What is Laughter Torture

The Laughing Penalty was invented in the 17th century during the Thirty Years' War in Europe as a form of torture, in which the hands and feet of a prisoner or prisoner of war were tied securely, then the soles of the feet were made bare by removing shoes and socks, and the hearts of the feet were coated with honey, sugar or salt, and a goat was brought in to lick the delicious coating on the hearts of the feet. The goat's tongue has barbs, making the center of the foot licked itchy and itchy. Once licked clean executioner will immediately honey or salt water again coated with the heart of its feet, so that the goat kept licking, until the prisoner finally died laughing, so that makes the torture of the itchy, can not be restrained, and ultimately due to the lack of oxygen suffocation caused by laughter and death. The broader meaning of laughter torture is to tickle the soles of the feet to force confessions or punishment.

①Causes of death: Laughter can lead to cardiac arrest or asphyxiation. Laughter can also lead to contraction weakness, collapse and fainting, leading to trauma. Fainting due to laughter can be caused by focal lesions of the hypothalamus. Laughter syncope can also affect the cerebellum.

②History: During World War II, a man named Hen Hegel witnessed the brutal torture of the Nazis and wrote a book called The Men With The Pink Triangle.