Worst Punishments in Human History

Aug 10, 2023

Worst Punishments in Human History

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0.56 -> you're probably familiar with a lot of

2.96 -> different punishments from detention to

5.359 -> jail time you might have even heard

7.52 -> about barbaric historical sentences such

10.32 -> as hangings burnings and stonings but as

13.28 -> dreadful as they were humans throughout

15.519 -> history have come up with even more

17.76 -> twisted and terrible ways to punish

20.24 -> alleged wrongdoers from burning bulls to

23.039 -> bug buffets these are some of the worst

25.68 -> punishments in human history

33.2 -> sacking of rome

35.2 -> have you ever been in a cramped spot

36.88 -> with someone you don't like maybe shared

39.2 -> an elevator with that one annoying

40.96 -> co-worker well it could always be worse

44.719 -> that annoying co-worker could also be an

47.039 -> angry venomous snake

48.96 -> the ancient roman point of courier or

51.68 -> punishment of the sack involved placing

53.76 -> the victim into a large canvas sack

56.48 -> at this point a dog cat monkey rooster

59.68 -> and snake would then also be tossed into

62.48 -> the sack before the sack itself was

64.64 -> thrown into a river

66.56 -> the idea behind buoyance was that as the

69.84 -> sax slowly filled with water the

71.92 -> frightened and aggressive animals inside

74.08 -> would tear each other and the

75.68 -> unfortunate victim stuck in the middle

77.759 -> apart

78.96 -> the exact animals thrown into the sack

80.88 -> varied from punishment to punishment

82.799 -> after all why waste a perfectly good

84.56 -> monkey when you could just use an extra

86.159 -> rooster this nasty punishment was most

88.799 -> often meted out to those accused of

90.799 -> parasite which is the crime of slaying

93.04 -> one of your parents

94.64 -> i'm not exactly sure why slaying your

96.72 -> parents would net you a timeout in the

98.479 -> danger sack doesn't seem like an

100.479 -> especially ironic or fitting punishment

102.72 -> maybe it's funnier if you speak latin

104.96 -> either way this barbaric punishment fell

107.2 -> out of style in the 3rd century ce in

109.52 -> rome only to be reinstated by emperor

112.24 -> justinian 200 years later where it

114.56 -> remained in use for another 400 years

117.28 -> definitely redefines the meaning of

119.36 -> getting the sack

122.479 -> skafing reviews

124.799 -> if you were told you were going to be

126.56 -> experiencing the boats in ancient persia

129.2 -> you might expect a pleasant trip

130.959 -> lounging along the corona river lazily

133.76 -> eating dates in reality you'd be in for

136.64 -> one of the most disgusting experiences

138.959 -> imaginable devised in the 5th century

141.44 -> bce scafism also known as the boats was

145.44 -> a punishment that started off sweet

147.92 -> literally the victim was fed a large

150.16 -> amount of sweet honey and milk or cream

152.56 -> and things got considerably less

154.4 -> comfortable after that if the victim was

157.12 -> lucky they would be tied up inside a

159.04 -> boat if they weren't they'd be placed

161.519 -> inside a boat before another upturned

163.92 -> boat was placed on top of them so that

165.84 -> their arms legs and head were sticking

168 -> out the boats were then pushed into a

170.16 -> lake or swamp and this is where things

172.879 -> get nasty the sickly mixture of milk and

175.599 -> honey would eventually cause the victim

177.28 -> to vomit or

179.28 -> relieve their bowels in addition to

181.44 -> being gross and causing dehydration the

183.76 -> sugary contents of the victim's

185.519 -> excretions would also attract insects

188 -> incredibly quickly over the next few

190.319 -> days the victim would slowly starve

192.159 -> while their body was consumed inside the

194 -> boat by flies maggots and any other

196 -> awful swamp creatures you can imagine if

198.319 -> you'd done something really bad your

200.4 -> boat would be pulled back ashore so you

202.239 -> could be force-fed more milk and honey

204.08 -> to drag out this process even longer

207.04 -> plutarch a greek essayist recorded an

209.599 -> instance where a persian soldier killed

211.519 -> a nobleman and survived 17 days of

214.64 -> scafism before succumbing to his

216.56 -> punishment man and i thought an hour of

219.2 -> detention after school was a cruel

221.28 -> sentence

223.68 -> rats

224.959 -> the throughout human history wherever

226.72 -> people have gathered in large numbers

