Just in time for the holidays! My friend Jack Mord bought this amazing little toy from the UK via eBay, a gruesome reminder of one of the world's rarest and most awful forms of execution. Yes, this really happened to people -- Listverse, who in a post titled "Top 10 Gruesome Methods of Execution" listed sawing as #1, writes:


Some traditions state that the Prophet Isaiah was executed by the saw. It is believed that Saint Paul is making reference to this in his Epistle to the Hebrews 11:37: "They were stoned, they were cut asunder, they were tempted, they were put to death by the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being in want, distressed, afflicted."


Imagine the kids' faces when they find this under the tree on Christmas morning. Sheer delight! Check out all the gory details in the super-sized version.