in the USA don’t realize how good they have it and are not thankful.

[@AmaraJordanMusic]

Yup. It bugs me when it’s someone who knows me well, because I require like three supplements to, stay alive and about five prescriptions due to an inherited illness. One major symptom is severe pain. So without pain control, I wouldn’t really... wanna live? Much less back then? And I’d be considered insane or something; people with pain didn’t tend to do well back then. And I’d most likely die in childbirth; everyone in my family has difficulty having kids and need help delivering, if not outright c-sections because we’re petite. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I also don’t heal normally, even with pristine treatment it can take a week for a simple cut to close. So... there’s just no way for me. If I didn’t die from lack of nutrients, if I didn’t die from childbirth, if I didn’t throw myself off a cliff due to the pain, I’d still be considered insane and unable to support myself. So like, no, no I wouldn’t like to go back in time. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ I hate people. 😂

[@katarinatibai8396]

💯

[@TeamOT]

Also, I think most people do not realize how incredibly frigging boring the life of the average citizen was.

[@liamscherl2019]

Once again I feel lucky to be living in such a comfortable and relatively humane time.

[@surge802]

Unless you live in south america

[@TraceguyRune]

@@surge802 or any middle east country

[@tinetannies4637]

Yea Imagine living in a situation where a super awesome gift would be a cyanide capsule

[@HistoryGe3k]

It depends on where you live. Death by torture is still popular in many places, even today.....

[@theonewhoasked1482]

Yeah same

[@retiredcolonel6492]

When I was stationed in Germany, 1980-83, I was enrolled in German culture, language and history classes through the University of Maryland, Overseas, Heidelberg, WGa. Every Saturday our professor would have us tour local museums and cathedrals so that we could see with our eyes what we discussed in class during the week. One weekend we went to the Crime and Punishment Museum in Rothenberg. It’s great. It has all of the tools of torture from the early Middle Ages to the Renaissance. I highly recommend it. Plus Rothenberg is a great little Medieval city. We spoke German then, required for class, but I believe signs were in English too.

[@afish4447]

Not gonna lie. This is the only KZbin video I have ever watched that has made me seriously uncomfortable...

[@TwinBleaks]

You haven't scratched the surface then!

[@afish4447]

@@TwinBleaks I've seen very messed up stuff and I usually don't get bothered by them. That's why I originally posted the comment, this made me weirdly uncomfortable even though I've heard of these methods before

[@ursa3646]

@@afish4447 probably becuase you have to imagine how people could be this sick.

[@afish4447]

@@ursa3646 Yeah thats definetely one but I think the most disturbing thought I had is like what re-incarnation is a thing and I died in some of these ways in my past lives

[@tshepisomorake.]

You must be new to KZbin

[@Oddballkane]

I heard when king charles the 1st was beheaded people rushed forward to dip hankies in his blood. Now people would take a video or photo. People haven't changed technology has improved.

[@alexbowman7582]

Presumably from the magic effect of fresh blood from the dead.

[@paulherzog9605]

That was Charles I that lost his head. Charles II, his son, persued his father's killers all over Europe and New England. Brought back to England they died horrible deaths. Oliver Cromwell's body was dug up, put on trail, beheaded then the body was cut up & burned. His head was mounted on the of a church where it remained until the 20th century.

[@groverjuicy]

Same with John Dillinger, so no, they haven't changed.

[@mamapetillo8675]

Point

[@TooLameToDie]

They would do that for anyone who was "famous". It was a part of the reason the French decided to not allow the public to witness beheadings and moved the proceedings behind prison walls.

[@ehmmmjay9907]

Maybe I should've picked another video to watch while eating my lunch...

[@everettthepetractionguy4222]

😂

[@christianedriesen1624]

Bbq... ?

[@andreagriffiths3512]

I’m eating chips/crisps 🤣

[@kristencotty4439]

What gave the first clue?

[@rhondawilson9088]

I couldn't have eat during that, some sickos

[@hyper-insomniac]

You know you’ve watched too many of these videos when you know about all the entries

[@jefflindeman]

It’s said that later the tyrant Phalaris himself was also executed in the Brazen Bull after his rule was overthrown by Telemachus.

[@TheAkIrA989]

This... makes me feel a little better...

[@ben6993]

1:56 I’m distracted by how lifelike that painting looks

[@InfilaskillsTV]

“La crocifissione di San Pietro“ by Caravaggio!

[@mangosdangoes6144]

@@InfilaskillsTV Cheers!

[@orchidorio]

Very funny! 61221

[@deph5183]

What's scaphism? It can't be worse than the rest. I was so wrong.

[@thatjesmonster]

As someone who has recently had their pet sheep have a case of fly strike, the idea of this happening on the entire body is horrific.

