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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HUMAN CRUELTY - on CD-ROM. Over 1 million words and over 400 illustrations.The Encyclopedia employs the latest Acrobat format and comes with 'Readers' on the CD-ROM for both IBM-compatible (DOS or Windows) and Apple Macintosh computers. WARNING: This CD-Rom is NOT a fancy production. There are no hypertext links, no animation, nor sounds. It is straight text with illustrations. The Encyclopedia is a unique production and its information and illustrations are sufficient, we believe, to have it stand alone as it is.

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ABDUCTION. ABENAKI INDIANS. ABLATION. ABODE OF LIGHT ORPHANAGE. ABORIGINALS, Australian. ABUSE, Child. ABYSSINIA. ACID ATTACKS. ACID BATHS. ACID MUTILATION. AGATHA, Saint. AGNES, Saint. AKBAR AFFAIR. ALBIGENSES. ALCATRAZ. ALEXANDER FAMILY MURDERS. ALEXANDER OF PHERAE. ALGERIA. ALGOLAGNIA. ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES. ALTARS. AMAZONS. AMIN, Idi. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Incorporated. AMPHITHEATRE. AMPUTATION. AMRITSAR MASSACRE. ’MRU, King. ANGLES. ANGLO-SAXON PUNISHMENTS. ANIMALS, Cruelty to. ANIMALS, Death within. ANKLE-CRUSHING. ANTHONY, Saint. ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES. ANTS' NEST TORTURE. ANUNDAL. ANUS. APPACHE INDIANS. APPLE TWIGS. APPRENTICES. APPROVED SCHOOLS. ARCHERY TARGETS. ARGENTINA. ARKANSAS PRISON SCANDAL. ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. ARMPITS. ARMS HELD UP. ARMY PUNISHMENTS. ARRAS WITCH TRIALS. ARTAXERXES. ASHANTI. ASOKA, King. ASSASSINS, The. ASSURBANIPAL 3rd. ASSYRIA. ASYLUMS. ATROCITY STORIES. AUM SHINRI KYO. AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU. AUSTRALIA. AUSTRIA. AUTO DA F&. AUTOEROTIC ASPHYXIA. AVITABLE, General AVO. AXE, Death by. AZTECS. BAADER-MEINHOF GANG. BABY-BATTERING. BABY-FARMING. BABYLON. BALL-AND-CHAIN. BALL-BEARINGS. BALLET GIRLS. BAMBERG WITCH TRIALS. BAMBOO CAGES. BAMBOO GAROTTE. BAMBOO SAWS. BANDIT QUEEN. BANGLADESH. BANNERS, Human. BARB. BARBARY PIRATES. BARBARY SLAVES. BARBED WIRE. BARBIE, Klaus. BAREFOOT. BARGES. BARREL, The. BARTSCH, J½rgen. BASCULE. BASTARDIZATION. BASTILLE, The. BASTINADO. BATAAN DEATH MARCH. B°THORY, Countess Erzs»bet. BATH, Torture of the. BATH-TUB TORTURE. BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME. BATTERED HUSBANDS AND LOVERS. BATTERED WIVES AND LOVERS. BAYONET PRACTICE. BEAST OF THE ANDES, The. BEATING. BECCARIA, Cesare Bonesana. BED RESTRAINTS. BEES. BEHEADING, Death by. BELGIAN CONGO. BELGIUM. BELSEN. BELZEC. BERBER PRISONS. BERGEN-BELSEN. BERIA, Lavrenti Pavlovich. BERKLEY HORSE. BERNARDO, Paul. BIC TRE. BIHAR. BIKE GANGS. BILBOES. BINDING. BINOCULAR-KNIVES. BIRCH, BIRCHING. BIRKENAU. BITING. BIZARRE