Torture of the mind is far more painful than physical discomfort. The Oubliette was akin to being buried alive, but much more so - in that as your body is crippled a little more each hour, - each day passes in total darkness, and in total silence. You are left down there, - completely forgotten. As agony washes over you every moment, you are left standing up, unable to move. You are standing in fetid water mixed with the rotting - decomposing remains of the previous tenant. The only air is choked with stale putrefaction. Temperatures reach freezing night after night. Vermin will gnaw at your extremities while you can do nothing about it. Your only reprieve would be taken to the Rack where tendons and ligaments stretched until a loud audible 'POP' signaled the separation of bones that would NEVER mend. Then you again would be thrown down and wedged back into place, hopefully not upside-down. But unlike being able to lie down when buried, you are forced into standing when your fate is the Oubliette. But both offer you every single minute - every moment, completely alone, in enormous pain, in pitch black darkness, near naked in cold below freezing, in deafening silence, and working to breathe air so bad your lungs become sore. And you know only that you are simply waiting to die. The ONLY thing you will ever have is death. You can only wait - to die.
I live nearby to Warwick Castle and have a number of times visited the castle. I'm a little confused as to the oubliette there, as the one I saw was unlike the one shown here, being a small black hole with a metal grid on top of it barely able to occupy a man. It was unspeakably horrible, and you could only look for a moment before turning away.
I dont think every Ouellette needed to be of a strict design as long as it achieved the same effect. The "hole in the ground" design seems so much more frightening though.
@@Duskdog717 ....Sigh...I was merely mentioning that the one in the video was not the same as the one I saw, indeed, they were quite different. Nevertheless, the purpose of this or that oubliette, or any other, was, as you say, the same.
I remember seeing that one years ago. It had another function apparently, so we were told on the tour. Underneath the oubliette ran the river . a particularly rocky stretch and some of the very inconvenient 'guests to Warwick castle could be put in the oubliette and then the floor of the call opened and the prisoner was dashed to death (or almost) and then swept downriver .
I can’t even imagine how removed you’d have to be from other humans to conceive torture devices. Just thinking about how torture devices work gives me anxiety because I would empathize too much with the prisoner.
Sandistic violent people had been in charge of the country or in positions of authority for a very long time. Not being sadistic or violent was the exception not the standard. Laws and customs in England were based off of Germanic practices, Roman laws and Biblical examples. The Germanic laws can be seen in the laws of King Edgar and earlier codes often based on fines you can find copies of these online. Romans could be very brutal and the bible is noteably brutal. So there are certainly many examples to draw from. A lot of cultural practices get indoctronated to people in their formative years before critical thinking can be used to examin them. On the other point peer pressure regulates the conserving and perpetuation of behaviour and benefits from the lack of examining existing practice.
@@silva7493 hi, she loves the place, she also says some of the other staff have had “ghosts of the tower” experiences,she’s not had one as yet and she’s worked there for over 15 years. Thank you for your comment, best regards from Yorkshire and keep safe and well to you and yours. ❤️
Has she ever taken a close look at the broom closets; especially the ones in the lower levels? If it wasn’t destroyed,‘little ease’ is likely to have been converted into one.
@@silva7493 hi over the pond silva ❤️ it’s a lot warmer in your beautiful part of the world, if we go above 26 it’s a heatwave 🤣 good to chat with you. Keep safe and well ❤️
Thank you, HRH, for your video and tour inside of The Tower. It's incredible what the prisons and tortures were like in the past. I know that in today's world, some countries still have prisons very similar.
The National Justice Museum (former court/prison) in Nottingham UK has an obliette... I can't even imagine the minds that thought these punishments up.
Man's inhumanity to man. Just to imagine the minds that thought up such things makes one shudder. Someone had to come up with such a thing and others had to agree with him.
I felt claustrophobic as the photographer walked down the stairs in that very narrow stairwell. And even a bit of terror as the view took us into the small room then looking down into the 'Little Ease'. If I visited the Tower of London I dont know if I could even walk down those stairs myself to the Ease. The methods of torture in the Medieval period are quite disturbing to contemplate. At the same time this is fascinating history. I have walked by the Tower in a visit to London many years ago. I do want to return soon.
