The Head Crusher was also a widely used form of torture. the head crusher was an instrument that contained a bottom bar, a cap, a screw-type compressor and side supporting bars. When someone was punished by the head crusher what happened was this;

Their chin was placed on the "bottom" bar, with type cap on top of their crown-their head. Then the torturer started twisting the compressor device. This started to slowly crush the head. There were various stages in the head crusher, a couple of these stages were:

  • The teeth were shattered into the jawbone.
  • The eyes popped out of their sockets.
This device often killed the victim. The head crusher was also used to extract confessions. After the confession was given, the person usually had permanent damage done to them.
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