228.56 -> rats have followed living in our homes

230.799 -> rent-free and eating our delicious trash

234.159 -> it's only fair we put them to work

236.4 -> in modern times rats are mostly employed

238.64 -> as test subjects in scientific research

240.959 -> but if we jump back a few hundred years

243.04 -> these pernicious pests were

244.72 -> proliferators of pain

246.959 -> in the 17th century the dutch would

248.959 -> place a rat on a prisoner's abdomen

250.879 -> before securing a pot or half cage over

253.36 -> the rat the pot would then be heated and

255.76 -> the rat eager to escape would begin to

259.199 -> burrow through the prisoner's skin

261.759 -> of course this isn't the only way we

263.52 -> humans have utilized rats to hurt each

265.28 -> other of all the awful places you could

267.6 -> end up in medieval england the tower of

269.919 -> london had to be the worst

272.479 -> the infamously gruesome prison made use

274.8 -> of a special rat dungeon which i'm sorry

277.84 -> to say wasn't for imprisoning criminal

280.56 -> rats the waters of the nearby river

282.88 -> thames would often rise in the rain and

285.04 -> sweep the rats of the city into the

286.639 -> dungeon where they would scare and even

288.72 -> nibble on the chained up prisoners

290.8 -> around the same time in germany rats

292.56 -> were being starved and then placed in a

294.32 -> cage which would then be fastened around

296.24 -> the victim's neck

297.68 -> i'm sure you can imagine what the

299.199 -> cramped hungry rats did next

301.36 -> yikes or should i say rats

304.4 -> well between being eaten alive by rats

306.4 -> and being eaten alive by insects which

308.639 -> do you think is the worst punishment for

311.199 -> the rats hit the subscribe button and

313.039 -> for the insects hit that like button

315.44 -> all done great now what horror have we

318.32 -> got next

321.039 -> what a drip

322.639 -> let's take a break from physical harm

324.32 -> for a moment to talk about psychological

326.56 -> torture and no i don't mean watching a

329.36 -> modern simpsons episode

331.28 -> chinese water torture is a form of

333.199 -> punishment and interrogation that

335.039 -> involves restraining someone's arms and

336.8 -> legs before placing a bucket full of

338.8 -> water above their head the bucket has a

341.12 -> small pinprick sized hole in the bottom

343.12 -> that drips water onto the victim at

344.8 -> regular intervals the victim is usually

347.12 -> positioned so the drops hit them on the

349.12 -> forehead which along with your

350.639 -> fingertips is one of the most sensitive

352.479 -> areas of the body while this may not

354.479 -> sound so bad at first it could last for

357.44 -> weeks as the process goes on it becomes

360.16 -> more and more maddening because the

361.84 -> victim is unable to think or concentrate

364 -> on anything other than the constant

365.84 -> dripping thoughts become incoherent

368.319 -> other sensations fade away until all

370.639 -> that's left is the hammering feeling of

374.56 -> in some instances the victim would be

376.319 -> told the water contained poison that

378 -> would deteriorate their mind over time

380.24 -> compounding feelings of anxiety and

382.24 -> paranoia in all likelihood the chinese

384.96 -> are getting undeserved flack as the

386.8 -> pioneers of this punishment as its use

389.12 -> was first documented in italy in the

391.6 -> late 15th century hippolytus that must

394.08 -> sell wrote that the punishment was

396.08 -> inspired by the way natural water would

397.919 -> slowly erode stones over time it's

400.4 -> thought the word chinese was added

402.319 -> simply to make it seem exotic and

403.919 -> mysterious like the yield equivalent of

406.88 -> smart water

408.4 -> since then it's been utilized all over

410.319 -> the world from the american civil war to

412.24 -> spanish inquisitors in the 16th century

414.56 -> who also experimented with forced

416.479 -> drinking as punishment

418.88 -> well at least they didn't have access to

420.56 -> sparkling water

423.84 -> white light

425.36 -> our next punishment is known as white

427.44 -> torture or sometimes white terror to

430.72 -> understand white terror however we first

432.72 -> need to understand solitary confinement

435.039 -> solitary confinement is a form of

436.8 -> punishment frequently used against

438.56 -> prisoners today that involves placing

440.24 -> them in a small cell devoid of human

442.24 -> contact or activities in the united

