The Ladder Rack
The Ladder Rack
![[Photo from the 2000 'Inquisition: Torture and Intolerance' show at the San Diego Museum of Man]](ladderrack.jpg)
"This is a reconstruction of an inclined ladder. The victim was stretched out on the device until his shoulders dislocated. It was also common for the victim to be burned on the armpits and the flanks with a torch composed of seven wax tapers" (Instruments of Torture).
Also see the rack.
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Punishment, Torture, and Ordeal copyrighted 1996-1998 to Shantell Powell.