The Garrote - History's Most BRUTAL Execution Method?

Throughout History there have been many different execution methods used to take the lives of prisoners. The French even invented the Guillotine to kill as many criminals as quickly as possible, but there was one weapon which was considered primitive which was used to take lives. The Garrote in its most simple form is a piece of wire that was used to strangle someone, and it was used during the First World War, Second World War and other conflicts to silence an enemy. But the Garrote was used as an execution method and in front of large crowds, a condemned person would be strangled to death. It was the Spanish who became infamous for their use of the execution method, but there were also Garrote devices and machines used.

With these machines, a victim would be secured to it with chains and then a sharp blade was attached to a screw which when a handle was turned this would stick into the neck of the victim. When the handle was turned it would kill a prisoner, but other devices were used to strangle and perform executions. The Garrote was an execution method which was used in Spain up until the 1970s, and it was rather brutal and bloody. It was also used by many different countries around the world.

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