Stage 2: Drawing (disembowelment) After enduring partial hanging, the victim would then be“drawn” – a process which involved disembowelling them while still alive. This act mainly targeted ...

The Hung, Drawn & Quartered located in Tower Hill is themed to one of the most brutal forms of execution, primarily used for cases of High Treason during the medieval and early modern eras.

By anatomically dissecting each stage of this medieval punishment, we can understand the profound agony the gunpowder plot co ...