[@omniscientbeing4224]

I have looked up lists of "worst" executions. often times it is sawing at the top or maybe death by a thousand cuts. but I wonder how a method that kills within minutes or hours, can possibly compare to a method that takes days or weeks. I mean pain is a given in these circumstances but pain that last for an hour is nowhere near as horrible as pain that lasts for days.

[@Brandon_metab]

@@omniscientbeing4224 Not just physical agony but the thought of being slowly devoured and used as a breeding ground by insects is just a complete and utter nightmare. Only thing that could be worse than that is scaphism while dosed on lsd.

[@janicesullivan8942]

If given the choice I’d take beheading over scaphism.

[@lauriej.5706]

@@Brandon_metab If given a choice, I would select a firing squad. It is quick and sure. In fact, in the history of firing squad executions, there have been NO not botched executions using this method.

[@specialknees6798]

Ya know, I’d imagine cathedrals and religious families’ homes would look very different if Jesus had died from scaphism rather than crucifixion.

[@aliecarey]

Probably not, they display a bloody corpse in jewelry and paintings lol 😕 I could totally see little boat pendants around peoples necks 😬lol

[@xonx209]

I never understand why people use an instrument of torture to memorialize a person. If someone I love is killed by a gun, it would be strange to wear a bullet or a gun around my neck...

[@specialknees6798]

@@xonx209 ehh I mean I get that it’s meant to represent sacrifice, but I love the meme about how if Jesus came back to earth and saw crosses everywhere he’d have a ptsd episode.

[@whisperonascream]

And here I am eating a bowl of HONEY nut cheerios as he begins to mention the #1 way of torture.

[@haunteddreams7856]

I'm trying to pee 🤷‍♂️

[@CHi_970]

@STEPHANIE PRICE U THE REAL MVP👌👌🔥🔥

[@john5155]

Well...Cheerio✋

[@CHi_970]

@@john5155 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@whisperonascream]

I'm thinking u all are failing to get that the #1 way of torture had to do with honey 🤷🏻‍♀️ That's why I made my ding bat comment

[@loucyphers_nightmare]

He used the word excruciating many times during this video, actually the word excruciating was invented to describe the pain of being crucified

[@mangot589]

Never heard that! But it totally makes sense!

[@crowerkz]

Interesting. Right there in the word.

[@mangot589]

A month later. I just saw a doc a couple days ago that explained that too. Funny how that works!

[@laurajohnson6036]

What a sick species we are

[@pamelaneibuhr6959]

Indeed

[@davidcockayne3381]

@John Eric Talk daft.

[@davidcockayne3381]

@John Eric Evidence?

[@natanulsiref]

@John Eric What an utterly stupid comparison.

[@davidcockayne3381]

@John Eric Done that. There is no such evidence. You're talking b*llocks.

[@Zalesaa]

“They were put in a boat or log and their hands and feet were bound” Me: oh that’s not so bad? *continues on* Me: oh….. 😳

[@kiruka9899]

😭 I was like "oh this one is ok I would be happy if- wait. hold on"

[@lr5081]

The worst is how long it took,you go mad by the second day just feeling the critters all over you,plus the stench of it.😰🤭This seems to be the most creative and horrific.

[@lllaaauuurrraaa]

I know I can't be the only one who saw The Naked Prey and instantly became morbidly obsessed with the torture scene in which a man is covered in clay, then spit-roasted alive over an open fire. The amount of time I've spent researching whether or not that was a real execution method is...incalculable at this point tbh. AND I STILL DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER.

[@gabrielpires336]

it was real bro XD

[@HistoryGe3k]

Post this on a Narco website and wait for the next execution video (lol).....JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!!

[@scarletmacaw]

Cornell Wilde was just like a real Tarzan-built character in that movie. That native porter was spit-roasted because he was part of the safari that disrespected the king of that territory by not wanting to pay him tribute and offer gifts in exchange for passing through their territory. "Oh oh oh, you and me, little brown jug how I love thee".

[@danialyousaf6456]

It's just you cuz most people don't look up execution methods cuz we don't wanna be put on a list

[@lllaaauuurrraaa]

@@danialyousaf6456 Hate to break it to you, but watching this video already put you on that list. We're going down together now.

