Man’s slow and brutal torture method was ‘cruelest death in history’

People are saying only a 'true maniac' could have devised this absolutely awful death, which befell a Hungarian rebel in the 16th century.

It's been described as the ‘cruelest death’ in history.

While there are several horrific incidents which claim the title, this one might really be the worst.

György Dózsa was a Hungarian man born in 1470 and proved to be a real annoyance to the rulers of the Kingdom of Hungary.

György Dózsa was tortured in the most gruesome way (PHAS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Most notably, Dozsa lead a peasant revolt against the kingdom’s nobility during the reign of King Vladislaus II of Hungary.

He was eventually captured and tortured and it seems those in power wanted to make a clear and severe example of him.

The details of his torture were recently highlighted on the YouTube page Dark History.

“This is probably the cruelest death in the history of mankind,” the narrator said.

“He was forced to sit naked on a [smoldering] glowing iron throne, and a glowing iron crown was placed on his head.

“He had to then hold a glowing scepter to ridicule his ambition to become king.”

If that wasn’t awful enough, the torturers then added insult to quite a lot of injuries.

“Nine of his previously starved fellow rebels were led in front of this throne,” the narrator continued.

“The executioners then took a pair of tongs from the fire and stabbed them into his skin, after they had torn his flesh the remaining rebels were ordered to swallow the meat.

A still from the film Judgement, which covered Dózsa's execution (MAFILM Stúdió 3Studio, Hraných Filmov BratislavaStudioul, Cinematografic Bucuresti)

“Those who refused were simply dismembered while those who obeyed were released.”

Now this just sounds like an absolutely awful time.

And to top it all off? According to accounts at the time, it took a fair while for Dózsa to die, meaning his absolute agony was drawn out.

Viewers definitely shared that sentiment and reflected on what a terrible fate that was.

“Bro went through heartbreak, betrayal, grief, unfathomable pain and anger just in that execution,” one person said.

“And we wonder why aliens don't introduce themselves to us,” one user wrote.

“It’s wild to think humans are capable of such things. Torture like this can only be carried out by a true maniac,” commented another.

“No matter how corrupt, how cruel, how unfair a regime is, there are always those that profit from it, and they are willing to do things like this for it,” added another.