French philosopher Georges Bataille wrote in his 1949 essay The Cruel Practice Of Art that art "puts us on the path of complete destruction and suspends us there for a time, [offering] us ravishment ...

Medieval Historian Matt Lewis delves into the grisly details of medieval torture techniques. We cover everything from what it was like to be 'hung, drawn, and quartered' to the terrifying specialties ...

During the Middle Ages, torture was considered a legitimate way to extract confessions, punish offenders, and perform executions. Some methods were considerably crueler than others — these 10 being ...

Medieval Torture Devices MARTHA SKYE MURPHY: One of the main visual references that’s in the song “Need,” which I perform with Roy Montgomery, is this line about my hands being bound in string. That’s ...