WOODEN HORSE/SPANISH DONKEY

One of the torment gadgets amid the Spanish Inquisition and medieval ages, this is presumably a standout amongst the most frightful of all of them. The casualty is put on the back of, stripped, on a jackass like device, which is really a vertical wooden board with a sharp V-wedge on top of it. After that, the torturer would add fluctuating weights to the casualty's feet until at long last the wedge cut through the casualty's body.The first variation of the wooden horse is a triangular device with one end of the triangle pointing upward, mounted on a saw-horse like support. The victim is made to straddle the triangular "horse." Weights or additional restraints were often added to keep the victim from falling off. A punishment similar to this called "riding the rail" was used during the American colonial period and later. The victim was often carried through town in this predicament, often in conjunction with the punishment of tarring and feathering. The crotch can be injured and the victim could be left unable to walk without pain.
While the device was designed for women, there are accounts of male victims as well. The Jesuit Relations say that in 1646, a man "was sentenced to make reparation, by the Civil authority, and to mount the Chevalet," and "a public blasphemer, was put on the Chevalet. He acknowledged his fault, saying that he had well deserved punishment, and came of his own accord to confess, that evening or the next day," and that another man "acted at the fort as such a glutton, that he was put on the Chevalet, on which he was ruptured.

STRAPPADO

The Strappado is a type of torment in which the casualty's situation is anything but hopeful in the face of his or her good faith and suspended noticeable all around by method for a rope joined to wrists, which in all probability separates both arms. Weights may be added to the body to heighten the impact and expand the agony. Different names for strappado incorporate "converse hanging" and "Palestinian hanging" (despite the fact that it is not utilized by the Palestinian Authority) It is best known for its utilization in the dungeons of the medieval Inquisition.The Strappado is a form of torture in which the victim's hands are first tied behind his or her back and suspended in the air by means of a rope attached to wrists, which most likely dislocates both arms. Weights may be added to the body to intensify the effect and increase the pain.
It is not, as Samuel Johnson erroneously entered in his dictionary, a "chastisement by blows".There are three variants of this torture. In the first, the victim has his or her arms tied behind their back; a large rope is then tied to the wrists and passed over a pulley, beam, or a hook on the roof. The torturer pulls on this rope until the victim is hanging from the arms. Since the hands are tied behind the victim's back, this will cause a very intense pain and possible dislocation of the arms. The full weight of the subject's body is then supported by the extended and internally rotated shoulder sockets. While the technique shows no external injuries, it can cause long-term nerve, ligament, or tendon damage. The technique typically causes brachial plexus injury, leading to paralysis or loss of sensation in the arms.

BREAST RIPPER

 Known in another form as the Iron Spider or simply the spider, was a torture instrument mainly used on women who were accused of adultery, or self-abortion. The instrument was designed to rip the breasts from a woman and was made from iron, which was usually heated. The tool was used popularly in the Free State of Bavaria, a state in Germany, in 1599, and in parts of Germany and France until the nineteenth century.The Breast Ripper was first popularly used in Bavaria, Germany, in 1599. Until the early nineteenth century, the torture instrument was often used in Germany and France, in front of the victim's children. It was used on women for various reasons such as directing their own miscarriage, adultery, heresy, blasphemy, those who were accused of being witches, and for other crimes. It has also previously been used in interrogation.The Spider, also known as the Iron Spider, was a torture device similar to the Breast Ripper. The Iron Spider would have been attached to the wall, and the woman's breast were fixed onto the claws of the tool. The victim was then pulled away from the wall, removing her breasts.Another variant of this included spiked bars affixed slightly away from the wall. The victim would have been pulled along the bars until her breasts were removed.