444.8 -> states solitary confinement is used to

446.72 -> reprimand behavior as major as starting

448.72 -> fights but also as minor as having extra

451.12 -> rolls of toilet paper in your cell most

453.44 -> solitary cells are just six by nine feet

455.919 -> in size smaller than a standard car keep

458.639 -> in mind this imprisonment can last for

460.56 -> days weeks or months resulting in

463.36 -> extreme distress and psychological

465.36 -> damage because humans are naturally

467.599 -> social animals our brains often invent

469.84 -> stimuli when they're deprived of it

472 -> extended solitary confinement is known

474 -> to lead to hallucinations paranoia

476.319 -> depression nightmares disassociation

478.72 -> from your body and even physical pain

481.039 -> and nausea

482.24 -> one inmate in solitary for 23 days once

484.96 -> said one night i heard someone screaming

487.52 -> far away

488.72 -> then i realized it was me though it's

491.36 -> hard to imagine there's actually an even

493.759 -> more extreme version of solitary

495.52 -> confinement white terror the victim is

498.479 -> placed inside a stark bright white room

501.599 -> everything in the room is white and

503.28 -> non-reflective from the bed to the

505.199 -> toilet and even the victim's clothes

507.759 -> bright lights are positioned in such a

509.599 -> way as to eliminate as many shadows as

511.919 -> possible and make the victim feel as

514.08 -> though they are trapped in a white void

516.08 -> even meal time is no escape from the

517.919 -> encompassing whiteness as they are fed

519.76 -> white rice from white bowls which is

522 -> silently slid through a hatch in the

523.839 -> white door these meals occur at random

526.32 -> times so the victim is unable to gauge

528.24 -> how much time has passed since their

529.92 -> imprisonment in the white room it's hard

532.48 -> to tell if it's been days or weeks since

534.48 -> your last conversation oh and silence is

537.76 -> another awful part of this punishment

539.92 -> the only way prisoners can communicate

541.839 -> with guards is to slip a white sheet of

543.839 -> paper under the door but even then the

546.08 -> guards are instructed to wear cushioned

547.68 -> shoes that don't produce any noise when

549.76 -> walking about the effects of the white

551.92 -> room are the complete overwhelming

554.24 -> deprivation of anything except one's own

556.959 -> mind which quickly deteriorates

559.92 -> just 15 minutes in the white room is

562.48 -> said to lead to feelings of paranoia and

564.88 -> anhedonia the inability to feel

567.04 -> happiness

568.16 -> white torture was supposedly invented by

570.24 -> the cia in the 1970s for utilization

573.04 -> against the viet cong iran still uses

575.76 -> white torture today and one detainee put

577.92 -> it thusly after three days i wanted

580.32 -> words anything even swearing even

583.12 -> interrogation

584.48 -> considering i can't make it five minutes

586.32 -> without looking at my phone i hate to

588.48 -> think how quickly i'd crack

592.24 -> severe feather warning

594.88 -> if you've ever seen an old cartoon you

597.279 -> may be familiar with the practice of

598.88 -> tarring and feathering

600.48 -> this old-timey punishment involves

602.079 -> slathering the victim in hot tar before

603.92 -> dumping a bag of feathers over them

605.68 -> making them look like a giant chicken

607.839 -> the obscure punishment was first used in

609.92 -> the 12th century by sea captains as a

612.16 -> way of punishing thieves in the english

613.839 -> navy centuries later in the 1760s it was

616.56 -> rediscovered by colonial americans and

618.48 -> became a favorite form of mob justice

621.2 -> usually employed against folks that had

622.8 -> simply offended the sensibilities of a

624.64 -> community

625.76 -> unlike other punishments discussed today

628 -> tarring and feathering wasn't meant to

629.76 -> end the victim's life so much as hurt

631.92 -> and humiliate them pine tar was often

634.48 -> used as it has a relatively low melting

636.88 -> point of around 130 degrees fahrenheit

639.76 -> this means the tar becomes goopy and

641.519 -> sticky long before it becomes lethally

644.32 -> hot but would also still be hot enough

646.56 -> to cause burns and blisters these

648.56 -> blisters did hold the risk of becoming

650.399 -> infected and causing worse problems down

652.32 -> the line but also served as a visual

654.959 -> indicator you'd been punished long after

657.12 -> you defeated yourself

