Case #029 - The Twisted History Of Torture

Welcome to Episode Twenty-Nine of Do You Dare?   All this November, Tuesdays are for Twisted History over here at Do You Dare? So buckle up because the past has never been more revealing.   Join us this week as Em picks five of histories most horrifying torture methods and tells you all about them.   (Trigger Warning's for graphic and gory descriptions of torture, mentions of SA and child abuse.)   In this episode Em will be covering Rat Torture, The Rack, The Judas Cradle, The Blood Eagle and Lingchi and telling you about not only the dark history behind them but all of the gory details of what they entailed.   Play along with Cian as he tries to figure out which is the worst of the lot with each new method Em introduces.   Thanks to everyone who has joined us for this week's interesting case and we hope to see you back next Tuesday as Cian tells us about a certain flood involving a popular beverage.   If you enjoyed this episode it would mean the world to us if you could take a minute to rate, review and subscribe!  Don't forget you can join in the conversation with us over on social media to share your thoughts and theories.  You can contact us at [email protected] if you want to suggest cases, tell us your personal true crime or paranormal stories to be read out in future listener episodes or just to say hi!   *Ad included at the beginning of this episode is for Down The Crooked Path Podcast and you can find them at @downthecrookedpath on Instagram for more information.*   (sources for this episode were: britanica.com, elite readers.com, medievalBritain.com, ati articles, historyhit.com, a medium article, keele.ac.uk, smithsoniamag.com, chinaknowlage.de, Wikipedia, historyskills.com historydefined.net, theworldofchinese.com, ancient-origins.net)