There’s a chilling explanation for why a torture device often called the ‘most painful’ in history was designed in a very special way.

When he comes crime and punishment, several historical Civilizations have not held back when it comes to inventing painful and humiliating ways to kill anyone who breaks the law.

cruel stories execution devices Victims being crushed, burned or boiled alive can be found in various civilizations – but have you ever heard of one that involved roasting a condemned soul alive and turning its screams into animal screams?

Watch a simulation of how it works below:

‘ He namedBrazen Bull‘—but also called the bronze bull, Sicilian bull, or Phalaris bull—in ancient Greece, ca. It was created in 600-560 BC and appears in numerous ancient texts.

The mechanism was made of bronze and built to resemble it. animal. A door on one side allowed the prisoner to enter while the fire was burning inside; This caused the individual to fry to death as the metal around it heated.

Pretty brutal, right?

Perhaps one of the most chilling anecdotes about the Brazen Bull was that the inventor of the device would meet his fate inside this contraption.

It is believed that a man named Perilaus of Athens created this mechanism and suggested it to Phalaris, tyrant of the Sicilian province of Akragas, as a method of torture and/or execution.

Little did he know that he would soon meet his fate, trapped in the bull’s bronze innards.

The device was specifically designed to inflict a gruesome death (DiscoveryWorld)

It is not known exactly what led Perilaus to justify being roasted to death, but Phalaris was said to be a cannibal who ate newborn babies, indicating that he was not the most sensible of men.

One particularly chilling feature of the Brazen Bull was the addition of apparatus that meant the prisoners’ screams were not only amplified but also transformed into a sound resembling the bellowing of a bull through an internal tube and arresting system.

Probably so Phalaris could sit back and enjoy watching another human being slowly and brutally cooked alive.

The bull was specially designed to turn the prisoner’s screams into bull bellows (DiscoveryWorld)

While we may never know if the Brazen Bull was an actual torture device, the story has a very satisfying ending if it is to be believed.

Allegedly tired of being ruled by a tyrant, the people of Akragas (now Agrigento) revolted and dethroned Phalaris, eventually throwing him to the Brazen Bull.