Dan and Kevin explore the horrifying method of torture known as Abacination otherwise known as Blinding (by light, technically). They'll cover an infamous biblical use of blinding, a Saint with a very unbelievable story, the blinding of an entire army, eye for an eye, FSG, Irish food, and much more!

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References:

Hirsch, Arnold E., ed., The Book of Torture and Executions (Toronto: Golden Books, 1944), part 1.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacination#:~:text=Abacination%20is%20a%20form%20of,plate%20held%20before%20their%20eyes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinding_(punishment)

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/%C3%86lfric%27s_Lives_of_Saints/09luc_eng

https://books.google.com/books?id=HSWpSJINLRwC&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://www.smh.com.au/world/eye-for-an-eye-punishment-for-iranian-who-blinded-lovers-husband-20101214-18vpp.html

https://medium.com/@TaheriKaveh/eye-for-an-eye-iran-s-court-gouges-eye-of-a-young-man-convicted-of-blinding-fc845ae72d7e

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/730160/Man-blinded-acid-attack-four-year-old-girl-eye-for-eye-Iran

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/iran-applies-sharia-law-and-blinds-man-over-acid-attack-1.2128154

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/05/eye-for-an-eye-iran-blinds-man-who-carried-out-acid-attack

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Abacination/3540340651

https://archive.org/details/deathofkingsroya0000evan/page/37/mode/2up

https://historyofyesterday.com/the-byzantine-ruler-who-left-15-000-soldiers-blind-c70de1ad4ff9

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41433-019-0742-2

https://bjo.bmj.com/content/94/10/1406