Spanish Donkey
And finally, one I hadn’t heard of and am now going to spend the rest of my life trying to forget, The Spanish Donkey. Why does the Spanish Donkey (aka The Wooden Horse) triumph as the worst on this list? Not solely because of what it does, but because it was still being used in the Civil fucking War! And by the Union no less! A variation of it anyway.
The Spanish Donkey is an angled piece of wood, much like a saw horse but sharp, in which the Confederate soldier (or whoever) would be placed on top. Weights or nails would be attached to the person’s feet to prevent them from falling off and the person’s full body would be pushed onto their crotch. To add insult to injury this would also be used in conjunction with tarring and feathering.