[@kjetillangauer2816]

Based on the timing of the sponsor, Dollar shave club would have been golden

[@psyclotronxx3083]

😆

[@FoxyBoxery]

Dollar flay club

[@KonradTheWizzard]

A little correction towards crucifixion (AFAIR): the most common mode (at least in ancient Rome) seems to have been upright and using rope to bind the person to the cross. So mostly the condemned died of asphyxiation when his/her muscles gave up and the body weight compressed the lungs, so it was impossible to breathe. This means breaking the persons legs was not exactly meant to make the suffering worse, but shorter - with broken legs you collapse and asphyxiation comes earlier - you probably die in less than an hour after that (forensics experts: weigh in please). If they wanted to prolong death they nailed a little support underneath the feet, instinctively at the last moment you'd push yourself up, breathe and live in agony for a few more minutes, then it all happens again and again until you are literally out of energy. Another reason to cut into a person was to determine whether that person was dead, since the way the blood flows out changes after death. Also I'm surprised the wheel was not on this list. But then again - we humans have been surprisingly creative in coming up with horrible things to do to each other, so some (a lot of) methods were bound to be "missing"...

[@KonradTheWizzard]

@chak lee ...just because some past methods were unimaginably cruel doesn't mean that killing a person (whatever the reason and reasoning) is "humane" or fit for a modern enlightened civilization.

[@soutano1924]

If they’re on a cross with the arms tied up how exactly does the body weight (just really the head and little bit from arms) crush the chest plate and rib cage to crush the lungs?

[@KonradTheWizzard]

@@soutano1924 You are thinking about the wrong mechanism. It's not crushed, just stretched and compressed. Since the legs are not really supported the (lower, not upper) body weight stretches the belly and chest downward. This compresses (tightens) the chest somewhat - try to stretch a shopping bag: you'll see it also gets tighter - the more you stretch it the less you get into it. In order to breathe the muscles in the lungs have to work against this tightness - this is not a problem for the first few minutes, but the muscles get tired and after a few hours the condemned suffocates because breathing is just too much work over all the other pain he experiences. Suffocation is one of the worst (if not the worst) ways to die, to experience this for hours must be hell itself - this method of execution is much crueller even than most people imagine. If you want to know more details: ask an expert for anatomy.

[@soutano1924]

@@KonradTheWizzard ok that explanation makes more sense I mean really if it’s just the hands tied up above them the legs wouldn’t even need to be broken, any unnecessary movement will require more oxygen, trying to take bigger inhalation’s therefore actually speeding up the process but I think it would just be suffocation like u just said not asphyxiation.

[@Gentleman_Orange]

@@KonradTheWizzard Well for me people that just say proudly they are against death penalty are not better. Since perpetuity in some countries does not exist, the criminal get freed years after. And since none country try to repair the mind of the individual, he's condemned to kill again. So for me, since we don't help people who can be helped nor kill people that are unrecoverable, then people against the death penalty actually do accept the future murder of a random individual. It's like a human sacrifice. Same with rape. It happens recently. A 15yo girl has been raped and killed by a multi-recidivist, who did his time in prison... But at least those good people can sleep well and give a good image in society...

[@tinetannies4637]

It's hard to imagine anyone wanting to live anywhere near other people in those days

[@woolymittens]

Not just in 'those" days ....

[@davidreinhard6037]

Fuck it, bring on the world ending asteroid, let's wipe the slate clean. Humans were a mistake. Let's give the Dolphin people a shot.

[@1NSHAME]

Yeah, dolphins gang rape each other to death sometimes...

[@davidreinhard6037]

@@1NSHAME Why did I know I was gonna get this comment... Yeah, so do most animals... and SO DO HUMANS. In fact we do WAY worse stuff, clearly^^^. Even today. And we drive cars, read books, invented the internet, put people on the moon, and like to think of ourselves as superior to animals. But we still do blatantly sick and evil stuff, deliberately, calculatedly, and with our "superior reasoning". Oh and I'm not even touching on what we're doing to the climate. So yeah don't even try to compare animals acting like animals with deliberately destroying the planet, or committing genocides, or half the horrendously unforgivable shit that millions of humans do every single day. What an absolutely mind-bogglingly stupid fucking argument. Jesus.

[@charlesdelusignan7909]

In crucifixion the nails weren't actually nailed through the hands, but rather just short of the wrists. In the hands the nail would just tear through the knuckles whereas the wrist bones would suspend the body in place.

[@620john620]

Unless the wrists were tied to the cross beam, then the hands spiked as a kind of fk you.after all, unless the nails had big heads, the weight of the body could pull the wrists right off of the nails.

[@HRage]

Thank heavens, for a moment I almost lost my breakfast but you put my mind at ease.

[@cakes4056]

Both of u are right but they were usually tied for support then the nails added as like a fuck you cherry on the top of this shit sundae lmfaoo if only supported by the nails they may die to quick of blood loss, the whole point is to suffer. Either way no ty lol

[@louiscyfer6944]

@@cakes4056 they didn't nail the hands or the wrist. they tied them. they didn't use crosses and only nailed the heelbone from the side.

