Have you ever heard stories about entombed human remains in the walls of fortresses or old manor houses? Scientists have long wondered how the human body got there until they came to the awful conclusion that such finds are echoes of the ancient execution by immurement.

Like many other tortures and executions, this type of torture received its greatest expansion in the Middle Ages. It was mainly used by the Christian church to punish monks who broke their vows or questioned the scriptures of the church. Echoes of these times are often found in castles, fortresses, and ancient temples.

People were placed in specially created chambers to be entombed in the walls of buildings or in dungeons, leaving them a small supply of food and water and then blocking the only way to freedom with bricks or masonry. This made the cell of the condemned invisible, subjecting the prisoner to a slow, painful death in complete solitude and darkness.

As you have already realized, this video will focus on the most horrific types of punishment in the history of mankind. We're going to tell you what it's like to be shot out of a cannon, why people were boiled alive in England, and how pirates were executed.