The Worst Ways To Die Part 9: Impalement | Absolute History

Thescaryfact ™ on Instagram: "Impalement was indeed a brutal method of execution used in various cultures throughout history, but it is most famously associated with the 15th-century ruler Vlad III, known as Vlad the Impaler, or Vlad Dracula, of Wallachia (modern-day Romania). Victims were often impaled by being made to sit on a sharp, greased pole or spear, which would then be raised vertically. The weight of the victim’s body would gradually force the pole through the torso, with death typical