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Peculiar Punishments 

Blood  eagle

It is where they cut open your back and use salt to sting the wound .Then they break your ribs upwards to make a wing shape then the lungs were pulled out for texture.Then finally they poured a gallon of salt on the wound so it wouldn't mould

Unusual upright jerker

An upright jerker is where you  hung a person upside down and whacked them as hard as you could with a pole. It’s an awkward way to die. You would try to break their necks or worse and it would always work. It was also a very slow way to die. It wasn’t a punishment you would want to do.

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Frightening fall

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What’s the first thing that comes to your mind? When someone wrongs you. Throw them of a cliff!

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Crazy elephant crush

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Crazy elephant crush is where they would get an elephant and send it out to crush you! It’s one of the worst punishments because you can die in the process. You would have to have done something really bad.

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Scaphism 

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Scaphism was one of the worst and most painful, skin –crawling methods of torture. You would get tied to two trees and get covered in honey and milk. This mixture would go hard and attract bugs . You would eventually die either of diarrhea, dehydration  or bugs will eat you.

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Gridiron

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The Gridiron was basically a grill for roasting people. As one might expect it looked like an iron grill and was placed over a fire or burning coals. Some people were even basted in oil first to ensure proper boiling.

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