Strappado

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Strappado has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Morbid. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Alaina UrquhartCo-host of Morbid, autopsy technician and author of the Butcher novels

  • Urquhart said the strappado was typically completed within an hour and was not intended to kill.

    “Now, usually this torture was completed within an hour and it was not used to cause death”

    Morbid: Episode Revisit: Torture (May 14, 2026) · Listen from 44:07

What Alaina Urquhart has said about Strappado →

Podcasts

Episodes

  • Episode Revisit: Torture

    Morbid · May 14, 2026 · 1 h 21 min

    Morbid hosts Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart revisit their early episode on historical torture devices, from the brazen bull and iron maiden to flaying.