Judas Cradle

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  1. Ken Anderson

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    During the Middle Ages, if you were to sit on the Judas Cradle, you were in trouble. Basically, the Judas Cradle was a stool with a metal or wooden pyramid on the top.

    Also known as the Judas Chair, it was a torture device, supposedly used during the Spanish Inquisition.

    The victim would be stripped and bound with ropes, then suspended above the device. They would then be lowered slowly onto the device so that the pyramid would enter a posterior orifice. The victim might be rocked or dropped repeatedly onto the device, or brass weights might be hung from the victim's legs.

    As the device was never cleaned, anyone who might have survived the ordeal would often die of infection.

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  2. Patsy Faye

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    :eek: How awful !
    This is why I like to live in me bubble surrounded by the 50s and 60s vibes, I only re-live the good bits
     
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    That's freaky but I can picture something similar in some kinky S/M sex club of today. I'm just guessing though as I've never been to one!
    :)

    Although it's probably cleaned and maybe not so pointy. :)
     
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    I did look that one up on a site called sex toy or medieval torture device. And it's a torture device but this is a sex toy.

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    Don't ask me what you do with it.... I can't even picture it. :)

    If anybody wants one it's only $2,700!
     
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