Rat torture, execution vans, scaphism, these 5 cruel punishments from history that will still haunt you History’s cruelest punishments exposed humanity’s darkest instincts. These brutal methods were ...

1. Brickin’ It - Immurement. From the Vestal Virgins of Ancient Rome to 19th-century Persia (where criminals were known to have been bricked up alive into city walls head downwards) the ‘walling in’ ...

1. Brickin’ It - Immurement. From the Vestal Virgins of Ancient Rome to 19th-century Persia (where criminals were known to have been bricked up alive into city walls head downwards) the ‘walling in’ ...

History’s cruelest punishments exposed humanity’s darkest instincts. These brutal methods were designed to torture, terrify, ...