The Gorey Details

Alexander Worley•podcasters.spotify.com

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A deep dive into our worlds horrid history of violence, torture, and general indecency.

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The Gorey Details: Ep 1, The Treadmill

Today, I will be focusing on one particular torture device. This macabre machine terrorized convicts inside British penitentiaries as early as 1817, later moved on to the united states, and is still widely used today as an implement of pain and suffering. I am speaking of course, of the treadmill.

Nov 18, 2019•17 min

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