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Methods of Torture and Superstitions During the Salem Witch Trials.
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Methods of
Torture and
Superstitions
During the
Salem Witch Trials
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Methods of Torture•Water boarding
•Strappado•Squassation•Red hot pincers•Burning Iron Chair•Hanging•Burning at the
Stake
•Death upon the rack
•Beheading•Drawing and
Quartering •The Wheel•Garrotting Chair•The Boots•Vat of lime
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Waterboarding•Water by the jugfuls were funnelled into the victim’s swelling body as he or she was stretched between iron rings secured to the wall and the floor.
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Strappado•Prisoner’s wrists
were bound to a rope, which was placed on a pulley.
•Man on other side of rope would pull prisoner off the ground and drop him from a certain height s so that his shoulders and arms dislocated
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Squassation•This torture is similar to
strappado except that the rope is suddenly released and then checked before the prisoner’s feet touched the floor.
• It was also done to dislocate limbs and it sometimes caused death.
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Red Hot Pincers/Burning Iron
Chair•Pincers made of metal and set in fire- used to burn and tear flesh
• Iron Chair- The prisoner was bound to an iron chair with a hole in its seat; then a fire was lit beneath the chair.
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Hanging• Considered ideal
punishment because it was not gory as beheading was and it was cheap (a skilled executioner was not needed)
• Death after time of hanging usually occurs about 20 minutes later
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Burning at the Stake
• Preferred because it did not shed the victim’s blood and it insured that the condemned did not have a body to carry on the next life.
• Some would be hanged then have their dead bodies be burnt at the stake, yet most would be burnt alive.
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Death Upon the Rack
• Prisoner would be tied to the rack and would be elongated gradually for days
• Every joint in the body would be dislocated• Loud popping heard during a very painful
process• Inquisitor would apply more tortures to
prisoner while he is being stretched out
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Beheading• It is effective and humane
if it is conducted properly• Can be very gruesome
and may require several blows to several the head if not conducted properly be a skilled headsman- very gory because blood from the aorta and veins spurt out
• Prisoner dies from shock and loss of blood pressure, and due to the fact that the head is severed
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Drawing and Quartering
• The most commonly used form of drawing and quartering included tying four horses to the prisoner in his extremities (hands, feet) and send the horses galloping off in different directions
• Resulted in complete quartering of the body
• People gathered to watch the drawing and quartering as a form of entertainment and such
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The Wheel• Prisoner would be tied to
the edge of a wheel or a rock
• Prisoner would then be rolled down a hill, usually over beds of spikes and such, so that the body was totally mutilated by the time the wheel reached the bottom
• Considered a popular form of punishment that was enjoyed by viewers and spectators passing by.
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Garroting Chair
•Prisoner’s head was locked into a cuff while a sharp point was screwed in slowly into the back of prisoner’s neck
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The Boots/ Vats of Lime• The suspect’s legs
were enclosed in a wooden “boot” and then wedges were driven down through the top. This technique smashed the legs.
• Stubborn prisoners were thrown into vats of scaulding lime and scrubbed with wire brushes
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Magical Self Protection
• Drive a nail into the witch’s footprint in a dusty road; this act will cause a similar wound in the foot itself.
• Tear a witch’s forehead above the brow until the blood runs, and this act will neutralize her spell.
• Nail a horseshoe above the front door.• Attach a “hag-stone” (a holed stone) to the
keys of the barns to protect farm animals from bewitchment.
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• Hide a pair of scissors or knife under the doormat.
• Place long glass tubes with colored pebbles up the chimney.
• S-shaped wall-ties were thought to guard a house from storms.
• Pain a hex (anti-witch symbol) on barn doors.
Magical Self Protection
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Superstitions• Knocking on Wood• Throwing Salt
over the Shoulder• Yawning and
Sneezing• Brides veil/church
bell• Broken mirrors• 7, 9, 40, 13