Abacination: There Is A Band
from Torture: A Dark History Hosted by Kevin Young & Dan Hourigan: Your Dark History Historians
What happens when blinding becomes a weapon of torture, punishment, and political power? In this episode of Torture: A Dark History, Kevin Young and Dan Hourigan explore the brutal history of abacination — the deliberate blinding of a person as a form of torture or punishment. From biblical stories and the blinding of thousands of Bulgarian prisoners after the Battle of Kleidion, to Persian emperors who blinded members of their own royal families, and even forced solar gazing in Iran, the history of blinding is filled with brutal examples of punishment and political control. We also look at methods of eye torture, including hot pokers, boiling liquids, chemical burns from lime, and other methods used to destroy a person's sight. Abacination, blinding, torture, executions, punishment, and the history of humanity's darkest practices — all with the twisted humor you've come to expect from Torture: A Dark History. Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen. https://www.instagram.com/torturepod/ https://twitter.com/torturepod Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/curiosity License code: 7QU9IW0B2IJBFZJY Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/christian-larssen/suburban-honeymoon License code: 1OKNVEXYPW8QAYSH References: Hirsch, Arnold E., ed., The Book of Torture and Executions (Toronto: Golden Books, 1944), part 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacination#:~:text=Abacination%20is%20a%20form%20of,plate%20held%20before%20their%20eyes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinding_(punishment) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/%C3%86lfric%27s_Lives_of_Saints/09luc_eng https://books.google.com/books?id=HSWpSJINLRwC&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.smh.com.au/world/eye-for-an-eye-punishment-for-iranian-who-blinded-lovers-husband-20101214-18vpp.html https://medium.com/@TaheriKaveh/eye-for-an-eye-iran-s-court-gouges-eye-of-a-young-man-convicted-of-blinding-fc845ae72d7e https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/730160/Man-blinded-acid-attack-four-year-old-girl-eye-for-eye-Iran https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/iran-applies-sharia-law-and-blinds-man-over-acid-attack-1.2128154 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/05/eye-for-an-eye-iran-blinds-man-who-carried-out-acid-attack https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Abacination/3540340651 https://archive.org/details/deathofkingsroya0000evan/page/37/mode/2up https://historyofyesterday.com/the-byzantine-ruler-who-left-15-000-soldiers-blind-c70de1ad4ff9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41433-019-0742-2 https://bjo.bmj.com/content/94/10/1406 Please give us a 5 star rating and review!!
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Dan and Kevin explore the horrifying method of torture known as Abacination otherwise known as Blinding (by light, technically). They'll cover an infamous biblical use of blinding, a Saint with a very unbelievable story, the blinding of an entire army, FSG, Irish food, and much more! Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/curiosity https://uppbeat.io/t/christian-larssen/suburban-honeymoon References: Hirsch, Arnold E., ed., The Book of Torture and Executions (Toronto: Golden Books, 1944), part 1. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/%C3%86lfric%27s_Lives_of_Saints/09luc_eng https://books.google.com/books?id=HSWpSJINLRwC&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Abacination/3540340651 https://archive.org/details/deathofkingsroya0000evan/page/37/mode/2up https://historyofyesterday.com/the-byzantine-ruler-who-left-15-000-soldiers-blind-c70de1ad4ff9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41433-019-0742-2 https://bjo.bmj.com/content/94/10/1406 Please give us a 5 star rating and review!!
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