[@davidcostello4545]

Wake up buddy there's no section of arm between a hand and wrist it has to the hand or wrist not something just above the other unless you mean way far from hands like the biceps forearms or elbows

[@williamemerson1799]

Well, that was a pleasant little Christmassy video.

[@SRW_]

Merry christmas

[@JohnDoe-tt6bh]

You mean Easter?

[@winnifredforbes8712]

Right on! Christmas Eve.

[@barlabeats172]

trust me

[@missg.5940]

Almost as good as killing off Matthew during the Christmas special of Downton Abbey, merry effing Xmas

[@raymondmartin5187]

This is the first time I actually liked hearing an ad in the middle of the video.

[@jaebunnii2530]

I hope no one gets the wrong idea looking at my watch history 😅

[@fourearwolf3315]

😅😅

[@thelgbtcommunity6351]

my GOD i have never been so grateful for a mid-video advertisement . i had already been aware of these but still humans are monsters god

[@gabriellatham4973]

Bro right I was fucking holding my breath😂

[@solascripturaPR1517]

Because.... Depravity. TOTAL depravity: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWXQY2mIl9J-h5I

[@exhausted6547]

britsh vsauce

[@NyobcaKbn8mG2kgwbDdGmdlhIcGKMt]

😂

[@juan-bl5zy]

Cursed pfp

[@adriantoogenuine]

Awwww 😂😂

[@claudooshie]

Exactly what I thought

[@Schmidhead]

Only in his dreams! Put a beard on, all of sudden youre a historian

[@tierrashanice6299]

Imagine the ghosts of these executed people realizing that their "crimes" aren't that big of a deal anymore.

[@itzty8260]

sad

[@tonacastillo7141]

As a Chilean, I am appalled at you calling Pinochet anything other than "dictator" and his dictatorship a "military government." We have to get rid of these euphemysms, Simon!!! He was a terrible person and we mustn't minimise his actions.

[@scrappydoo7887]

👌

[@TheScience69]

Pinochet did nothing wrong

[@scrappydoo7887]

@@TheScience69 not very clever are you.... I'm guessing you are a big fan of Hitler and Mussolini

[@stargirlzx]

Mans inhumanity to man knows no limits

[@stdesy]

Never has this been more accurate: “The past is the worst”

[@sthomas2592]

There's a book - "The Good Old Days - They were Terrible".

[@lilscrydvl]

Consider this when thinking about impalement. Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants and is strong enough to hold up to a human body. In ancient China and areas, it was common to have a stalk of bamboo inserted into the anus, which led to the bamboo growing up through the body.

[@jlyngdoh5608]

Yikes...

[@johnnyazer5779]

Rectum.....we nearly killed em.

[@someguy-ty1fg]

@@johnnyazer5779 😂🤣😆😅 Slayed me too u fuk!

[@melvert33]

I think he got the point...

[@uselessgay2856]

This may be the only time I’ve ever watched a sponsor, I needed a break lol

[@robhicks2117]

Several days after a person was crucified they would push a spear into their torso just below their ribs to make sure they were dead. If water came out of the victim's torso after being speared then it meant that the person on the crucifix was dead.

[@peanutoreo8052]

Actually, it is plasma, but it looks like water. The blood cells and the plasma separate after death.

[@irenekaras4336]

@@peanutoreo8052 8

[@oof4077]

Surviving is even worse, the pain lasts longer and then they top it off to a spear to the torso. I wonder if that’s rare.

[@HistoryGe3k]

This is what happened in the story of the crucifixion of Jesus. The soldiers pushed a spear into his side and "water" came out. The soldiers were actually surprised how quickly Jesus died. The two thieves crucified beside Jesus had their legs broken so that they would die and could have their bodies removed before the Sabbath. It is true that usually the bodies remained on the crosses for a long period of time but remember that the crucifixion of Jesus was demanded by the Jewish religious leaders and not the Romans. The Jewish religious leaders then asked to have the bodies removed before the Sabbath (Sundown Friday to Sundown Saturday). The crucifixion of Jesus was also recorded by the Romans and the Jewish religious leaders and not just in the Bible.

[@patriciacolombini6567]

What accent is this? Can't understand him

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:05 - Chapter 1 - Crucifixion 3:05 - Chapter 2 - Fire, boiling & the brazen bull 4:50 - Chapter 3 - Flaying 6:10 - Mid roll ads 7:40 - Chapter 4 - Impalement 9:00 - Chapter 5 - Rats 10:25 - Chapter 6 - Scaphism 11:55 - Chapter 7 - The evolution of execution

[@20PINKluvr]

Thank you

[@defrendman]

الحمد لله على الإسلام العظيم

[@iainmcaulay3244]

If I had to choose one way to go it would be the Mid roll ads...

