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16 Most Brutal Ways People Were Sentenced To Death

Published on January 19, 2017 at 10:42 am by Aleksandar Jevtic in Lists

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12. Impalement

We already mentioned Vlad the Impaler, a Transylvanian prince who enjoyed performing this brutal method of execution on captured Turkish soldiers. The Chinese also used impalement, although with a slight twist. They would position the victim above a young bamboo tree, which is known to grow as much as several inches a day, then sit around, drink some tea, and wait. The plausibility of this method was proven in an episode of MythBusters in 2008.

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