the rack

the rack was a weapon of torture used by many people and even religious groups like Christians to have people tell them things and if they didn't they would get stretched more and soon enough get dislocated bones and soon enough ripped in half. the rack was basically a table with ropes or chains tied to a spool that would be turned to wrap the rope or chains tighter and start to pull the victims limbs the spools would be turned with long dowels and some tables featured gears so that the spool would not unwind with no pressure was on the dowel. the rack was fear from everyone that had a chance to be the next victim and also some countries adapted the rack and improved the design by adding spikes on the plank so that when the person would be stretched the spikes would roll across the victims backs and sometime pierce the victims skin and this would make the victim be in more pain and maybe say something that the torturer would want to know, here is a normal rack and the second photo is a rack with spikes on it.