On related notes,
One of the earliest documented cases of a young woman forced to
confess under torture and burnt alive at the stake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronilla_de_Meath
One of the worst female psychopathic serial killers who
single-handedly tortured, cruelly experimented on, and murdered at
least 650 girls and young women
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Elizabeth+B%C3%A1thory
https://www.google.com.sg/#q=Elizabeth+B%C3%A1thory
List of serial killers before 1900
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_serial_killers_before_1900
The Han-era empress Lu Zhi, in 194 B.C., wreaked revenge on a
concubine rival by gouging out her eyes, amputating her arms and
legs, and forcing acid down her throat to destroy her vocal chords.
The mute and limbless concubine was then tossed into a cesspit in
the palace with the wild boars.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-demonization-of-empress-wu-20743091/
http://www.whatsonweibo.com/top-10-of-the-most-evil-power-women-in-chinas-history/
In Chinese history, Sun Hao, Fu Sheng and Gao Heng were known
for removing skin from people's faces. The Hongwu Emperor flayed
many servants, officials and rebels. In 1396 he ordered the flaying
(ie. skinning alive) of 5000 women.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaying
And the most recent modern-day case, every bit just as cruel...
and the perpetrator was identified yet escaped justice due to her
elite rich family connections...
https://www.google.com.sg/#q=tsinghua+university+zhu+ling+thallium+poisoning
