Harbinger of Woe

Gathered here to witness Grandier's sickness charged with unholy possession object of Ursuline obsession Using black magic to pollute their minds seduction and lust must be discussed Extraordinary questions will be asked heat applied to the calves documents signed and sealed his true intentions are revealed Laid on a wooden frame legs & planks bound together Two boards placed inside & outside wedges positioned near Grandier's knees Swinging the mallet striking the first wedge, the leg shatters Streaming blood spilling freely from the rupture four wedges driven with demands to confess "So the end came about when the victim confessed, as they always did" Refusing to plead priests seize the tools & drive the final wedges legs reduced to pulp marrow flows from the wounds Father, writhing, faints from excruciating agony once recovered work begins anew executioner displays more as a warning It was Leviathan, Astaroth & you guilty of sorcery & evil spells condemned & taken to Sainte-Croix

Submitted by The Void — Apr 25, 2025

Peace finally made with what is to be done believing to be prepared but the pain is yet to come Led to the street & drug through the mud flesh savagely removed by red-hot tongs Too weak to stand bound to a post incessantly flogged in & out of consciousness Blessings & Holy water offerings tarnished shirt prepared & forced upon crowd filled with joie de vivre poor sinners fat to be collected soon Beatings increase in their intensity degenerate declining physically Thinking only of the end there is no fear A noose carefully placed behind their left ear The body approaches the death throes ever more chants of repent as the folds open in the floor Crowd pushes to get a closer view of him gathering nearer while he trembles violently witnesses to the fall of the leaf hanging until someone else will do

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 25, 2025

Precisely following the code as prescribed to be roasted alive prisoners require a Jesuit on each side Only the savage scream with thee Techniques refined for an enlightened age tools tempered and as eager as the old days removal of the hands wickedly stretched forth out of need cut off their feet Code of Theresiana celebrate the old ways oh Theresiana ushered into our time Pain allowing for reflection a cleansing before the time to answer screw spikes tightened set in far Carrying the condemned atoning for his evil deeds oil is prepared body rubbed with sulphur resin mixture is soon set alight example before all that they be called anew Code of Theresiana celebrate the old ways oh Theresiana

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 25, 2025

Fastened by way of iron nails to a pillar feet dangling in the open air below nearby victim has a stake removed re-driven through her new blood from an old wound makes a show Suspended by...one foot leg...bent...at the knee Constricted by means of a ring offering no hope or clemency trees forced over & held under pressure legs are attached ligaments to rupture soon Timbers set free as agony washes over the face The body will seize and shudder Muscles begin to tear noticeable to those witnessing Left to hang for several days or weeks soft cries rushed along a hot breeze shrieks ring out as some taste flames swinging fetid beneath the leaves Punished executed primitive ways experience the wonder of pillars and trees they remain for all to see

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 25, 2025

This barbarous wretch is about to suffer what is well merited pain and fire soon to be inherited the neck pierced slowly and chained to a tumbril All, See before judgement is passed taking time ensuring anguish lasts Others hung by the thumbs, Then by the head knotted cords twisted around the feet suspended next to those that are already dead Yet they forget all their lies Relieved from the scene out comes the tongue where it's held to the cheek or served to dogs awaiting and witnessing the justice being served for what's been done and what may have been Down on the ground near the crowd is to be where terror soon to See Pincers - Between - Opening - Shoulders Flesh cracks exposing, New wounds quickly enlarged and Filled with way make your end complete confess and be free, No Red hot teeth, Strip away sin held within truth betrays the soul only had wait to Cauterizing, edges they slice through everything cuts and everything stabs answer all the questions old and new Hands, feet and head scarred and burned turn to the cauldron, torment anew

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 25, 2025

Tokens of deaths presence lying strewn about bones pulled from arms & legs littering the ground meaningless words unable to stop what's next soon wrapped in the skin of an ox Still...fresh...bloody cries for...mercy openly Hands nailed to the patibulum palms facing down forcing the body forward shins shattered & both knees hair still attached to remnants of flesh onlookers abandon secret beliefs Gather...the ointment speak to me of murder...Gehenna...& hatred dwells beneath...sleeping til its summoned Practicing the craft from an early age as your elder instructs in the ways a drink of blood as we understand was required at the start of the plan Hatred of light I won't die purify the wretched I won't die Into these...fires

Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 25, 2025

Can you hear the shadows scream drifting in from where despair breeds a forced confession spawned from fear The only truth is the end is near Not interested in innocence or guilt like the petals of a flower all your limbs will wilt Fat coats the feet Gradually put to heat arms pinned to the chest once more Flames found there next take hold Body shudders from pain and fear The screaming becomes too much seven nails drive the jaw shut Torment concludes for what is worth half dead & buried alive face down in bare earth what others suffer we behold

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 25, 2025

The wedges placed slowly & driven in deeply forced to stand as blood escapes from the feet and the hands Ropes tied under the arms, quickly raised a God-like ascension of fear & infamy put the body in position for to suffer deliberately Here for you - wait and see Long iron combs tearing away and slowly pulling flesh from their bones on leg taken off below the knee put on a table next that can be seen Truthful answer will set you - Free Noting only sobbing, no answers the torture resumes out of anger scalded with burning sulphur relocated within the chamber slowly tearing apart the soul Excited ropes filled with pain come to the hands prepared for more ready to begin their work anew three more questions but can't hear for the scream Only...begun only these three Truthful answer will set you On at the scene those came to be pummel and hammer make way to cover the body with prayers & beads chronicle the suffering & what you've seen sown back for rebirth

Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 25, 2025

Crowd has gathered with the room prepared wheels constantly turning ash through the air Caustic gases flow freely from the pit irritating the spectators for the notable event Swirling in the hole the stifling heat from below impatiently waits the condemned to fall Last word requests a final chance for salvation begging for release pleading innocence reciting the Lords prayer for all to hear Silence. Liar Silence. Liar Embrace him with burning embers plunged into the void thermal shock begins finally put to fire bringing the screams to and end

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 25, 2025

He is despised and rejected - feared by most - members of society A man acquainted - with grief & sorrows they hid their faces from him If only - thought it out before routine wouldn't find yourself in this place - turned to me Fluent - in the languages - of fire and axe administering the prescribed Torment in - the most efficient way preserving life - until the time to take it away As you see - all ending horrendously hopelessly calling for a savior - take your turn Show mercy. Please Please mercy, mercy please Please mercy Always - does what can be done to - free your soul Taken to the town center - there to die An expert - everyone will see for themselves - his work - done so skillfully Return - to preparing for the final awakening crowd living vicariously In order Pain - Releases . Truth Pure - poetry As long as human life has existed, it is reasonable to assume that torture and punishment has run parallel. Torture seems to be an integral part of our nature. You can't kill very large numbers of people, except in the name of virtue. Crucifixion, death compounded by prolonged physical suffering. Victims of the cross could take days, or even weeks to die. Stone them, stab them, break their bones. Very often, that was enough.

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 25, 2025