[@rb3872]

​@@iainmcaulay3244 still depends on how long and what ads are presented. Audible ads however are not the worst of them ;)

[@5captain]

Ha ha ha ha I love the big dude just "chilling" in a ig cauldron of water with fire under him looking like, "Oh, what are we having?"

[@ctgeorgia]

Humans are capable of such unimaginable cruelties. I'm blessed to have been born during these times and in the greatest country in history.

[@marsy1480]

Saw a brazen bull in Portugal at a torture exhibition. Unbelievable how someone can think up of something so horrific.

[@MultiScooter63]

Also, when the constructor of this terrible instrument introduced it to his king he became a victim himself, as the tyran asked him to show that one adult person could get into the bull - which he demonstrated successfully... that sealed his fate.

[@h.a.9880]

@@MultiScooter63 I mean, you can say what you will, but the guy who invented the Brazen Bull kinda got what he deserved.

[@jakeg3126]

I always thought that the brazen bull was more of a made up myth. The traveling circus made up a lot of stuff and stories for audiences

[@wookie-zh7go]

I knew all of these, but they still amaze me that a society or civilization could be behind this stuff.

[@peter-8483]

maybe look into the holodomor in the USSR, the ''big leap forward/cultural revolution'' in china or the islamic invasion of india, the armenian genocide, torturing one person to death is one thing, but killing 100 million people in torturous ways is quite another.

[@DieNextInLINE]

I was about to comment about impalement but Simon covered it at the end with Vlad Dracula's impalement. It was just as common for people to use a flat ended pole. I'm also kind of surprised that the brass bull(?) wasn't covered in this video. Hearing about the form of murder really fucked me up. People were shoved into this metal effigy of a bull and then a fire was started underneath the device causing the victim to be roasted alive and the screams coming from inside mimicked a bulls screams of pain. Edit: I guess I walked away during the second chapter since he covered the brazen bull in it but I'll still leave my comment.

[@dianpink3019]

His talks quick and appealing to listen too. Like Sir David Attenborough, his voice keeps me interested , along with the education on many subjects. Making it enjoyable to learn.

[@matthewbattye5343]

That left me feeling vulnerable and needing counselling.

[@karoofish]

It's amazing how horribly cruel we can be as a so called "advanced" species.

[@philippemineau2015]

As disgusting as it is, people in the Antiquity and Middle ages had the excuse that such practices were very common and spreaded all over the known world. Not only were people desensitized, those practices were completely normal for them. It is fondamental in History not to look at former societies with our own modern eyes. On the other hand, people like Pinochet and his fellow Latin-American dictators had zero excuse. Human rights were absolutely a thing in the 70s and 80s. The same can be said for the treatment of PoWs throughout the two world wars. It is the fact that such practices were perpetrated well into the 20th century that is the most disturbing in my opinion

[@peter-8483]

@@philippemineau2015 How about the fact that these things still happen, US created entities like ISIS and al qaeda behead people by slowly cutting their necks, you hear them scream in pain (many islamic countries do this too, and they have a seat at the UN and human rights council)

[@gestaposantaclaus]

I mean other advanced intelligent species could be even worse for all we know…

[@KimsLantern]

I love how seemingly excited Simon is at the beginning of the video. Lol. “Medieval torture methods? LET’S JUMP IN!!!!” Lmfao. Great video!!!! Your beard is still as magnificent as ever, my Good Sir. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Side note- don’t invent torture devices or you might be murdered with them.

[@TheMinarus]

The amount of suffering that some people have experienced before death in those times is absolutely terrible......Just makes you realize how much fewer suffering is in the world right now, that is to say there is always improvements to make but we've come pretty far...

[@penoyer79]

oh there are still practices that go on in prisons around the world...especially to political prisoners in places like North Korea, China, Iran etc.

[@TheMinarus]

@@penoyer79 Yep as I say there's always improvements...the fact that you can cite 'a few places' where some shit still goes down illustrates my point...From the Western world and most places in the Eastern world as well I can't recall the last time people were boiled alive or crucified publicly but it's been shit ton of time and it's not really conceivable lol

[@crackman9376]

I could listen to Simon narrate the apocalypse and feel perfectly comfortable with my imminent demise.

[@casandracannady5665]

It would take a evil person to do this to someone no matter what their crimes. My nerves wouldn't let me

[@stellarocquie7957]

I'd LOVE to do ANY of these things to anyone who abuses or tortures an innocent animal. Impaling for PEDOPHILES. Thumbs up, if you agree!

[@cassandra-]

"no matter their crimes" imo a murderer or a rapist deserves these

[@oof4077]

@@stellarocquie7957 same opinion but if the executed also committed human murder and/or torture.

