Quickcheck: Was the 'medieval' Iron Maiden used as a torture device?

OVER the decades, many have assumed that the iron maiden – a human-shaped coffin with spikes on the inner surface of its door apparently to pierce the bodies of those condemned to be locked inside – was a gruesome torture device used during the Middle Ages. Read full story

Source : https://www.thestar.com.my/news/true-or-not/2023/01/12/quickcheck-was-the-039medieval039-iron-maiden-used-as-a-torture-device