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The Turn of the Screw
July 20, 2024. Permalink Interesting › Articles
Remember when you were a kid and saw “thumbscrew torture” for the first time in
some late-night horror film? It was the coolest. To inflict so much pain with
so little effort—just a tiny turn of the screw and intense wailing would ensue.
How cool was that?—horrifying as well. Although using thumbscrews in the fine …