The rack (torture)
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The rack (torture) has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Morbid. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Alaina UrquhartCo-host of Morbid, autopsy technician and author of the Butcher novels
Urquhart said the rack was also used to extract confessions by forcing accused heretics to watch others being stretched.
“It was also used as a method of eliciting a confession from accused heretics by having them watch someone else be tortured on the rack”
Morbid: Episode Revisit: Torture (May 14, 2026) · Listen from 47:01
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- Morbid · 1 episode
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Episode Revisit: TortureMorbid · 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.