An oubliette was a deep stone pit used as a prison. Prisoners were lowered inside and rarely removed. Food and water were minimal or nonexistent. Darkness, isolation, and starvation did the work of ...

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So far, all the medieval torture devices on this list inflicted physical pain upon victims. But the next one, the oubliette, was a bit different. “Oubliette” comes from the French word oublier, or “to ...