EXECUTION MODES. BLACK ASSIZE, The. BLACKBIRDING. BLACK DAHLIA, The. BLACK FRONT, The. BLACK HAND, The. BLACK MASS, The. BLINDFOLDS. BLOCK, The. BLOOD, Bathing in. BLOOD PUDDINGS. BLOODY ASSIZES, The. BLUEBEARD. BOARDING SCHOOLS. BOATS, Torture of the. BODIN, Jean. BODY-BELT. BODY PACKING. BODY PARTS, Trade in. BOGER SWING. BOGOMILS. BOGUET, Henry. BOILING-ACT. BOILING OIL. BOILING TO DEATH. BONDAGE AND DISCIPLINE. BOOTIKINS, The. BOOT, The. BORGIAS, The. BORMANN, Martin. BORSTAL INSTITUTIONS. BOUDICCA, Queen. BOWELS. BOXER REBELLION. BRABANT, Jean. BRADY, Ian, and HINDLEY, Myra. BRAINWASHING. BRAND, BRANDING. BRANK, The. BREAKING ON THE WHEEL. BREASTS. BRIDE PURCHASE. BRIDEWELL. BRIDGE OF SIGHS. BROWNRIGG, Elizabeth. BUCCANEERS. BUCHAN, Countess of. BUCHENWALD. BUDDHISM. BULGARIA. BULL, Brazen. BULL'S-HIDE, Torture of the. BULL'S PIZZLE. BULLWHIP. BURDETT, Sir Francis. BURIAL ALIVE. BURMA. BURMA-SIAM RAILWAY. BURNING AT THE STAKE (American Indian). BURNING AT THE STAKE (European). BURNING MURDERS. BURTON, Sir Richard Francis. BUSHIDO. BUTCHER OF RIGA, The. BUTTOCKS. CABEZA de VACA. CAGES. CALDERON, Luisa. CALIGULA. CALVIN, John. CAMBODIA. CAMEL RACES. CANE, CANING. CANGUE. CANNIBALISM. CAPPER, Suzanne. CAPSICUM. CAPTURE, Marriage by. CAROCHA. CART'S-TAIL. CASTRATION. CASTRATO. CATHARINE de' MEDICI. CATHERINE THE GREAT. CATHOLIC CHURCH. CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS. CATTLE PRODS. CAULDRON. CAYENNE PEPPER. CHAINED CHILDREN. CHAIN-GANGS. CHAINS. CHANGI PRISON. CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL. CHEKA. CHELMNO. CHEMICAL WARFARE. CHIKATILO, Andrei. CHILD BRIDES. CHILD LABOUR. CHILD MARRIAGE. CHILD MIGRANTS. CHILD MURDER. CHILD MURDERERS. CHILD PROSTITUTION. CHILDREN, Cruelty by. CHILDREN, Cruelty to. CHILDREN EXECUTED. CHILDREN IN WARTIME. CHILDREN'S COLONY, The. CHILDREN, Torture of. CHILD SACRIFICE. CHILD-SELLING. CHILD SLAVERY. CHILD SOLDIERS. CHILLI. CHIMNEY-SWEEPS. CHINA. CHINESE SECRET SOCIETIES. CHOCTAW INDIANS. CHOKING. CHRISTIANITY. CHRISTIE, Reginald John. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. CHURCHILL, Odette. CIA. CICERO, Marcus Tullius. CLITORIDECTOMY. COALS, Hot. COLD BATHS. COLISEUM. COLLARS. COLLEGE INITIATIONS. COLONIA DIGNIDAD. CONCENTRATION CAMPS. CONFESSION, Religious. CONGO. CONSTANTINOPLE. CONSTITUTIO CRIMINALIS THERESIANA. CONVENTS. CONVENT SCHOOLS. CONVICT SHIPS. CORDS, Torture by. CORNELIAN DISCIPLINE. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT (General). CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN NAZI CAMPS. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT - Judicial. