The Pit and the Pendulum Charles III and Charles IV only four persons were condemned. The Inquisition was, however, abolished during the period of French intervention (1808–13). The original source of the pendulum torture method is one paragraph in the preface of the 1826 book "The history of the Inquisition of Spain " by the Spanish priest, historian, and activist, Juan Antonio Llorente. relating a second-hand account by a single prisoner released from the Inquisition's Madrid dungeon in 1820, who purportedly described the pendulum torture method. Most modern sources dismiss this as fantasy. One theory is that Llorente misunderstood the account he heard; the prisoner
The Phantom of Morrisville disappearances, intrigues, kidnappings, and love. The Phantom of Morrisville The Phantom of Morrisville () is a Czech comedy film directed by Borivoj Zeman. It was released in 1966. The movie is a parody on Western mystical thrillers and horror films, in particular—1961 film "The Pit and the Pendulum". A musician from the symphony orchestra reads an English thriller novel during the concert, while performing his parts of the Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen". The book makes so strong an impression on him that he imagines himself to be the novel's protagonist, Sir Hannibal Morris, an owner of a huge Gothic castle.