oh, the inhumanity
A macabre encyclopedia of humanity’s most creative cruelties
Crucifixtion
Crucifixion was not designed to kill quickly, but to instruct slowly, turning the human body into a prolonged public lesson in obedience. This article examines how empires used the cross to combine anatomy, law, and spectacle into one of history’s most efficient tools of terror. From anonymous roadside deaths to the execution of Jesus, crucifixion reveals how civilization teaches fear by making suffering visible.
Starvation of Civilians
Starvation of civilians is a deliberate tool of power, tracing how hunger has been engineered through sieges, blockades, and policy to break populations without a single blade drawn. It explores the bodily, psychological, and moral toll of famine imposed by human design, revealing hunger as one of civilization’s most enduring weapons.
Strangulation
Strangulation is the oldest execution method because it requires nothing but permission and pressure. Across empires and centuries, it served as a quiet sentence, designed to erase a life without spectacle, blood, or debate.