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF CHILDREN. COUNT SCARPIA. COVENANTERS, The. CRAMPS. CRAUPADINE. CREEK INDIANS. CRIMINAL SADISTS. CROMWELL, Oliver. CROP, Riding. CROWLEY, Aleister. CRUCIFIXION. CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. CRUELTY, Fascination with. CRUSADES, The. CRUSHING. CURRY-COMB PUNISHMENT. DACHAU DAHOMEY. DALITS. DAMIENS, Robert Fran¡ois. DANDABERI. DEATH BY COTTON. DEATH BY SLICING. DEATH CAGES. DEATH FOR PAYMENT. DEATH MARCHES. DEATH OF ONE THOUSAND CUTS. DEATH SENTENCE. DEATH SQUADS. DEGRADATION. DEGRELLE, L»on. DELAWARE. DENTAL TORTURES. DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY. DE RAIS, Gilles. DESTITUTE CHILDREN'S ASYLUM. DETENTION, Juvenile. DE VALOIS, Jeanne de. DEVI, Phoolan. DEVIL'S ISLAND. DICE TORTURE. DINA. DIOCLETIAN. DISCIPLINE. DISCIPLINE, The. DISEMBOWELMENT. DISLOCATION. DISMEMBERMENT. DODDINGTON BRIDLE. DOMINANCE. DOMINATRIX. DRAWING AND QUARTERING. DREYFUS, Captain Alfred. DRILL SQUADS. DRIPPING WATER. DROIT DE SEIGNEUR. DROWNING PITS. DRUIDS. DRUSUS. DUCKING-STOOL. DUKE OF EXETER'S DAUGHTER. DUNGEONS. DUSSELDORF, Monster of. EARS. ECUULEUS. EGYPT. EICHMANN, Karl Adolf. EINSATZGRUPPEN. ELECTRIC BATONS. ELECTRIC CHAIR. ELECTRICITY. ELECTRIC SHOCK. ELECTROCUTION. ELEPHANT, Execution by. ELIZABETH, Queen (1st). EMASCULATION. ENEMA. ENGLISH TORTURE. EPIPHANES, Antiochus. ETHIOPIA. ETON COLLEGE. EUNUCHS. EXCREMENT. EXECUTION. EXECUTION BLOCK. EXECUTION CHAIR. EXECUTIONERS. EXECUTION OF CHILDREN. EXHIBITION OF PRISONERS. EXPOSURE. EYE-GOUGING. FAECES. FALANGA. FEET, Toasting. FEMALES EXECUTED. FERULE. FESTIVALS, Whipping. FETAL POSITION. FETTERS. FIELD STOCKS. FINAL SOLUTION, The. FINGERNAILS. FIRE-TREE TORTURE. FLAGELLANTS, The. FLAGELLARIUM. FLAGELLATION. FLAIL. FLAYING ALIVE. FLEET PRISON. FLOATING PRISONS. FLOG, FLOGGING. FLOSSENB&endash;RG. FLYING AEROPLANE. FOOT-BINDING. FOOT-CUFFS. FORCED LABOUR. FORCED MARCHES. FORCE-FEEDING. FOREIGN LEGION, The. FOUNDLING HOSPITALS. FRANCE. FRANCO, Francisco. FRANK, Hans. FRANZ, Kurt. FREETOWN. FREEZING. FRENCH REVOLUTION. FRESNES. FRICK, Wilhelm. FRIESLAND. FRISIANS. FRYING, Death by. GAGS, Gagging. GALLEY-SLAVES. GALLOWS. GAMES, Roman. GARDEN OF TORTURES. GARDNER, Gerald Brousseau. GAROTTE. GAS CHAMBERS. GAUNTLET, Running the. GEBHARDT, Professor Karl. GEHLEN, General Reinhard. GEIN, Edward. GENGHIS KHAN. GENITAL MUTILATION OF FEMALES. GENITALS. GEORGE 3rd, King. GEORGIA. GERMANY. GESTAPO, The. GIBBET-CAP. GIPSIES. GIRARD, Father John Baptist. GLADIATORS. GLOVE, Torture of the. GOAT'S TONGUE, Torture of the. GOEBBELS, Joseph. GONZALEZ SISTERS, The. GÜRING, Hermann Wilhelm. GOVERNESSES. GRANDIER, Father Urbain. GRAND SERAGLIO. GRESE, Irma. GROENE POLICE. GUILLOTINE, The. GULAG, The. HAARMANN, Fritz. HABEAS CORPUS ACT. HAIRSHIRT. HAITI. HAKIM (al-HAKIM), Caliph. HALIFAX GIBBET. HALLOWEEN. HALTERS. HAMSTRING, HAMSTRUNG. HAND OF GLORY. HANGED IN CHAINS. HANGING by ankles. HANGING by arms. HANGING (General). HANGING, Horizontal. HANGING, Mock. HANGING OF CHILDREN. HANGING OF WOMEN. HANGMAN'S POST. HANKEY, Frederick. HARA-KIRI. HARBIN. HAREMS. HAROUN al-RASHID. HASTINGS, Warren. HAWAII. HAWKINS, Sir John. HAZING. HEAD-DOWN, Hanging. HEAD, Shaving. HEBREW PUNISHMENTS. HEIGHTS, Hurling from. HELL-FIRE CLUBS. HELOTS. HELPLESSNESS. HENRY 2nd, King. HENRY 4th, King. HENRY 8th, King. HEXENHAUS. HEYDRICH, Reinhard. HIDEYOSHI (Toyotomi). HIGH-SCHOOL INITIATIONS. HIMMLER, Kurt Heinrich. HITLER, Adolf. HITLER YOUTH. HOBBLE. HOESS, Rudolf Franz. HOG-TIE. HOISTING. HOLOCAUST, The. HOLY INQUISITION, The. HOMOLKA, Karla. HOMOSEXUALITY. HONG KONG. HOOKS. HOOLIGANS. HORROR FILMS. HORSE, Riding the. HORSEWHIPS. HOSING. HÜSS, Rudolf Franz. HOSTAGES. HOT BOOTS. HOT COALS. HOT IRONS, etc. HOT PEPPERS. HOT SEATS. HOUSES OF CORRECTION. HUGUENOTS. HULKS, Prison. HUMAN HORSEPOWER. HUMAN MINESWEEPERS. HUMAN ORGAN TRADE. HUMAN SACRIFICE. HUMAN SHIELDS. HUMAN TARGETS. HUMAN TORCHES. HUMILIATION. HYDROTHERAPY. ICE AND SNOW. ICE HOUSE. IEYASU (Tokugawa). IGNATIUS LOYOLA. ILLUMINATI. IMMOLATION. IMMURE. IMPALEMENT. INCEST. INDIAN MUTINY. INDIANS, American. INDICIA. INDIES, East. INDIES, West. INDO-CHINA. IN DURANCE VILE. INFANTICIDE. INITIATION CEREMONIES. INQUISITION, The Holy. INTERROGATION CHAIR. IRAN. IRAQ. IRELAND. IRIQUOIS INDIANS. IRON BEDS. IRON COLLARS. IRON GAUNTLETS. IRON MAIDEN. IRON MASK, Man in the. IRON, Molten. IROQUOIS INDIANS. ISHII, General Shiro. ISLAMIC PUNISHMENTS. ISLANDS, Penitentiary. ISOLATION CELL. IVAN THE TERRIBLE. IZIEU CHILDREN'S HOME. JAMAICA. JANISSARIES. JAPANESE PRISON CAMPS. JAPANESE SCHOOL PUNISHMENTS. JEANNE d'ARC. JEFFREYS, Judge George. JERSEY (Island of). JERUSALEM, Destruction of. JESUITS, The. JEWISH DISCIPLINE. JOSEPHUS, Flavius. JOUGS. JUDICIAL BEATING. JU-JU. JUVENILE DETENTION CENTRES. KADAR, Janos. KALTENBRUNNER, Dr Ernst. KANDY, Kingdom of. KATANGA. KATYN MASSACRE. KAVADIS. KEATE, Dr John. KEEL-HAULING. KEITEL, Field Marshal Wilhelm. KELOID. KEMPEI TAI. KETCH, Jack. KIDNAPPING. KINGSTON PRISON FOR WOMEN. KINGSWOOD REFORMATORY. KISS, Bela. KISS THE ROD. KNEE-BENDS. KNEECAPPING. KNEELING. KNIGHTS OF BUSHIDO. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. KNOUT, The. KOCH, Ilse. KOREA, North. KOREA, South. KOSCHWALD, Dr Ulrich. KR’MER, Heinrich. KR’MER, Joseph. KUBLAI KHAN. KU KLUX KLAN. KUOMINTANG, The. KURDS. K&endash;RTEN, Peter. LABIA. LAKE, Leonard, and NG, Charles. LAMPSHADES, Skin. LANDRU, Henri D»sir». LAPUCHIN, Madame. LA ROCHELLE, Siege of. LASH. LAWRENCE, T.E. LEAD, Molten. LEG-IRONS. LEG-LOCKS. LEGSCREWS. LENIN, Vladimir Ilyich. LEOPARD CHILDREN. LEOPARD MEN. LETHAL INJECTIONS. LETTRE DE CACHET. LEXINGTON PRISON. LEX TALIONIS. LIBERIA. LICKING. LIGATURE. LITTLE EASE. LIVE COALS. LIVE TARGETS. LODZ GHETTO. LOGAN, Captain Patrick. LOS