{"id":6317,"date":"2016-03-05T21:08:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T03:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/?p=6317"},"modified":"2023-12-16T16:17:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T22:17:14","slug":"morbid-fact-du-jour-for-march-5-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/?p=6317","title":{"rendered":"Morbid Fact Du Jour For March 5, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"null\">Today&#8217;s Cagey Yet Truly Morbid Fact!<\/h3>\n<p>The torture device known as the Wooden Cage produced two main results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It limited the prisoners&#8217; movements, while strongly constraining their head, for they were hung upright inside a cage with a cone-shaped top;<\/li>\n<li>Even if the rectangular opening was wide enough to allow the victim&#8217;s body to enter, because of the great height there was no chance for the victim to jump out of the cage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The size of the opening on the bottom of the cage was such that the victim&#8217;s body could possibly fall through, thus increasing his fear of falling down.<\/p>\n<p>The only disadvantage (from the point of view of the torturer!), was that the victim could not be exposed to the insults of passer-bys.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/87058627-77a8-4e09-9915-be46ae3cfd3c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/87058627-77a8-4e09-9915-be46ae3cfd3c-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/87058627-77a8-4e09-9915-be46ae3cfd3c-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/87058627-77a8-4e09-9915-be46ae3cfd3c-708x1024.jpg 708w, https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/87058627-77a8-4e09-9915-be46ae3cfd3c-768x1111.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/87058627-77a8-4e09-9915-be46ae3cfd3c-1062x1536.jpg 1062w, https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/87058627-77a8-4e09-9915-be46ae3cfd3c-620x897.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/87058627-77a8-4e09-9915-be46ae3cfd3c.jpg 1116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Culled from: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1notY04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Torture &#8211; Inquisition &#8211; Death Penalty<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"null\">Ghastly! &#8211; Noma Edition<\/h3>\n<p>When I saw this ghastly photo that <strong>David <\/strong>posted I said, &#8220;What is wrong with her? \u00a0Cancer? \u00a0Disease? Injury?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/6316ccbe-b757-455f-af19-06765eb9c825.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12235\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/6316ccbe-b757-455f-af19-06765eb9c825-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/6316ccbe-b757-455f-af19-06765eb9c825-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/6316ccbe-b757-455f-af19-06765eb9c825.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seems that Noma had slipped my mind. \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure how because it&#8217;s frighteningly memorable. It&#8217;s simply one of the most atrocious maladies I&#8217;ve ever laid my eyes upon. \u00a0So of course I have to share it again with you all. \u00a0I&#8217;d say &#8220;brace yourselves&#8221; but if you&#8217;ve survived the girl above, you won&#8217;t have any issues surviving the other images on this page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/asylumeclectica.com\/malady\/archives\/noma.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Malady Of The Month: Noma<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Cagey Yet Truly Morbid Fact! The torture device known as the Wooden Cage produced two main results: It limited the prisoners&#8217; movements, while strongly constraining their head, for they were hung upright inside a cage with a cone-shaped top; Even if the rectangular opening was wide enough to allow the victim&#8217;s body to enter, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facts","category-ghastly"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6317"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12251,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317\/revisions\/12251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}