PUNISHMENTS & INSTRUMENTS OF TORTURE FROM THE PAST - The Iron Maiden, An often spike filled, hinged, body shaped metal coffin for torture or execution. Also known as the Chokey or Choky, The Virgin (a reference to the Virgin Mary), and the Jungfer (German for spinster) Some scholars dispute it was ever in common usage.

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