Try Out The Punishment

Torture, Death and Damnation Exhibition

Discover how wrongdoers were treated before the days of prisons.
For petty theft you couldhave been branded with a hot iron, had your ear nailed to a post or been publicly whipped.
Branding

Branding with a hot iron left the victim with a scar what would identify him for the rest of his life
Thumbscrews

Thumbscrews were commonly used to extract confessions
Whip

Public whippings were common place
Did You KnowDid You Know?Before the days of prisons, for petty theft you could have been branded with a hot iron, had your ear nailed to a post or been publicly whipped.
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