A member of Russia's anti-sexual Skoptsy sect, whose traditions included removing male cultists' genitals and female cultists' breasts. This man was castrated as a child, causing his limbs to grow unusually long as a side effect.4yr ⋅ PablomentFanquedelic ⋅ r/CreepyHistory
Wax model of a plague scene from 1657 (xpost from /r/jessicamshannon)6yr ⋅ jessicamshannon ⋅ r/CreepyHistory