And the ancestors of the monsters who used such methods continue to benefit to this day.Inheriting vast amounts of property and land..And naturally given millions in land subsides,all paid for of course by the working masses
So are you also to blame for what YOUR ancestors did…? Because I can guarantee that you will have some that were bad..!!! And if you’re American you’ve no business trashing OUR Royals.. 🙄🇬🇧
Tower of London is on my bucket list 😍 but dang this video was hard to watch. And parts I know now I won't be able to see. What a narrow dank walk, even if u aren't claustrophobic, and that doesn't bother u. Such an oppressive dark energy, I can feel it from here😱
They do still use this oubliette torture in Guantanamo and north Korea and other dictatorship regimes. They don't call them oubliettes but they definitely lock criminals in small disgusting concrete holes. I don't think they're racking people anymore though.
Hi, I have seen a tv series about the yeoman warders, maybe 6 episodes, quite recently (on Swedish tv, but it was brittish) They follow the "beefeaters" lives, they who live and work on the premises, try to google and find that, it was wonderful, informative, and I envy them so for getting to see and live in such a historical place! It told All, from ghost stories to the gin.
I've read two explanations: one, that it comes from a corruption of the French word bueffetier, meaning food taster, which the warders were hired to do, among other things. And two, that they were paid in beef, to keep them strong as protectors... wonderful place to visit, btw
Torture of the mind is far more painful than physical discomfort.
The Oubliette was akin to being buried alive, but much more so - in that as your body is crippled a little more each hour, - each day passes in total darkness, and in total silence. You are left down there, - completely forgotten. As agony washes over you every moment, you are left standing up, unable to move. You are standing in fetid water mixed with the rotting - decomposing remains of the previous tenant. The only air is choked with stale putrefaction. Temperatures reach freezing night after night.
Vermin will gnaw at your extremities while you can do nothing about it.
Your only reprieve would be taken to the Rack where tendons and ligaments stretched until a loud audible 'POP' signaled the separation of bones that would NEVER mend. Then you again would be thrown down and wedged back into place, hopefully not upside-down.
But unlike being able to lie down when buried, you are forced into standing when your fate is the Oubliette.
But both offer you every single minute - every moment, completely alone, in enormous pain, in pitch black darkness, near naked in cold below freezing, in deafening silence, and working to breathe air so bad your lungs become sore. And you know only that you are simply waiting to die. The ONLY thing you will ever have is death. You can only wait - to die.
Man, lighten up dude
Bahahahahahauahahaha
What a vivid depiction!
so that's a 'no star' review/recommendation from you then 😅
@@robertsettle2590 Bruwhahaha
So horrific and unfortunate to think that maybe rooms like that still exist! Excellent video as always!
I live nearby to Warwick Castle and have a number of times visited the castle. I'm a little confused as to the oubliette there, as the one I saw was unlike the one shown here, being a small black hole with a metal grid on top of it barely able to occupy a man. It was unspeakably horrible, and you could only look for a moment before turning away.
I dont think every Ouellette needed to be of a strict design as long as it achieved the same effect. The "hole in the ground" design seems so much more frightening though.
What's confusing about that? Sounds like it accomplishes the exact same thing in the exact same way.
@@Duskdog717 ....Sigh...I was merely mentioning that the one in the video was not the same as the one I saw, indeed, they were quite different. Nevertheless, the purpose of this or that oubliette, or any other, was, as you say, the same.
I remember seeing that one years ago. It had another function apparently, so we were told on the tour. Underneath the oubliette ran the river . a particularly rocky stretch and some of the very inconvenient 'guests to Warwick castle could be put in the oubliette and then the floor of the call opened and the prisoner was dashed to death (or almost) and then swept downriver .
The one at Castle Warwick is the one that's always discussed....the "most famous" if you'd consider something like that famous that is.
I can’t even imagine how removed you’d have to be from other humans to conceive torture devices. Just thinking about how torture devices work gives me anxiety because I would empathize too much with the prisoner.
Sandistic violent people had been in charge of the country or in positions of authority for a very long time. Not being sadistic or violent was the exception not the standard. Laws and customs in England were based off of Germanic practices, Roman laws and Biblical examples. The Germanic laws can be seen in the laws of King Edgar and earlier codes often based on fines you can find copies of these online. Romans could be very brutal and the bible is noteably brutal. So there are certainly many examples to draw from. A lot of cultural practices get indoctronated to people in their formative years before critical thinking can be used to examin them. On the other point peer pressure regulates the conserving and perpetuation of behaviour and benefits from the lack of examining existing practice.
My niece works at the Tower the lucky lass, what a place to see everyday, history bliss.