HERMANOS PENITENTES. LOUDUN. LOUISIANA. LUBYANKA PRISON. LUCKMAN, Paul. LUNETTE. LUPERCALIA. LUST MURDER. LYNCHBURG COLONY. LYNCHING. MACKLE, Barbara Jane. MAFIA. MAIDANEK. MAIDEN'S CHOICE, The. MAIDEN, The. MAIDSERVANTS. MAIMING. MAISONS DE CORRECTION. MALAYSIA. MALLEUS MALIFICARUM. MANACLE CAVE. MANACLES. MANCHURIA. MANDAN INDIANS. MANGU KHAN. MAN IN THE IRON MASK, The. MAN-TRAPS. MANU, Laws of. MAORIS. MARAK&. MARATHAS. MAREK, Martha. MARIA THERESA. MARQUESAS. MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE. MARSDEN, Reverend Samuel. MARTINET. MARTYRS, MARTYRDOM. MASKS, Face. MASOCHISM. MASSACRE OF ST BARTHOLEMEW. MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS. MASSADA. MATAR, General. MAU MAU. MAUTHAUSEN. MAZEPPA, Ivan Stepanovich. McKENZIE MITTS. MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS ON HUMANS (Peacetime). MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS ON HUMANS (World War 2). MEDICAL TREATMENTS, Cruel. MENGELE, Dr Josef. MESSALINA, Valeria. METYARD, Sarah, and daughter. MEXICO MIGRANT CHILDREN. MILGRIM, Stanley. MILICE. MILITARY PUNISHMENTS. MILNES, Richard Monckton. MIRBEAU, Octave Henri Marie. MISHIMA, Yukio. MITHRIDATES. MITRIONI VEST. MOGUL EMPIRE. MOHNKE, General William. MOLTEN IRON. MONGOLS, The. MOORS MURDERS, The. MORGAN, Henry. MORTIFICATION. MOUNT UNZEN. MUDGETT, Herman W. MUI TSAI. MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS. MUSLIM PUNISHMENTS. MUTILATION. MUZZLES. NAIL PRESS. NAKEDNESS. NANKING, Rape of. NAPALM BOMBING. NAPTHA. NATCHEZ INDIANS. NAUTICAL TRAINING FOR BOYS. NAVAL PUNISHMENTS. NAZI PUNISHMENTS. NAZI TORTURES. NAXALITES. NECKLACING. NECK-RING. NECKTIE PARTY. NECROPHILE, NECROPHILIA. NEEDLES. NERO. NETHERLANDS, The. NETTLES, Stinging. NEWGATE CALENDAR, The. NEWGATE PRISON. NEW GUINEA. NEW HEBRIDES. NINJUTSU. NIPPLES. NAOETSU PRISON CAMP. NOBUNAGA (Oda). NORDHAUSEN. NORFOLK ISLAND. NORTHERN IRELAND. NORTH KOREA. NOSE TORTURE. N'TRE DAME DE CHARIT&. NUDITY. NUNS, NUNNERIES. N&endash;RNBERG TORTURE CHAMBER. OATES, Titus. OATMAN, Olive. OBERG, Karl Albrecht. OCKHAM, William of. ODALISQUES. ODETTE. OIL, Boiling. OKIPA CEREMONY. OMARSKA CONCENTRATION CAMP. OMLADINA. OPERATION REINHARDT. ORANIENBURG. ORBILIUS PUPILLUS. ORCAN, Sultan. ORDEALS. ORDER OF THE DEATH'S HEAD. OREGON BOOT. ORGAN TRADE. ORIENTAL GIRL SLAVERY. ORPHANS, ORPHANAGES. OUBLIETTE. PADDLE. PADLOCKS. PAGE-BOYS. PAIN. PARIAH. PARKHURST PRISON FOR BOYS. PARROT'S PERCH. PAVLEVIC, Ante. PEDERASTS. PEINE FORTE ET DURE. PELICAN BAY PRISON. PENANCE. PENETRATION. PENIS TORTURE. PENITENTES, The. PEPPER-WATER. PER"N, Juan Domingo, and Eve Duarte de (Evita). PESTLE AND MORTAR. PETERLOO MASSACRE. PETER THE GREAT. PHALLUSES. PICTON, Sir Thomas. PIEDMONT. PIERCING. PIERREPOINT, Albert. PILGRIMS ENSLAVED. PILLORY. PINCERS, Burning. PINCERS