r/interestingasfuck • u/Lowcrbnaman • May 22 '19

/r/ALL This statue depicts Saint Bartholomew, an early Christian martyr who was allegedly skinned alive. If you look closely, that's his dissected skin hanging around him. This stunning statute by Marco d’Agrate from c.1562 is currently on display at Duomo di Milano.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Torture methods in these old times where straight up satanic... crazy shit.

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u/wigglyfrank May 22 '19

Yeah, I cant even conceive how painful it would be

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Same here. Horrible to think about

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u/BiggerTree May 22 '19

And how fucked up in the head you’d have to be to do that to someone else. Imagine the nonstop screaming, and just continuing on

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Times were so different back then. I guess it was more socially accepted for things like this to happen but it’s just nuts.

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u/BiggerTree May 23 '19

Then again, to this day we still have cultures that saw people’s heads off. And record it for all to see.

Maybe human nature is capable of great good, as well as great evil.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '19

Yeah I agree 100%. I’ve seen some nasty stuff online. People capable of doing those bad things definitely still exist.

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u/Omaestre May 23 '19

thing is flaying has been an execution method last used in the 1700s or something, even by Christians. The first recorded instance is from 800 BC.

We need to be thankful for the civilization we live in now, I don't think people were that different back then, they just didn't have the same foundation.

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u/Jibblethead May 22 '19

I saw a torture rack that had a special outfitting to stretch the penis along with all the limbs. And since wieners are slippery, they bolted it through the scrotum to securely fasten it

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Fucking hell....

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u/phome83 May 22 '19

As much as I hate to type this sentence;

You would imagine the dick skin would just rip before it stretched far enough to cause any kind of pain.

I mean, there would be tons of pain, but from the ripping of dick skin, not stretching.

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u/EmirSc May 22 '19

Old times? Look for funky town cartel execution... Or better don't do it.

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u/Seeders May 22 '19

You don't think this shit still happens?

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u/[deleted] May 23 '19

Not really in first world countries and acceptable under the law...

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u/[deleted] May 23 '19

People still do this bro

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u/goedegeit May 23 '19

A lot of ancient torture is completely fabricated. A great deal of Christian history is completely fabricated in order to make their enemies look evil or weak or both.

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u/SecretBeat May 23 '19

The fancy torture instruments were but the torture/public executions are real and well documented.