25 Most Brutal Torture Techniques Used Throughout History - #24 Will Freak You Out!

5. Death by Sawing

The term "death by sawing" indicates the act of sawing a living person in half. Different methods of death by sawing have been recorded. In cases related to the Roman Emperor Caligula, the sawing is said to be through the middle. In the cases of Morocco, it is stated that the sawing was lengthwise, both from the groin and upwards, and from the skull and downwards. Oh boy, this one doesn't look fun. Being hung upside down is bad enough, but being sawed down the middle? 

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