![Medieval times sawing people to death. Methods varied, but the most horrendous type of sawing was the one where lawmen would string criminals upside down, spread eagle and saw them from the Medieval times sawing people to death. Methods varied, but the most horrendous type of sawing was the one where lawmen would string criminals upside down, spread eagle and saw them from the](https://preview.redd.it/f4phbz6amjg51.jpg?auto=webp&s=918644e8a588923b8137964e88624848b8009cb6)
Medieval times sawing people to death. Methods varied, but the most horrendous type of sawing was the one where lawmen would string criminals upside down, spread eagle and saw them from the
![The term "death by sawing" indicates the act of sawing a living person in half. Most often the victim was suspended upside down, most of the blood will go to the head. The term "death by sawing" indicates the act of sawing a living person in half. Most often the victim was suspended upside down, most of the blood will go to the head.](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/ae1b4baea4d24a1886cf5f7a811a7260/t965cw.jpg)
The term "death by sawing" indicates the act of sawing a living person in half. Most often the victim was suspended upside down, most of the blood will go to the head.
![Medieval Murder on Twitter: "Medieval Murder Fun Fact of the Day: one of the most gruesome execution methods in the Middle Ages was sawing. The victim would be hung upside down and Medieval Murder on Twitter: "Medieval Murder Fun Fact of the Day: one of the most gruesome execution methods in the Middle Ages was sawing. The victim would be hung upside down and](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_M2jhKUUAM3C62.jpg)
Medieval Murder on Twitter: "Medieval Murder Fun Fact of the Day: one of the most gruesome execution methods in the Middle Ages was sawing. The victim would be hung upside down and
Tid Bits - Sawing is a method of torture and execution. The victim was hung upside down and then sawed apart down the middle, starting at the groin. Since the condemned was
![The term "death by sawing" indicates the act of sawing a living person in half. Most often the victim was suspended upside down, most of the blood will go to the head. The term "death by sawing" indicates the act of sawing a living person in half. Most often the victim was suspended upside down, most of the blood will go to the head.](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/t96528/the-term-death-by-sawing-indicates-the-act-of-sawing-a-living-person-in-half-most-often-the-victim-was-suspended-upside-down-most-of-the-blood-will-go-to-the-head-the-torturers-would-saw-into-the-victims-crotch-all-of-the-blood-in-the-head-will-oxygenate-the-brain-so-that-the-victim-will-not-pass-out-as-one-normally-would-under-such-excruciating-pain-typically-the-saw-would-reach-the-victims-navel-before-unconsciousness-would-take-hold-sometimes-as-far-as-the-midriff-t96528.jpg)