4 thoughts on “Ripley’s Believe It or Not”

  1. It’s also true that the “Pear” was used anally too, and could be inserted and cranked open. Apparently this was commonly used as torture in Spain in the 15th 16th centuries.

  2. The late 90s version of the Ripley “Believe It Or Not” TV show (the version with Dean Cain as host) did an episode with a segment about these sorts of devices. The high point was a restraint chair which had a special hood attachment where you could basically plunge a guy into a state of sensory deprivation. They even had a brief clip of a poor guy strapped in, squirming about in it as a sort of “flashback” clip of the chair being used.

    I taped the segment and used to jerk off to it…

  3. I don’t suppose their gift shop is selling replicas…I need a new set of stocks and a matching pair is always best….could be used to frame a special purpose room in one’s home or, as at my Orthopaedicist’s, their “Special Treatment Room”…where the door is always closed. One wonder. I suppose they could be a DIY project for those clever in woodwork but…sadly, that would exclude me.

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