10 Worst Ways People Have Been Tortured To Death

For anyone who's ever burned themselves while boiling an egg, it's easy to imagine the incredible pain involved in boiling a person alive. The practice of boiling has been around as a method of torture since it was first described in 16th century England.

The punishment was reserved by King Henry VIII for murder by poisoning, which also fell under the umbrella of High Treason. The first execution conducted in this matter was chronicled with the following comments:

He roared mighty loud, and divers women who were big with child did feel sick at the sight of what they saw, and were carried away half dead; and other men and women did not seem frightened by the boiling alive, but would prefer to see the headsman at his work.

Boiling to death involved killing a person by either submerging them in already boiling liquid, most often water or oil, or by slowing bringing the liquid to a boil while they were restrained within. This method prolonged the torture as death came quickly for people submerged in already boiling liquid.

The practice of boiling people alive continues to this day with reports of ISIS fighters burning people alive with engine oil as recently as 2002.