TORTURE. PITFALL. PIZARRO, Francisco. PLANK, Walking the. PL&TE. POE, Edgar Allan. POGROMS. POISON. POISON GAS. POKERS, Red-Hot. POLAND. POLICE, Abuse by. POL POT MUSEUM, Cambodia. POLYCARP, Saint. POPES, The. POWHATAN INDIANS. PREGNANT WOMEN. PRESS GANGS. PRESSING TO DEATH. PRESSING YARD. PRESS-UPS. PRESSURE CHAMBER. PRICKING. PRINCES IN THE TOWER, The. PRISONERS OF WAR. PRISON HULKS. PRISONS, Floating. PRISONS, General. PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE. PUBIC HAIR. PUEBLO INDIANS. PULLEY TORTURE. PUNISHMENT BOX. PUNISHMENT CELLS. PUNISHMENT DRILL. PUNISHMENT JACKETS. PURITANS, The. PUSHKIN, Alexander. QUAKERS, The. QUARTERING. QUESTION, The. QUICKLIME. RABBAH. RACK, The. RAMDOHR, Ludwig. RAPE. RAPE BY CHILDREN. RAPE OF CHILDREN. RAPE OF NANKING. RAPING CHAIR. RATS. RATTAN. RAVENSBR&endash;CK. RAZOR BLADES. RAZOR STROPS. REBEKAH HOME FOR GIRLS. RECTUM. RED-HOT BEDS. RED-HOT IRONS. RED-HOT PINCERS. RED-HOT POKERS. RELIGION AND CRUELTY. RELIGIOUS FLAGELLATION. REPRISALS. RESTRAINER BOARD. RESTRAINING CHILDREN. RESTRAINT. RESTRAINT TORMENT. REXISTS, The. RHINOCEROS-HIDE. RHOTANDA. RIBBENTROP, Joachim von. RIBBON MEN. RIDING THE HORSE. RITUAL MURDERS. RITUAL SCOURGING. ROAST CHICKEN torture. ROASTING ALIVE. ROBBEN ISLAND. ROD-CLOSET. RODS. RÜHM, Ernst, ROLLER TORTURE. ROME, ROMANS. ROMILLY, Sir Samuel. ROPE TORTURES. ROUGH SEX. ROWAN. RUBBER HOSES, Beating with. RUGBY SCHOOL. RUMANIA. RUNNING THE GAUNTLET. RWANDA. SA. SACHER-MASOCH, Count Leopold von. SACHSENHAUSEN. SADE, The Marquis de. SADISM, SADIST. SADO-MASOCHISM. SADO-MASOCHISTIC ART. SAINT LAZARE SCHOOL. SALADIN. SALIM, Prince. SALT MINES. SAMURAI. SANBENITO. SANDAKAN DEATH MARCH. SANDAKAN PRISON CAMP. SàO TOM&. SATANIC MASS, The. SATANISM. SAVAK. SAWING LIMBS. SAXONS. SCAFFOLD. SCALPING. SCALP TORMENT. SCAPHISM. SCARIFICATION. SCARLET LETTER. SCARPIA, Count. SCAVENGER'S DAUGHTER. SCHIRACH, Baldur von. SCHOOL INITIATIONS. SCHOOL PUNISHMENTS. SCHOOL TORMENTS. SCHWAMMBERGER, Josef. SCOLD'S BRIDLE. SCORPION. SCOURGE, SCOURGING. SD. SECRET POLICE. SELF-FLAGELLATION. SELF-PUNISHMENT. SELF-SACRIFICE. SELF-TORTURE. SELWYN, George Augustus. SEMINOLE INDIANS. SENDERO LUMINOSO. SENSORY DEPRIVATION. SEPPUKU. SERIAL KILLERS. SERVANTS. SERVITUDE. SEVERUS. SEX-SLAVERY. SEXTUS TARQUINIAS. SEXUAL ABUSE AND TORTURE. SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN. SEXUAL OFFENCES, Punishment for. SHACKLES. SHANGHAI. SHARI'A LAW. SHAVEN HEADS. SHAWNEES. SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley. SHOAH. SHOWER BATHS. SHREWSBURY SCHOOL. SIBERIA. SIERRA LEONE. SILENT CELL. SJAMBOK. SKINNING ALIVE. SLAVE CARAVANS SLAVE-CHAIN. SLAVE COLLARS. SLAVE-GANGS. SLAVE-GIRLS. SLAVE KINGS, The. SLAVE LABOUR. SLAVE MARKETS. SLAVERY CONTRACT. SLAVERY (General). SLAVERY (Negro). SLEEP