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Originally Posted by d-null
Vlad Dracula, voievod prince of Wallachia 1448 -- 1476, a great ruler who stood true to his people
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Impalement was Vlad's preferred method of torture and execution. His method of torture was a horse attached to each of the victim's legs as a sharpened stake was gradually forced into the body. The end of the stake was usually oiled (to ensure the stake would not puncture any organs), and care was taken that the stake not be too sharp; else the victim might die too rapidly from shock.[citation needed]
Normally the stake was inserted into the body through the anus and was often forced through the body until it emerged from the mouth.[citation needed] However, there were many instances where victims were impaled through other bodily orifices or through the abdomen or chest.[citation needed] Infants were sometimes impaled on the stake forced through their mother's chests.[citation needed] The records indicate that victims were sometimes impaled so that they hung upside down on the stake.[citation needed][citation needed]
Death by impalement was slow and agonizing. Victims sometimes endured for hours or even days. Vlad often had the stakes arranged in various geometric patterns. The most common pattern was a ring of concentric circles in the outskirts of a city that constituted his target. The height of the spear indicated the rank of the victim. The corpses were often left decaying for months.
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