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Lone Wolf and Cub: Babycart in Peril
Whoo doggy I d loves me some torture device history. This is a riot but it’s also kind of sobering. What I believe is a practical FX outfit was asked by someone at the History Chanell to reproduce and demonstrate a series of ancient weapons and torture devices. So if, like me, you’ve ever wanted to know a bit more about the Iron maiden or the Gibbet you have the chance here to see them in action on dummies, watermelons, and even the odd volunteer or two. For the squeemish they even deactivate the devices prior to “trying them out.” The good news is Surviving History does provide some historical oversight and commentary by experts, the down side is I have friends who’ve actually toured torture museums in Europe and all of them walked away prety shaken by what they thought would be a simple lark. People (more often than not- women) actually died and suffered unbelievable agony using these devices and relatively little is said about that. Of ocurse in one sense that’s the whole point isn’t it But what seems like ancient history isn’t really all that ancient- as Abu garib and other recent examples prove. My advice is to go ahead ad watch but try to temper your curiosity with a little reflection and maybe even a little extra curricular reading on the subject.
A little bit offbeat for Twitch but sill worthy of a Halloween viewing.
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