[@TimSlee1]

@@stellarocquie7957 Nah, you're just as bad as them, you just want to find an excuse to get your rocks off to other people suffering. Here's an idea; quickly kill those who have committed these atrocities.

[@RubyBlueUwU]

@@TimSlee1 I don’t know how much I ascribe to “you’d be just as bad” but yeah I also don’t think any society that would do these things to a person could ever call themselves civilised or just...there’s some people in this world I loathe but I still can’t imagine wanting to see something like this happen to them, I’d prefer “locking up for life” tbh

[@steveguest8028]

It’s beyond me how anyone can be so cruel

[@darransykes3406]

Being forced to watch so called "reality" shows like the Kardashians would be the worst form of torture imaginable....

[@JasonLambek]

As the father of a couple teenagers, I found this video most interesting, and educational. Thanks!

[@matthewvoss7365]

Oh I like your parenting because you prefer truth and education over censorship. Oh and you allowing your teens to watch this would offend all the people I don't like.

[@patsavage1245]

😂😂😂.

[@BAZZAROU812]

Lol.. Fistbump.. Better make the kids badass...

[@mess8008]

It sounds like you’re about to kill your teenagers lol.

[@CH-ml4rz]

@@matthewvoss7365 What an incredibly dumb way to miss the obvious joke. But I’m glad you got your little jabs in. Feel better now?

[@mariedonna1488]

I must be a weirdo, Simon! I find your videos informational and well presented. Your sense of humor is fantastic. Keep up the great work. Mary from FL 🌴

[@catherinejohnson1354]

Wow, I have never heard of the rat one! Thanks Simon I love learning new things!

[@Markle2k]

The last brings new meaning to "the land of milk and honey".

[@drgunsmith4099]

Everyone’s gangster till the flaying knifes come out 😬

[@reicherreinhardtvonkesslri9847]

Everybody's gangster until Chili's government starts shoving rats up your butt!

[@Rajat-Thermite]

@@reicherreinhardtvonkesslri9847 then rats don't need to make holes.

[@groverjuicy]

"knifes" haha

[@HistoryGe3k]

What about de-gloving? De-gloving involves removing the scalp and face in one piece while the victim is still alive. If done properly it can form a perfect death mask that can be shown to the victim before he or she dies. If done properly. death will come via shock or exposure rather than by blood loss.

[@yulandawilliams1819]

I really enjoyed the informative video, thank you for sharing

[@tampontopia2424]

Wow I really needed that audible break after the flaying paintings....thanks

[@TheQuickSilver101]

I'd never heard of scaphism. These were all disturbing as hell. Thank you for explaining how terrible the past could be.

[@SuperMrHiggins]

Right?! Ditto on scaphism.

[@TheDJLionman]

the future isnt any better you just dont see the worst of it.

[@shasmi93]

@@TheDJLionman you may be right. With global warming and on coming ecosystem collapse it is going to get fucking crazy in the future. Enjoy the spoils of today… because hell on earth is coming. Calm before the storm, that’s the time we are living in rn.

[@BillHalliwell]

G'day Simon, During WW2, my uncle D'arcy, a member of the Australian 2nd/40th Battalion, himself a tortured POW of the Japanese, witnessed POWs being staked out on the ground and rats in a metal buckets being placed on victims' stomachs. Japanese soldiers would beat the bucket with sticks or bayonets and the rat would begin its gruesome escape. Uncle D'arcy was an expert axeman so his torture was relatively milder; consisting of beating, whipping and being forced to sleep at night with a heavy log on his legs. He was deeply psychologically affected by his treatment and what he witnessed. In later life, he became distressed even if a picture of a Japanese person appeared in a newspaper or on TV. D'arcy always used to refer to himself as 'one of the lucky ones'. BH

[@LaurieAnnCurry]

I cannot even imagine what he endured and saw let alone his PTSD afterwards.

[@Genesh12]

Do you know if any of those Japanese soldiers were tried for such war crimes?

[@Amfortas]

@@Genesh12 lol no, the "good guys" who won the war pardoned a lot of them for their medical research (gained through torture of prisoners of course)

[@sidj6745]

Imagine how POW and veterans feel watching our country on the verge of loosing it's Democracy, the very thing that they fought and died to protect. I think abt that a lot.

[@DemeterTelphousia-Erinyes]

The poor man- unbelievable treatment. My grandad ( UK) was out in Burma ( as it was called then) and saw some of the results of this ghastly treatment after the Japanese were being pushed back. He didn’t talk about it much but did tell me that many of the Japanese guards and commandants were hanged there and then. Serves them bloody right.

[@rfrancoi]

Always learning something new. Thank you.

[@alivaziri3246]

Wow,as an Iranian who actually studied a lot about persian history, this was the first time that I heard about scaphism execution method in ancient persia.I would appreciate it if you mention your resources about this.many thanks in advance.

