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Author: Psychopompos007

Sep 13th 2014 at 12:25:51 PM

I think it could be worth mentioning in introduction that the modern discovery of the iron maiden may come from erroneous interpretation of the actual purpose of a real torture device known as "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schandmantel Schandmantel]]".

Literature
* Creator/BramStoker short-story ''[[http://www.bramstoker.org/stories/03guest/03squaw.html The Squaw]]'' is focused on the iron maiden (refered as "Iron Virgin" in the text) exposed in Nuremberg Castle (the device really existed, it was destroyed by the Allied bombing of 1944). Its protagonist is an American tourist who visits the castle and asks the guid to brievely almost close the iron maiden on him, to know how would have fell a victim of this supplice. [[spoiler: Before entering the castle, he unintentionally killed a group of kittens next to their mothers, by throwing a stone. While testing the iron maiden, the guid is attacked by the resentful cat and let go the rope which held the device's doors open; the heavy doors thus slammed shut, killing the protagonist.]]

Live Action-Films
* In ''Film/SleepyHollow'', Ichabod Crane has flashbacks about [[spoiler: his mother]] dying inside an iron maiden. [[spoiler: She has been condemned to death by her husband, a priest who accused her of sorcery.]]

Video Games
* ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' includes an iron maiden in a late part of Brennenburg Castle. Coming close to it triggers a (hallucinated) JumpScare when it opens. Using it when you're next to the thing triggers a kind of flashback through the memories of one of its victims.