DEPRIVATION. SLICING. SMITH, Captain John. SMITHFIELD. SNAKES. SNUFF MOVIES. SNYDER, Ruth. SOBIBOR. SOLDIER ANTS. SOLES OF FEET. SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. SOUTH AFRICA. SPANISH BOOT, The. SPANISH COLLAR. SPANISH INQUISITION, SPANKERS. SPARTA. SPARTACUS. SPATULA. SPEE, Friedrich von. SPIDER, The. SPIKED BARREL. SPREADEAGLED. SQUASSATION. SQUATTING. SQUEEZING. SS. SS-EINSATZGRUPPEN. STAATSSICHERHEITSDIENT. STAKED-OUT. STAKES. STALIN, Joseph. STAN, Colleen. STANDING CELLS. STAR CHAMBER. STARVATION. STASI. STAYNER, Steven. STERILIZATION. STINGING NETTLES. ST JOSEPH'S ORPHAN ASYLUM, NEW JERSEY. STOCKS. STONING, Death by. STOOL TORTURE. STRAFLAGER F&endash;R KINDER. STRAIGHT-JACKETS. STRAPPADO. STRASSER, Gregor. STREET CHILDREN. STREICHER, Julius. STRETCHING. STRIPES. STRIPPING. STROESSNER, President Alfredo. STUN GUNS. SUPERGLUE. SURINAME. SUSPENSION. SUTTEE. SWADDLING BANDS. SWEAT-BOX. SWEDEN. SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles. TAMERLANE. TAR-AND-FEATHERING. TAWSE. TEETH, Extraction of. TELEPHONE CRIMINALS. TELEPHONE TORTURE. TEMPLARS, The. TENDONS. TENTERHOOKS. TEREZ'N. TESTICLES. THAILAND. THERESIENSTADT. THISTLES. THORNS. THOUSAND CUTS, Death of a. THRILL KILLINGS. THUGS, THUGGEE. THUMBCUFFS. THUMBSCREWS. THUMBS, Hanging by. THUMB-TYING. TIBET. TIGER BENCH. TIGER CAGES. TIGHT-LACING. TOASTING FEET. TOENAILS. TOJO, General Hideki. TORQUEMADA, Frey T¤mas de. TORTURE CHAMBERS. TORTURE CLASSES. TORTURE FANTASIES. TORTURE (GENERAL). TORTURE HEADPIECE. TORTURE IMPLEMENTS. TORTURERS, Training of. TORTURE SCHOOLS. TORTURE VICTIMS. TORTURING CHILDREN. TORTURING PROSTITUTES. TOWER OF LONDON, The. TOWERS OF ASHES. TRANSFIXING. TRANSPORTATION. TREADMILL. TREBLINKA. TREPHINE. TRIAL BY ORDEAL. TRIANGULAR PATCHES. TRIANGULAR WOOD. TRUANT SCHOOLS. TURKEY. TWIN BATH TORTURE. TYBURN. TZU-TSI, Dowager Empress. UKRAINE CROSS. UNIT 731. URINE. URUGUAY. USA. USSR. USTASHI, The. VADE IN PACE. VAGAL INHIBITION. VAGINA. VALERIAN. VALESII. VAMPIRISM. V&LODROME d'HIVER. VERGES. VESTAL VIRGINS. VICHY. VIETCONG. VIETNAM. VIKRAMA, King. VINEGAR. VISES. VLAD THE IMPALER. WAFFEN SS. WAGNER, (Wilhelm) Richard. WALLED UP. WANNSEE CONFERENCE. WARSAW GHETTO. WATER-BAG TORTURE. WATER TORTURE. WATER-WHEEL. WEIGHTS. WELT. WEST, Frederick and Rosemary. WESTERBORK. WEST INDIES. WHEEL, The. WHIPPING BLOCK. WHIPPING-BOYS. WHIPPING CULTS. WHIPPING DANCE. WHIPPING FESTIVALS. WHIPPING - Judicial. WHIPPING - Military. WHIPPING - Naval. WHIPPING - Nazi. WHIPPING OF WOMEN. WHITE GIRL SLAVERY. WIESENTHAL, Simon. WILD CHILDREN. WILMINGTON, Delaware. WINCHESTER ROD. WITCHFINDERS. WITCH-HUNT. WITCH MARK. WITCH'S BRIDLE, The. WOMEN EXECUTED. WOMEN WHIPPED. WOODEN COLLARS. WOODEN HORSE. WU HOU, Empress. YAKUZA. YOKE. ZANZIBAR. ZENO, Emperor. ZINGUA, Queen. ZOMBIES. ZULUS.

