The breaking or wheeling execution method, also referred to as braiding or breaking with the wheel, is described as particularly unpleasant in France and Germany during the Roman era, while the eyewitness account from a 1607 execution portrays the victim as a screaming puppet with tentacles of raw flesh mixed with smashed bones.
This podcast delves into the gruesome details of the breaking on the wheel execution method, which involved a condemned person having their limbs threaded through the spokes of a wagon wheel and then being hoisted on a pole for display.
The accounts of historical figures' deep religious faith often influenced their priorities and decision-making, prioritizing a long-term, heavenly perspective rather than a short-term, logical outlook in life and death situations.