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Amonbrune
from Vancouver (Canada) on 2002-04-27 10:22 [#00196282]
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RICHMOND, VA—Nine people were torn limb-from-limb and skewered through the anus with wooden stakes Monday at the annual Richmond Renaissance Fair.
Organizers boasted that the new "Drawn and Quartered" demonstration made this year's fair one of the most authentic and enjoyable ever.
"The skit where we publicly tortured and humiliated 'condemned heretics' gave us by far the most response we've ever gotten," actor Paul Mitchard said. "Who would have thought that violence would appeal to people?"
In the skit, people were randomly selected from the audience, strung up on posts, and read official "charges." A dirt-encrusted dagger was then used to saw off vital parts of the condemned. One man's scrotum was cut off, causing his testicles to fall to the ground. Children in the audience then tossed the testicles back and forth as the victim watched.
Participating audience members then had their livers cut out, cooked, and force-fed to them. The pale and barely conscious victims were then taken down from their posts and prepared for the next stage of their torture amid taunts and bellows from the crowd.
"I loved it," said University of Virginia junior Steve Ohlemeyer, who attended the fair for the first time Monday. "It was like being transported back to the real Renaissance. I got turkey drumsticks at the Ye Olde Grille, threw stones at the Drench-A-Wench booth, and I even got to see a heretic forced to eat his own kidney."
Said Richmond-area elementary-school teacher Linda Rougas: "It was a lot of fun. They picked my husband out of the crowd, and he thought it was a real kick. When they eviscerated him, he really got into it, screaming and begging for his life. So, of course, the kids and I did our part, too, yelling 'Heretic!' along with the rest of the crowd."
After more than an hour of torture, participants had their arms and legs tied to four horses, each of which was made to pull in a different direction. After the volunteers' limbs wer
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Amonbrune
from Vancouver (Canada) on 2002-04-27 10:23 [#00196283]
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After the volunteers' limbs were torn off, the remaining disembodied, helpless torsos were fed to packs of ravenous dogs.
The victims' highly realistic, historically accurate screams of agony captivated fairgoers.
"I thought it was wonderful," said Herman Kline, who attended the fair with his wife and three children. "I enjoyed taunting the condemned, and my children enjoyed playing with the testicles."
One lucky fair attendee, Mel Bridgeman of Norfolk, VA, got to be the subject of a special demonstration. Bridgeman was tied up and laid on his back spread-eagled, his legs held apart by a short beam roped to a horse. A long wooden stake was then braced against a rock and inserted just a few inches into his anus. When the horse was given a snap from the whip, it bolted, causing Bridgeman to be driven onto the stake until it thrust out of his mouth.
Though most everyone thought the fair was the most successful ever, several family members of the killed were not so enthusiastic.
"My husband and I came to the fair as part of our honeymoon," Richmond native Jacklyn Welden said. "When he was stabbed through the heart for blaspheming the Pope, the fair suddenly wasn't quite so much fun."
"Yea, we try to give people a merry ol' time, we do," fair director Todd Burgher said. "Ye can bet yer knickers we'll be doing it again next year."
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Jedi Chris
on 2002-04-27 10:29 [#00196286]
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Sounds like fun for all the family!
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xlr
from Boston (United States) on 2002-04-27 18:12 [#00196546]
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that's pretty fucked up. shame on you, onion.
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Amonbrune
from Vancouver (Canada) on 2002-04-27 18:19 [#00196551]
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lol
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Resident Evil
from heat some coffee, mmm, mmm (Australia) on 2002-04-27 18:28 [#00196555]
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That was very funny!
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AMinal
from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-04-27 22:19 [#00196812]
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HA! that was hilarious! LOLOLOL!
so funny... we dont often try to re-create THAT part of the past, do we? :)
that was REALLY REALLY good..... can u post the link to the original article so i can send it to some friends?
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Morg DOBWCPT
from Davis (United States) on 2002-04-27 22:26 [#00196817]
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I know I shouldn't laught at that but damn, it's jut too funny
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Winged Freak
from Darkness (Kyrgyzstan) on 2002-04-27 22:48 [#00196849]
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LOL, I live there
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