The most terrible methods of execution in history

Jeffrey Mitchell
2 min readDec 2, 2022

(WARNING: SOME CONTENTS OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY HURT THE SENSITIVITY OF THE READER. DISCRETION IS RECOMMENDED).

The death penalty has existed in virtually all human civilizations. From Ancient Greece, where barbarians (foreigners) who were traitors to the polis were executed. Going through the Middle Ages.

Crush by Elephant

The technique used in Asia, mainly in India, was aimed at death and public ridicule. It consisted of throwing the condemned man in front of an elephant so that the latter, feeling threatened, would brutally attack him, causing him a slow, painful and humiliating death.

The Saw

This is, in my opinion, the most brutal method of execution, the most terrible and brutal that exists. Bloodthirsty and painful in a way you can’t even imagine, as well as humiliating and degrading. The technique consists of hanging the person upside down with their legs open and slowly begin to cut them in half until reaching the head. Of course the person dies much earlier, bled to death.

Skinning

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