659.12 -> tarring and feathering was often carried

660.959 -> out in a public form before the victim

662.8 -> was paraded through the streets where

664.48 -> they could be mocked by onlookers

666.64 -> disempowerment humiliation and pain were

669.2 -> the ultimate goals of this punishment

671.279 -> though the practice fell out of fashion

672.88 -> as official state mandated punishment it

675.279 -> turns out that it's pretty hard to put a

676.8 -> lid on mob justice in america there are

679.68 -> reports of men who refuse to serve in

681.279 -> the first world war being tired and

682.72 -> feathered in the streets the barbaric

684.88 -> punishment even popped up as recently as

687.279 -> 2007 in ireland where someone dealing

689.76 -> illicit substances was tied to a

691.68 -> lamppost before being tarred and

693.279 -> feathered by vigilantes i better not get

695.839 -> on their bad side i never look good in

697.92 -> feather jackets

701.279 -> an elephant

702.399 -> never forgives

704.48 -> you have to feel bad for elephants all

706.72 -> they really want to do is chill out by

708.32 -> the watering hole with their buds but

710.48 -> because they're so big and weird looking

712.56 -> humans have used them for everything

714.48 -> from circus performances to weapons of

716.8 -> war and even for executions

719.6 -> the most infamous and well-known

721.36 -> employment of elephant executioners

723.6 -> comes from medieval india and was known

725.839 -> as gongorao

727.519 -> if you consider that an asian elephant

729.44 -> typically weighs around eight thousand

731.36 -> eight hundred pounds as much as nine

733.519 -> grand pianos it doesn't take long to

735.839 -> figure out how they could be used to end

737.92 -> a life gungo rao involved the victim

740.48 -> placing their head on a wooden stake as

742.639 -> an elephant was slowly marched towards

744.72 -> them before squishing the life out of

746.48 -> them with their enormous feet dunga rao

748.88 -> was not employed conservatively and was

750.959 -> the punishment of choice for everything

752.72 -> from thievery to tax evasion

755.36 -> this is perhaps why it captured the

757.12 -> imaginations of medieval travelers to

759.04 -> india though elephantine executions

761.44 -> actually dated back to the classical era

764.079 -> they were employed in ancient rome

765.76 -> carthage and macedon and one instance

768.399 -> after the death of alexander the great

770.16 -> macedonian regent pardissus sentenced

773.04 -> dozens of insurrectionists to a hefty

775.36 -> trampoline and while the straightforward

777.6 -> smooshing was devastatingly effective

779.839 -> there have been other more creative

781.92 -> forms of pachyderm punishments around

784.079 -> the globe in thailand elephants would

786.24 -> fling victims around like ragdolls with

788.399 -> their powerful trunks whereas in sri

790.399 -> lanka they'd be gored with their

792.079 -> menacing tusks

793.68 -> the moroccan traveler ibn patuto wrote

795.92 -> of an incident of ganga rao in which the

798.16 -> elephants were wearing sharp instruments

800 -> on their feet and tusks to aid in the

802.32 -> execution which really seems like

804.959 -> overkill to me

806.56 -> literally

809.68 -> a load of steaming bull

812.48 -> if you've ever had to use public

813.76 -> transportation on a hot day you might

815.76 -> have some idea what this next punishment

818 -> is like king fellaris ruled over what is

820.639 -> now sicily between 554 and 570 bce and

824.959 -> was known for his cruel and potentially

827.6 -> even cannibalistic tendencies

830.48 -> the story goes that he was keen to

832.56 -> create a new nauseating torture device

835.36 -> to make it he commissioned the one guy

837.92 -> in town more messed up than him an

840.079 -> inventor named paralos who created the

842.8 -> brazen bull the device was a bronze

845.36 -> statue of a bull with a hollow and large

847.519 -> interior the victim was to be placed

849.68 -> inside the dark cramped statue before a

851.76 -> fire was lit underneath it as the statue

854.48 -> slowly heated up the victim would be

856.399 -> cooked alive inside

858.48 -> now if that wasn't enough to tip you off

860.639 -> that perilous was a serious sadist

863.04 -> consider the fact that the bull's

864.48 -> nostrils were connected to the statue's

866.56 -> interior this meant as the victim

868.959 -> struggled their screams would

870.48 -> reverberate out of the statue mimicking

872.639 -> the cries of a raging bull

874.88 -> [Music]