Lucky, indeed! Hope she thinks so too!😉😊
@@silva7493 hi, she loves the place, she also says some of the other staff have had “ghosts of the tower” experiences,she’s not had one as yet and she’s worked there for over 15 years. Thank you for your comment, best regards from Yorkshire and keep safe and well to you and yours. ❤️
Has she ever taken a close look at the broom closets; especially the ones in the lower levels? If it wasn’t destroyed,‘little ease’ is likely to have been converted into one.
@@jodif916 Oh how wonderful!! And I absolutely loved my visit to Yorkshire in the mid 1980s, I will never forget it. My best regards from California.❤
@@silva7493 hi over the pond silva ❤️ it’s a lot warmer in your beautiful part of the world, if we go above 26 it’s a heatwave 🤣 good to chat with you. Keep safe and well ❤️
Thank you, HRH, for your video and tour inside of The Tower. It's incredible what the prisons and tortures were like in the past. I know that in today's world, some countries still have prisons very similar.
The National Justice Museum (former court/prison) in Nottingham UK has an obliette...
I can't even imagine the minds that thought these punishments up.
People are by far the very worst of the animal kingdom.
Reminds me of my first apartment.
Man’s inhumanity to it’s fellow man shows no bounds.
And often to other animals, as well.
I found your channel yesterday and I’ve been binging since..
I never cease to be amazed at the evil of which humans are capable.
I can’t believe the imagination it took to dream these things up!😱
I remember that word from Labyrinth it's always have an unnerving affect on me.
Thanks!
Loved this! Great content as always, and you speak so lovely, your brittish and beautiful voice
Thank you 💞
Man's inhumanity to man. Just to imagine the minds that thought up such things makes one shudder. Someone had to come up with such a thing and others had to agree with him.
Just love your narration
Thank you 😊
I felt claustrophobic as the photographer walked down the stairs in that very narrow stairwell. And even a bit of terror as the view took us into the small room then looking down into the 'Little Ease'.
If I visited the Tower of London I dont know if I could even walk down those stairs myself to the Ease.
The methods of torture in the Medieval period are quite disturbing to contemplate. At the same time this is fascinating history. I have walked by the Tower in a visit to London many years ago. I do want to return soon.
And the ancestors of the monsters who used such methods continue to benefit to this day.Inheriting vast amounts of property and land..And naturally given millions in land subsides,all paid for of course by the working masses
Descendants, maybe?
So are you also to blame for what YOUR ancestors did…? Because I can guarantee that you will have some that were bad..!!! And if you’re American you’ve no business trashing OUR Royals.. 🙄🇬🇧
Tower of London is on my bucket list 😍 but dang this video was hard to watch. And parts I know now I won't be able to see.
What a narrow dank walk, even if u aren't claustrophobic, and that doesn't bother u. Such an oppressive dark energy, I can feel it from here😱
At least we have pictures of it.
Horrendous.
Romeo and Oubliette.
"Romeo, Romeo, where art thou?"
If the oubliette was part of the dungeon, how can it now be missing?
I think the wall she mentioned?
I'm confused, is it lost to time or is it just not open to the public?
Oubliette means = FORGOTTEN thats what happened to those people = UNBELIAVABLE now a days.....
They do still use this oubliette torture in Guantanamo and north Korea and other dictatorship regimes. They don't call them oubliettes but they definitely lock criminals in small disgusting concrete holes. I don't think they're racking people anymore though.
The torture chamber is now a gift shop. Very very morbid.
Does anybody know why the yeoman warders are called 'Beefeaters'? It's such a silly sounding name I'm curious to know how it originated.
Hi, I have seen a tv series about the yeoman warders, maybe 6 episodes, quite recently (on Swedish tv, but it was brittish)
They follow the "beefeaters" lives, they who live and work on the premises, try to google and find that, it was wonderful, informative, and I envy them so for getting to see and live in such a historical place! It told All, from ghost stories to the gin.
I've read two explanations: one, that it comes from a corruption of the French word bueffetier, meaning food taster, which the warders were hired to do, among other things. And two, that they were paid in beef, to keep them strong as protectors... wonderful place to visit, btw
Might have something to do with eating beef.
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They were the first King’s guards,and were allowed to eat as much beef from the King’s table as they wanted - presumably to keep them strong
Because the proximity yo your home , is expensive tour neighborhood?
Great place to hold up during a zombie apocalypse.
Know how such places could be used today.
Sounds just like my apartment in Hong Kong
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