[@donaldbadders3970]

Ali I want to try scapism

[@peters2261]

I got sick of this, but still I watched it. Must be the curiosity in me torturering my brain on purpose. Keep up the good work Simon:)

[@jshicke]

Was surprised the 'Death of a Thousand Cuts', or 'Lingchi', was not on your list. Used in China, and Vietnam', from 900BC to 1905 when it was eventually banned. Reserved for crimes deemed especially heinous, it involved a knife used to methodically remove portions of the body over an extended period of time, eventually resulting in death. As photography existed during this time, Images of this form of execution exist.

[@Psykoosi92]

Shouldn't have googled that one.

[@disposabull]

@@Psykoosi92 I should have taken your word for it and not searched for lingchi.

[@willthrizzal2647]

Isn't that what that movie was about model citizen when that guy killed his family and he got let out by the lawyer Jamie fox

[@gunnargunnarsson5963]

sounds like what the Triads would use against rats

[@johndododoe1411]

Very similar to his description of flaying.

[@remokim5066]

The photo seen at 3:50 is of bhai Dayala ji, one of the many Sikh gurus who were tortured beyond human imagination because they refused to let their religion bow down and convert to Islam. This is one of the many torture techniques Used by the Mughal empire that ruled india. It is one of the most inhumane empires to ever exist in Asia. They would boil Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists who refused to convert to Islam in water, oil or place them on a large pan and light fire under it, while this happens, they would then pour burning hot sand on top of people. This is all beyond cruelty, not to mention, the youngest execution by a court assembly is also proclaimed by the Mughal empire. The court gave orders to persecute the two youngest sons.of the 10th Sikh Guru, Shri Gobind Singh ji, by bricking them alive. They were Zorawar Singh (9 years old) and Fateh Singh at just 7 years old.

[@jacksoupticeye]

This was interesting, but *why the hell did I listen to it while fixing dinner*

[@warrenpeece1726]

I remember a most horrific method, from The History of Torture - dropping the victim into a tall, hollow tower filled with ashes.

[@woahdang192]

What did the ashes do?

[@warrenpeece1726]

@@woahdang192 Slow suffocation

[@brianmcconnell1817]

Another form of capital punishment was “the blood eagle”. From Wikipedia: “The blood eagle is a ritual method of execution, detailed in late skaldic poetry. According to the two instances mentioned in the Sagas, the victims were placed in a prone position, their ribs severed from the spine with a sharp tool, and their lungs pulled through the opening to create a pair of "wings".”

[@penoyer79]

this method is showcased in Midsommer.

[@solascripturaPR1517]

*after advertisement* "Now, let's get back into it..." Me: "No. No. I think Imma head out."

[@randomobserver8168]

I first learned of scaphism from the events originally recounted in the Anabasis of Xenophon. Cyrus the Younger had raised an army to overthrown his brother, the king. His rebellion failed and he was killed in the battle. The soldier who killed him and presented his head/body to the ruler thereby incurred the wrath of the queen mother, mother to both Cyrus and the king. She sentenced the foolish soldier to the boats. A mother's love.

[@markracer3281]

I cannot think of a better video to end 2020!!! Magnificent you are, Simon!!!

[@7411y]

"You'd be a bit of a weirdo if you did" Simon. Simon, Simon, Simon. I thought you understood your audience.

[@JackalBlack]

My personal favorite: Being "sawed asunder". Horrific enough in how it was done but, when you realize there was more than one reason why they would hang you upside down to do it, it becomes all the more morbid and dreadful.

[@zealotguy]

People forget that the 8th amendment to the constitution forbidding cruel and unusual punishment and establishing rights for the accused actually means something.

[@keepinmeuppodcast76]

Ahhhh Humans. The most “evolved” of Earth’s animals lol

[@au9parsec]

>:-(

[@TheDuke4100]

Nature is way harsher...dont start this silly shit

[@au9parsec]

@@TheDuke4100, I am a angry chipmunk--->🐿

[@robsnider83]

You're right. We should be more like orcas and toss the condemned around and kick them until their body is broken then eat the poor sobs.

[@bankerpiggy4721]

We are the most evolved but also one of the cruelest

[@Adiscretefirm]

This entire episode is an advertisement for the "the past was the worst" t-shirt.

[@Gentleman_Orange]

And "where are my human rights?" x)

[@pearlythobz]

Never thought id be so glad to live in modern times. Note to self: "bitch less"✔️

[@LinhHLe]

burn alive with nukes , coming?

[@lildurpy]

You said that crucifixion was the only method on the list still in use, but Moamer Gaddaffi was impaled in Libya at the hands of the rebel army, which for a brief time technically held official control of the country.

