Forget walking the plank—keelhauling makes it look like a spa day! This ancient maritime punishment had sailors dragged under ships, shredded by barnacles, and stinging worse than a jellyfish hug. Used by the Ancient Greeks and Dutch to keep pirates in line, it was less “team-building exercise” and more “scream underwater.” History’s torture catalog never fails to horrify!

Horrific simulation shows gruesome torture method that punished sailors at sea