The Rippers
The Rippers
![[Photo from the 2000 'Inquisition: Torture and Intolerance' show at the San Diego Museum of Man]](rippers.jpg)
"Cold or red hot, the four claws ripped the breasts of countless women condemned for heresy, adultery and 'libidinous acts' such as self-abortion, white magic and other crimes. Shown to the left are testicle rippers" (Instruments of Torture).
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Punishment, Torture, and Ordeal copyrighted 1996-1998 to Shantell Powell.