This odd little doohickey is something called the pear. Sounds innocuous enough, right? But, wait. It also looks like Satan’s penis. And that’s pretty much how sadistic 17th-century torturers used the ...

Horrifying details of the conditions endured by hostages locked away in Hamas's tunnel networks have emerged since the ...

Today's monkey torture videos are the products of a digitally connected world. People who enjoy watching baby animals probed, snipped, and mutilated in horrible ways often have difficulty finding ...

During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to "end the use torture without exception." Initially we gave him a rating of In the Works, but we are now ready to give him a Promise Kept. (We ...