877.199 -> even fellaris the infamously cruel

879.92 -> tyrant king took one look at the brazen

882.56 -> bull and said uh this is a little messed

885.199 -> up dude as punishment for well basically

888.32 -> doing what he was asked polaris had

890.56 -> perilous entombed inside his own

892.56 -> creation and a fire was lit underneath

895.36 -> after getting a few good chuckles in

897.04 -> fellars let perlos out apparently

899.199 -> assuring him it was all just a harmless

901.279 -> joke

902.24 -> changing his mind yet again volaris then

904.399 -> had perilous tossed off a cliff

906.72 -> talk about indecisive

908.959 -> oh and according to some accounts

910.88 -> fellaris was later burned alive in the

913.519 -> very brazen bull he commissioned during

916 -> an uprising so let this be a lesson to

918.639 -> everyone watching if you invent a

920.399 -> gruesome method of execution don't be

922.8 -> surprised when it's turned against you

926.72 -> i'm fuming

928.639 -> things are about to get steamy because

931.519 -> it's time to talk about being boiled

933.04 -> alive that's right ever since people

935.839 -> figured out they could boil a carrot to

937.44 -> make it softer awful tyrants have been

939.68 -> doing the same to people

942.079 -> the earliest records of lethal boiling

944 -> came from emperor nero in ancient rome

946.32 -> with the victims primarily being

948.32 -> christians in 1531 king henry viii of

951.6 -> england passed an act decreeing

953.199 -> poisoning a crime punishable by boiling

956.32 -> this was probably because henry had an

958.399 -> apparent fear of poisoning and look at

960.399 -> the dude he wasn't about to stop eating

963.519 -> shortly after henry died edward vi

966.079 -> outlawed boiling recognizing the middle

968.24 -> ages were coming to an end and it was

970.399 -> time to rein in the nasty stuff but how

973.12 -> nasty was it well you could call it a

975.44 -> death that retreats inwards starting in

978 -> your extremities this is because your

980 -> arms and legs are the most exposed parts

982 -> of your body and contain lots of nerve

984.399 -> endings so pain begins in your fingers

986.88 -> and toes and shoots inwards after this

989.92 -> your skin muscle and fat begin to soften

992.639 -> and liquify from the heat fusing to your

995.199 -> clothes this heat will then boil your

997.92 -> organs from the inside as well as your

1000.399 -> flesh from the outside you'll also

1003.04 -> likely go blind fairly quickly so you'll

1005.12 -> be thrashing around in the dark if

1007.04 -> you're dumped into water that's already

1008.639 -> bubbling your brain can boil inside your

1010.639 -> head fast which is strangely merciful if

1014.32 -> you're placed into a liquid that's

1015.68 -> slowly heated up your body will try to

1018.079 -> adjust to the temperature change which

1019.839 -> really drags things out making

1021.759 -> everything slower and more agonizing if

1024.799 -> your executioners know what they're

1026.16 -> doing this can take minutes or even

1028.64 -> hours and you'll be awake for most of it

1031.6 -> maybe now you'll feel a little more

1033.039 -> sympathy for those lobsters in the

1034.559 -> grocery store tanks

1036.24 -> thankfully this punishment isn't

1037.839 -> employed anywhere in the world today

1039.6 -> though people still accidentally boiled

1041.28 -> to death today in hot springs and sewer

1043.52 -> accidents just in case you thought it

1045.36 -> was a fate of the past

1048.559 -> ride it out

1049.919 -> here's a fact to soothe your nerves as

1052 -> it turns out many of the scariest

