Torture in the Middle Ages
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Torture in the Middle Ages 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 explained the heretic's fork symbolically forced those who spoke against the church to look up toward heaven.
“the whole thing was very poetic because it's like you spoke out against the church. So now you have to look up at your God that you don't believe in”
Morbid: Episode Revisit: Torture (May 14, 2026) · Listen from 52:00
Podcasts
- Morbid · 1 episode
Episodes
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.