http://historyhorrors.today.com The Past is Filled With The Darkest Moments... Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:28:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  Horrors revealed by author Chaz Wood   They may have worn nice red uniforms, but the Inquisitors of medieval Spain were not an amusing lot. Having railed slightly against the trend for revising history in my earlier "Bloody Eagle" article, I'm now going to redress the balance and offer a few documented ... http://historyhorrors.today.com/2009/06/16/nobody-expects-spanish-inquisition/   Dentures may not strike the reader as something so horrific as to be included in "History Horrors," and I agree it's nothing like murder or war crimes, but losing one's teeth is a small horror. While we're young we often take our teeth for granted, we even experience losing them one ... http://historyhorrors.today.com/2009/05/31/dentures-real-teeth/   Another contribution to our morbid collection from author Chaz Wood. Come in, children. Come in, it's always lovely to see so many happy, smiling faces. That's all about to change as we take a quick tour among some of the most heinous and barbaric instruments of unpleasantness ever devised by our devious-minded ... http://historyhorrors.today.com/2009/05/24/torture-bloody-scraps/ Dr. J Marion Sims is considered to be the Father of Modern Gynecology. As with all Fathers, you look up to them until you find all of their dirty secrets. Dr. J was a man of his times. I don't think he meant to be intentionally cruel, he just didn't ... http://historyhorrors.today.com/2009/05/10/dr-j-marion-sims-black-women-experimentation/ I know we've covered some pretty awful torture methods on History Horrors, but this one...I'm getting chills and my anus is tightening up. Take a close look at the picture, give it a moment... That's a chair. That thing is meant for people to sit on. It's called a Judas Chair because ... http://historyhorrors.today.com/2009/05/03/judas-chair-torture/ I'm sure many of us have heard of soldiers taking trophies from the fallen enemy as a symbol of their victory. A scalp seems to be the most common, but I've heard of teeth being taken or, yes, even ears. For the ears, I was told a story by a co-worker ... http://historyhorrors.today.com/2009/04/25/testicle-trophies-foreskins/ This was written for History Horrors by Chaz Wood, author of Maranatha. I don't think we're even worthy of the great writing he does. Read through this from start to finish. At first you'll be thinking, "well, this is a nice history lesson," then towards the middle you'll be thinking, ... http://historyhorrors.today.com/2009/04/19/carving-bloody-eagle/ With all the recent talk of modern pirates in the news--which feels absurd and archaic, can't someone spot their pathetic pirate ship and blow it out of the water with a drone--I thought I'd write about seafaring punishment from the 17th and 18th centuries. It's officially called "keelhauling" and was performed ... http://historyhorrors.today.com/2009/04/11/drown-scrape-skin/ I figured since Easter is coming up that instead of writing about the methods used to hunt Easter Rabbits (a rare history indeed) that I would highlight the "how to's" of crucifying, whether that be a human or a human claiming to be a god. We all have the familiar imagery ... http://historyhorrors.today.com/2009/04/05/perform-crucifixion-easter/ Sometimes the vehicle designs that put a smile on our face while shopping for a new car have a past drenched in blood. Hitler, the savy economic brainstormer, wanted a vehicle for the people. One that everyone could afford. That is is you were a pure German I guess. Those ... http://historyhorrors.today.com/2009/03/28/hitlers-volkswagen/