[@titaniumman_22]

Simon is all over the Tube! I subscribe to em’ all.

[@alexdill9667]

At 6 years old, my family took me to the Wax Museum in Victoria B.C. One of the permanent displays was "The Chamber of Horrors". It had figures much like the video thumbnail at 9:07. I was pretty _horrified_ lol. I returned a few years later and either I had become inured to blood and guts, or they had tamed the display considerably. I look back at both visits with fondness. While I wouldn't want to be an actual participant, getting shocked can be a fun, memorable experience.

[@michaelk5007]

I remember that! There was a sign stating that you proceeding to the right at your own risk, for the faint of heart go left!

[@alexdill9667]

@@michaelk5007 yep I remember too. My parents let me decide to go in...and of course curiosity got the better of me, lol.😄

[@upperleftcoastchelseafan7718]

Yep, lots of BC memories for me and my brothers. Probably about 6 or 7 the first time I went through the chamber of horrors, freaked me the hell out for many a night at that age. Last time we went through we just laughed (probably to cover up the real anxiety we remembered as kids). It closed down in 2010.

[@alexdill9667]

@@upperleftcoastchelseafan7718 the Wax Museum closed down?? Man I really wanted to go back there one day! Kids have video games now, who wants to go to a museum nowadays?😞

[@jwenting]

Never been there, but have visited the London Dungeon, a torture museum in London. Pretty interesting place. Was a bit older than 6 years when I went there and was quite intrigued by the ingenious methods of inflicting slow pain and death on people that were on graphic display there. Sadly it now seems to have changed into a theme park complete with rides.

[@DaveyAnkersmit]

And then he said " there is nothing more annoying than having to listen to ads when you are listening to something"...after which he continued to read the ad amids his vid...GG Simon..

[@Livikyu]

Came here for the Oubliette, I was about to comment "Hello Simon! I didn't expect to see you here" but then I realised that's such a stupid thing to comment

[@darrenfry4695]

I remember at school the teacher telling us about using rats as a torture method , the rats would eat there way out of the body .

[@misterscaz6011]

Thank you Simon. I enjoyed that video. Nice way to bring in the holidays. 👍

[@bogdanb32]

My reaction to the thumbnail: "I'm sickened but curious"

[@adrianclifton9102]

What about the ancient Chinese practice of "death by a thousand cuts"? I have the book of cruel and unusual tortures, the description of death by a thousand cuts forced me to put the book down, it's genuinely horrific but worth a mention 🙂

[@rb3872]

You were ahead of me...

[@lowandslow3939]

I was in Mexico City and visited a museum of torture and execution devices. They were all 100% authentic, not replicas. There were examples from all over the world. Each one had its own room that was set up like the torture chamber would have been, with an explanation in various languages. I felt sick to my stomach when I left. I was in Malta for three months and in Valetta, the executioner’s house is still standing. It is on a corner and there is an inscription in the stone house announcing who lived there. It’s been like that since the 1500’s.

[@steffenschiller3189]

Methods of executions as side project? I don't even want to know what the main project was than. Suggestion for side project - Scandinavian stave churches.

[@ilarious5729]

I've found the dark side of Simon lately, first having slaves in his basement and now this 😳

[@kaltaron1284]

Or the Guillotine? Quite the interesting/funny/ironic tale. A doctor wanted to reduce the suffering of people because of inept excecutioners (Why the hellt took it three strikes ot kill Mary Queen of Scots?) but the French Revolution turned it intor an industry.

[@pmsavenger]

I read that as "State churches" and was a bit confused. Like, okey. If you really want to? I even started to think of any specific one that you might have meant, and then I read what you wrote again, and it made so much more sense the second time. :P I blame christmas fatigue.

[@lyndaoneill7813]

We are a sadistic mob.Terrible minds thinking up these horrors to inflict on others.Just shocking.

[@cpuwizard9225]

Jesus that is actually the first time I have been thankful for an ad spot.

[@anubis2044]

The bit about scaphism actually shocked me.

[@cashi4225]

I can not continue watching this. I feel so sorry for them.

[@Dan-yr7zn]

Should have mentioned the blood eagle, that's a good one.

[@Anon411x]

Most likely it wasn't real. You would die from blood loss way way before the blood eagle completion.

[@lausdeandl]

@@Anon411x Not really. You open the thorax on both sides, the person cannot breathe. A double pneumothorax is fatal.

[@MultiScooter63]

I missed the pulling into pieces by 4 horses.

[@brandibergheimer9038]

Needed that breather ty

[@Beavis-et8ox]

Disgusting how creative "humans" have been right from the beginning with inventing better ways to torture other human beings. If they would have been half as creative helping and understanding each other, we would live in a much better world.