25 Most Brutal Torture Techniques Ever Created

Coffin Torture

The most preferred torture technique in the Middle Ages was known as coffin torture.  This method involved placing the victim inside a metal cage roughly the size of the human body; hence the name. The torturers also forced overweight victims into smaller cages to heighten their discomfort as they hung from a tree or gallows.  Generally, they would be left there until the crows came to feed on their remains.