Bishop, Christopher2015-12-071367-8779http://hdl.handle.net/1885/17580This article examines the historical truth of the ‘pear of anguish’ – a common exhibit in European dungeon museums that has recently made its way into the popular imagination by way of TV shows and internet sites. Like the ‘chastity belt’ beforehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/201410.1177/13678779145285312015-12-07CC BY-NC-ND