Iron maiden
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The iron maiden is a mythical torture device, believed to have been first created in the 19th century. It consists of a solid iron cabinet with a hinged front and spike-covered interior, sufficiently
Various neo-medieval torture instruments. An iron maiden stands at the right, with its door opened to reveal the spikes on its interior surface.
An open iron maiden
Alleged iron maiden from the outside (left) and inside (right) captured at jihadist camp in Congo
Copy of the iron maiden of Nuremberg on display in Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Ducking stool
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Ducking stools or cucking stools were chairs formerly used for punishment of disorderly women, scolds, and dishonest tradesmen in medieval Europe and elsewhere at later times. The ducking-stool was a
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…Brazen bull Ducking stool Uday Hussein – built a similar device during the 1990s…
Ducking or cucking stool, a historical punishment for the common scold
17th Century ducking stool at Leominster, England; last used in 1809