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. . . . . . Dr MENGELE, in particular, was obsessed with the value of twins to his experimental program and many twin children were saved from the gas chamber by Mengele only to end up as guinea-pigs in his cruel experimental program. He was also interested in dwarfs and saved many of these people for experimentation. A typical and especially horrifying story of experimentation on a child involved Susan Vigorito, who managed somehow to survive all the horrors she was put through and lived to tell the tale after the war. Little Susan was snatched from her parents at the age of just 4 years and found herself locked inside a cage in a terrifying room where white-coated figures moved back and forth and screams and other horrifying sounds were heard all day, every day. Then one day she was removed from her cage, gagged, blindfolded and strapped down on a table. Dr Mengele was operating on one of her tiny legs - without an anaesthetic of any kind! The limb was cut open and the flesh scraped to the bone. The operation being over, her leg was roughly bandaged and then she was just pushed back into her cage and left in pain and anguish to recover. Nobody comforted her, nobody gave her pain-killers. She was just another object of interest to the experimenters . . . [more precedes and follows this text]


BATHORY, Countess Erzs»bet. Often called the Bloody Countess or the Beast of Csejthe, Erzs»bet (or Elizabeth) BÖthory lived in Transylvania in the latter part of the 16th century, dying in 1614. She was Hungarian and the chief, but not the sole, area of her activities was in what is now Czechoslovakia. She was one of the most notorious mass murderers in history, being responsible for the deaths of an estimated 650 or more young women, most of whom were imprisoned in appalling conditions, humiliated and cruelly tortured before dying. Yet the Countess came from a distinguished noble family which included in its ranks kings and princes and was also the devoted mother of four children, three girls, Anna, Ursula and Katarina, and a boy, Paul. Erzs»bet BÖthory was born in 1560 and her early life centred around Ecsed Castle, just one of the family estates. An early hint of her nature comes from an incident in her childhood when she watched, not horrified as other children would be but fascinated and even joyful, as a GIPSY man was executed by being sewn up inside the belly of a dying horse, whose stomach had been slit open for the purpose . . . [more follows]


MOUNT UNZEN. During the years 1626 to 1633 a major persecution of Christians broke out in Japan. One means of execution employed involved slow death by suffocation in hot sulfurous fumes. The prisoner was bound and lowered on a rope into one of the largest cavities of Mount Unzen, with its seething mass of boiling sulfur. It was known as The Mouth of Hell. Young and old, male and female, were lowered and then raised again quickly so as to prolong death. Many died quickly but others lingered, their bodies splashed with burning sulfur and becoming one festering mass of dying flesh. See further under: JAPAN.


CHILD-SELLING. In Sykes's Local Records it was reported: 'In October 1735, a child of James and Elizabeth Leech of Chester le Street in the country of Durham [England] was played for at cards at the Sign of the Salmon, one game 4/- against the child, by Henry and John Trotter, Robert Thomson and Thomas Ellison, which was won by the latter and delivered to those accordingly.' . . . Many children, boys and girls alike, were simply sold outright through the centuries, to raise funds for their parents. Around 450 CE parents in Italy and Gaul, for example, were reported to have sold their children to the Vandals. In early Britain children were often sold as slaves. In the 7th century, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Theodore, ruled that a man might not sell his son into slavery after the age of 7! Apparently to sell a 6-year-old was considered permissible, but not a 7-year-old! And the prelate's edict certainly implies that prior to this time older children were being sold. When the Normans invaded Britain in 1066, it was claimed by one Giraldus Cambrensis that this was a punishment visited by the deity because the English had been selling their children to the Irish as slaves . . . [more follows]


BOGER SWING. Corporal punishment in one form or another was extensively employed in Nazi camps. The usual mode was to hold down or bind the prisoner onto a special whipping bench and to cane or flog him or her on the buttocks. But in one of the camps, one whose name is infamous, AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU, a very special mode of discipline was devised, a variant of normal whipping, and the man who came up with this diabolical invention was named Wilhelm Boger, an SS investigative officer, described as Number Three man in the camp, and feared by one and all. Indeed, so useful was this device that after the war it re-surfaced under different names, employed by torturers in several other countries. Boger's idea was deceptively simple. He had a metal framework constructed. This was really just a sort of stand with suitable grooves into which a heavy rod fitted. What happened was this. The prisoner would be brought in and stripped. He or she (for women did not escape this punishment) would then be made to sit on the floor with the legs drawn up towards the body. Next the prisoner would be told to clasp his hands in front of his knees. The hands would be bound together, then the rod would be slipped through the gap formed by the elbows and knees. Moments later the prisoner would find himself hanging suspended from the metal framework, more-or-less HEAD-DOWN . . . [more follows]


HIMMLER, Heinrich (Kurt). Heinrich (Kurt) Himmler was born on October 7, 1900, in Munich, Bavaria. His father was a school governor and a typical German father of the day, stern and authoritarian. Himmler was brought up in the Catholic faith and drilled in obedience to parents, State and Church. After a high school education he joined the Army at the age of 17, just as the war was being lost by Germany. What happened in the years between the war and the mid-1920s when Himmler became active in the Nazi Party are not fully known. Himmler, like other leading Nazis, later worked assiduously to have all records of his misdeeds expunged. However, he apparently spent some time studying in a technical college and, it is believed, probably for a time lived off the earnings of his prostitute-girlfriend, Frieda Wagner, a woman some years older than Himmler. The couple frequently fought one another, so much so that neighbours complained to police over the disturbances. Then one day Himmler disappeared and the woman's body was found. Himmler was eventually arrested and brought to trial on a murder charge but was found not guilty for lack of proof . . . [more follows]

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