re: Is there anything more painful than being skinned alive?

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Blood Eagle

Captors would cut and open large flaps of skin and muscle from their living victim's back and then sever the ribs from the spine, opening the ribs out to the sides to form "wings." The torturer would then complete the ritual by pulling out the victim's intact lungs and laying them over the extended ribs.
They were often hung from a tree or other object with cords tying open the "wings" for public display.

This was done while alive; at which point they died is unknown.

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