During the Spanish Inquisition, accused heretics were imprisoned without hearing the charges against them, and kept in stinking dungeons,
dark and vermin infested, alone with their excrement. Moldy bread and stale water helped to supplement the cockroaches and spiders.
(Includes methods of torture and devices)
Punishment, Torture, and Ordeal
Before the opinions of Philanthropists held sway, torture was a necessary part of most trials.
The witch hunt trials were no exception. The following punishments, tortures,
and ordeals were meted out to many accused withces as part of a secular or
ecclesiastical court methods.
Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs
This site includes images of original woodcut images from Papal-approved documents dated 1591-1600.
The York Dungeon
Deep in the heart of historic York, buried beneath its very paving stones, lies the North's most chillingly famous museum of horror.
The York Dungeon brings more than 2,000 years of gruesomely authentic history vividly back to life and death. As you delve into tile darkest chapters of our grim and bloody past, recreated in all its dreadful detail, remember: everything you experience
really happened. A warning - in the Dungeon's dark catacombs it always pays to keep your wits about you. The 'exhibits'
have an unnerving habit of coming back to life...
Encyclopedia of Torments
More torture methods and devices.
Catala's The Burning Times- The Torture and Punishment
"This is not a pretty subject to talk about and no one wants to
hear about the brutal tortures that happened to the Witches and other innocent people during The Burning Times. But I have
added this horrible information to my website because I think people should now the truth about what really happened.
Some of the information below is extremely graphic."
Curious Punishments of Bygone Days
An index of information on historical torture methods
Historical Methods of Torture And Execution
A type of glossary of historical torture methods. Includes brief descriptions of each
In the 14th century a plague spread across Asia, Europe, and great britain with
such virulence that the course of human history changed forever. Leave the present day and travel
back 600 years to witness this crucial moment when many believed the end of the world had come.
Click on the rat to begin your journey.
The Black Death: Bubonic Plague
A summary of the Bubonic Plague that swept through europe in the middle ages.
The Black Plague- City College of New York
The advent of AIDS, flesh-eating bacteria and the Ebola virus in recent years
has brought back to mind the occurence of the fourteenth-century "Black Plague".
You know you want to find out what it's about.
Learn how to become a certified mortuary technician.
Mortuary Science Colleges
A listing of Mortuary Science colleges.
The UCI Willed Body Program
This is a universal program in which people can donate their body for medical science after death.
This program is a division of the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology in the
College of Medicine at the University of California at Irvine.
Even if you are sure you know all there is to know about
HIV and AIDS you can still learn something new.
Body Image: Confessions of a Growing Obsession
Males and females today in our society are not only dissatisfied with their bodies but
are obsessed with creating a perfect one.
a website
H.R. Giger
Official Website
Salvador Dali Archives
Explore the perversely hilarious, darkly witty world of Edward
The Waterflowers- an Edward Gorey page
A very interesting Ed Gorey page
Ed Gorey
personal biographical information about Ed Gorey