1053.76 -> looking torture devices from the middle

1055.52 -> ages are fake shady museums and con men

1058.799 -> began creating nasty contraptions in the

1060.799 -> 18th century which quickly captured the

1062.799 -> public's imagination

1064.559 -> this means famously nightmarish devices

1066.96 -> like the iron maiden and the pair of

1068.559 -> anguish are just props rather than

1070.72 -> actual torture implements nerve soothe

1074 -> good because this next one is awful and

1077.12 -> real

1078.16 -> introducing the wooden horse also known

1080.4 -> as the dutch horse or spanish donkey if

1083.12 -> the multinational names didn't tip you

1085.039 -> off the wooden horse was a punishment

1086.72 -> device popular across medieval europe

1089.2 -> the contraption consists of a long

1091.039 -> square-shaped wooden beam held up by

1093.28 -> several legs for support one of the

1095.36 -> corners of the beam would be positioned

1096.96 -> skywards and the unlucky victim would be

1099.039 -> forced to straddle the beam

1101.28 -> the corners would uncomfortably dig into

1103.28 -> the victim's crotch as well as the sides

1105.12 -> of their legs on some occasions weights

1107.52 -> were applied to the victim to drag them

1109.28 -> down more the corners of the wooden beam

1111.6 -> could be quite sharp but it didn't

1113.28 -> matter too much if they weren't because

1115.039 -> victims would have to ride the horse for

1116.799 -> hours or even days at a time though the

1119.6 -> wooden horse wasn't lethal it was

1121.6 -> extremely painful and restricted blood

1123.76 -> flow through the legs which could

1125.6 -> [ __ ] the victim to add insult to

1127.6 -> injury the wooden horse would sometimes

1129.2 -> have a mock head and tail at either end

1131.28 -> and be long enough to support multiple

1133.2 -> people the judas cradle was a more

1135.44 -> personal version of the device and

1137.039 -> featured a single large spike positioned

1139.28 -> on the seat of a chair talk about a pain

1141.44 -> in the air grotesque and uncivilized as

1144.24 -> it was the wooden horse was still in use

1146.32 -> during the american war of independence

1148.559 -> george washington himself claimed it was

1150.64 -> an excellent way to

1152.4 -> extract information from prisoners

1155.36 -> well i guess it's one way to get someone

1157.28 -> off their high horse

1160.48 -> pain in the head

1162.24 -> our next story concerns the practice of

1164.32 -> iconoclasm and no that isn't a metal

1166.96 -> band made up of your desktop icons

1169.2 -> iconoclasm is the destruction of

1171.2 -> religious idols techs and monuments and

1173.6 -> around the year 720 it swept across the

1176.16 -> byzantine empire the belief was that the

1179.12 -> biblical second commandment expressly

1181.44 -> forbids the worship of images and idols

1184.08 -> this ideology continues in some ways

1186.48 -> today in judaism and islam the two other

1189.2 -> abrahamic faiths at the time however not

1192.08 -> every god-fearing christian was on board

1194.16 -> with iconoclasm two such

1196.84 -> anti-iconoclasts were brothers

1198.559 -> theophonics and theodore and they

1200.96 -> weren't afraid to preach they were so

1203.36 -> bold they even sought an audience with

1205.12 -> emperor leo v sometime in the 810's

1208.32 -> asking him to kindly butt out of

1210.52 -> ecclesiastical matters he took that

1213.039 -> surprisingly well for an evangelical

1215.12 -> emperor sentencing the brothers into

1216.799 -> exile on a small island when leo was

1219.36 -> assassinated in 820 and the brothers

1221.919 -> regained their freedom it wasn't long

