10 most brutal execution methods of ancient civilization – You need to see #1 (With Pictures)

2. Hanged, Drawn and Quartered

Used mainly in England, it is widely considered to be one of the most brutal execution methods ever devised. As the name implies it came in three parts. Convicts were fastened to a hurdle, or wooden panel, and drawn by horse to the place of execution, where they were hanged (almost to the point of death), emasculated, disembowelled, beheaded and quartered (chopped into four pieces). Their remains were often displayed in prominent places across the country, such as London Bridge. For reasons of public decency, women convicted of high treason were instead burnt at the stake. This punishment was only used on men for any convicted woman would generally be burnt at the stake as a matter of decency.