Torture and public punishment lives on in Moscow

MOSCOW. March 2. KAZINFORM The Torture Museum in Moscow takes you back in time when torture, public punishment and executions were in fashion from the Spanish Inquisition to the end of the 19th century, RIA novosti reported.

RIA Novosti checks out the somewhat disturbing exhibits that include not only nooses, guillotines, stocks and racks, but also some of the more innovative methods of torture and pain, including the Iron Maiden, the Bull, bone crushers, and much more.