3. Boiling
King Henry VIII loved to perform this execution method on poisoners, symbolically pointing to their deathly cooking. However, this was a legitimate execution method in Eastern Europe and Asia, where a tied and naked criminal or prisoner was put in a hot liquid. That liquid could be water, but also oil, iron or even wine. To ensure long-suffering, the temperature of the liquid was changed or the person was pulled out from the liquid and then put back again. Even though this was an execution method, there is a story about a waiter in New York who was pushed into a tank with hot water by his friend. He was being cooked for a few hours before he finally died, and nobody could help him or at least speed up his death. There is another story about David Allen Kirwan from La Canada, California, who jumped into a thermal spring in Yellowstone Park to save a dog. He died the following morning, blind, burned, and with no skin on his feet. Now, let’s see the top two entries on our list of most painful cruel horrific deaths and execution methods in history.
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