1224.08 -> before they ended up in front of the new

1225.76 -> emperor theophilus who was decidedly

1228.24 -> less forgiving than old leo theophilus

1230.72 -> subjected the brothers to two days of

1232.48 -> torture in which a 12-line poem

1234.72 -> insulting them was carved into their

1236.799 -> heads with hot needles a rough

1239.52 -> translation of the poem is on screen now

1241.919 -> but man

1243.36 -> at school i was bullied for having a

1245.44 -> five head how big must have theirs been

1247.679 -> to fit all this neither brother accepted

1250.4 -> iconoclasm with theodore eventually

1252.88 -> dying in prison the ofanis however was

1256.159 -> only exiled and became a bishop when

1258.48 -> icon veneration was eventually restored

1261.52 -> for their efforts both brothers were

1263.12 -> canonized as saints theophaneus and

1265.84 -> theodore the branded funny that their

1268.4 -> images are now celebrated in religious

1270.4 -> art all these centuries later how would

1272.799 -> they feel about it well i think the

1274.799 -> answer would be written all over their

1276.64 -> faces

1279.28 -> total blackout

1281.2 -> if you're like me there's a good chance

1283.28 -> you've tried to get in shape only to

1285.039 -> head back to the sofa after a single

1287.039 -> squad this exercise already sucks could

1290.08 -> you imagine doing it for hours in

1292.08 -> complete darkness that's the idea behind

1295.039 -> the blackout box this punishment and

1297.44 -> interrogation method was utilized by the

1299.6 -> cia during the war on terror while

1302.24 -> former cia executive buzzy crongart and

1305.44 -> even president obama have admitted that

1307.52 -> the usa commits torture some still

1309.84 -> prefer the term enhanced interrogation

1312.799 -> the blackout box is a small box just

1315.44 -> barely big enough to fit a crouching

1317.039 -> human being inside remember how awful

1319.6 -> and dehumanizing solitary confinement

1321.679 -> sounded well the blackout box is the

1323.919 -> most extreme version imaginable locking

1326.64 -> a person into the darkest tightest space

1329.039 -> possible

1330.159 -> to cause stress the high-pitched sounds

1332.159 -> of crying children are sometimes played

1334.159 -> inside the box

1335.679 -> in 2015 a journalist from the bbc

1338.24 -> underwent a black outbox demonstration

1340.24 -> when after less than 15 minutes demanded

1343.28 -> to be let out

1344.72 -> less fortunate folks have been forced

1346.4 -> inside boxes less than 1.75 feet wide

1349.6 -> two and a half feet deep and two and a

1351.44 -> half feet tall which is smaller than

1353.36 -> some dog crates and is hauntingly

1356 -> depicted by their drawings

1358.08 -> some have spent up to 250 hours in this

1361.36 -> box and that's over 10 days in one

1364.4 -> particularly vile instance the captors

1366.96 -> discovered the victim had a fear of

1369.039 -> insects and so they poured live

1371.039 -> cockroaches into the blackout box while

1373.36 -> the victim was inside leaving them to

1375.36 -> crawl over their body for hours

1378 -> never thought i'd say this but suddenly

1380.159 -> being boiled alive doesn't sound all

1382.159 -> that bad

1384.24 -> well there they were a few of the most

1386.559 -> spine chilling punishments humanity has

1388.96 -> ever cooked up

1390.4 -> which did you think was the worst and

1392.24 -> would you be keen to learn about even

1393.679 -> more in a part two let me know down in

1395.84 -> the comments below and thanks for

1397.6 -> watching

1403.36 -> you

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7MHWG2H37E