Breast Ripper: Last Time I Trust A Frenchman

What happens when torture is designed not just to cause pain, but to permanently destroy a woman’s body and identity? In this episode of Torture: A Dark History, Kevin Young and Dan Hourigan take a look at one of history’s most horrifying torture devices: the Breast Ripper.

Also known as the Biter, Iron Spider, or Spider, this brutal device was designed to tear and mutilate the breasts of its victims. We explore the different versions of the device, how it was supposedly used as punishment and interrogation, and the horrific consequences for the women who survived.

The episode also looks at stories surrounding the use of breast-ripping devices during the Goa Inquisition, including accounts of women being tortured in an attempt to force religious conversion. And just when you think this kind of brutality belongs firmly in the past, we jump forward to 2014 Syria.

From torture devices and religious persecution to modern-day atrocities, this is the dark history of the Breast Ripper—with the twisted humor you've come to expect from Torture: A Dark History.

If you love dark history, torture history, true crime, weird history, executions, and the horrifying things humans have done to each other, this episode is definitely not for the faint of heart.

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References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_ripper

https://books.google.com/books?id=fWWvw-Kyl_AC&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q&f=false