

Participants: Michelle Rossi-Voorhees and Julia Frieseĭevice: Contrary to the publicity photo, no pillory is used in this programme. The Camilla Scott Show (Canadian Talk Show)Ĭaptain Planet, Season 1, Episode 8, "The Dead Seas"ĬarnEvil (1998 Video Game), Freak Show levelĭevice: Pillory (evidence of previous pelting)Ĭharmed, Season 1, Episode 16, "Which Prue is it, Anyway?"Ĭiao Darwin 7 - La Resurrezione (2016 Italian Game Show), "Normali vs Diversi"Ĭolonial House, Season 1, Episode 3, "City of God" and an electrified bed frame.īeetlejuice (Animated Series), Season 4, Episode 9, "Caddy Shock"īella and the Bulldogs, Season 3, Episode 9, "The Outlaw Bella Dawson"īelladonna of Sadness aka Kanashimi no Belladonna (1973)īen 10, Season 3, Episode 3, "A Change of Face"īewitched, Season 7, Episode 4, "Samantha's Hot Bedwarmer"īewitched, Season 7, Episode 8, "Samantha's Old Salem Trip"īig Brother (USA game show 2010), Season 12, Episode 6Ĭontestants: Rachel Reilly, Monet Stunson, Britney Haynesīig Brother (UK game show 2014), Season 15, Day 65īlack Scorpion, Season 1, Episode 14, "Virtual Vice"īreaker High, Season 1, Episode 15, "Kissin' Cousins" The Avengers, Season 5, Episode 23, "Murdersville"Īctresses: Diana Rigg (and Hilary Heath in a brank - aka scold’s bridle)ĭevices: Stocks, Branks, and a Ducking Stool.īabes in Toyland aka March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)īarbed Wire Dolls aka Frauengefängnis (1976)ĭevice: Hand Stocks. The Avengers, Season 5, Episode 3, "Escape in Time" Farm, Season 2, Episode 9 "ContestANTS"Īctresses: Stephanie Scott & China Anne McClainĪttack of the Robots aka Cartes sur table (1966) The Addams Family (1992 animated series), Season 1, Episode 9, "F.T.V."Īgainst the Wind (1978 series), Season 1, Episode 2, "The Wild Geese"Īlly McBeal, Season 1, Episode 4, "The Affair"Īmerican Horror Story: Freak Show, Episode 12, "Show Stoppers"Īcresses: Emma Roberts, Jamie Brewer, Shauna Rappold, Angela SarafyanĪnother World (long-running American Soap Opera)Ī.N.T. Firm but fair.Īctresses: Anne Reiss, Tanya Scott, Yadira Maldonado, Samantha Moss, Tracy Johnson, Stephanie Cappella, Agnete Normann If an axe hit his wife, she was deemed guilty. If he managed to sever her pigtails, she was declared innocent of infidelity.

Her husband then threw axes at the board. The woman’s head and hands were secured in a huge wooden frame, to which her hair (braided into three pigtails) was pinned. Viking axe board – a (fictitious) device allegedly used for testing the marital fidelity of Viking women. Racks often had stocks at one end to restrain the prisoner’s feet. Rack – an instrument of torture where the prisoner’s body was slowly stretched to obtain information. Guillotine – a decapitation device where the prisoner’s neck was secured in a wooden frame (known as a lunette) before a blade descended and severed the head. Mainly used as a punishment for women who scolded, gossiped, or who were too opinionated.ĭucking stool – a punishment for quarrelsome women where the offender was restrained on one end of a see-saw like device, and repeatedly plunged into a river or pond. A metal framework which is locked on the head, keeping a metal plate in the mouth to prevent speech. In German, this is called a "schandgeige", which literally translates as "shame violin".īranks – also known as the scold’s bridle. Shrew's fiddle – a free-standing wooden frame in which the head and hands are locked but, unlike a yoke, the hands are held in front of the prisoner.

Although prisoners are otherwise unrestrained, the size and weight of the cangue renders them virtually helpless. Yoke – a wooden frame in which the head and hands are locked but, unlike the pillory, a yoke is not mounted on posts but carried by the prisoner.Ĭangue – a large wooden frame which is locked around the neck, mainly used in China. Generally speaking, people sit in the stocks and stand in the pillory. Stocks – a wooden frame in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) are locked. Pillory – a wooden frame (mounted on one or two posts) in which the head and hands are locked. I know that not everyone is familiar with all the various devices, so I have prefaced the list with a brief glossary. If you are aware of any scenes which are not on the list, I'd be grateful if you'd let me know.
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This page provides a list of films or TV programmes which feature stocks, pillories or certain other devices.
