A schoolgirl is impaled on a spike through her mouth at one of Thailand’s most gruesome hell gardens.
Hell gardens are a Buddhist vision of the punishments inflicted on sinners in the afterlife.
There are several hell gardens across Thailand, each of which feature dozens of gory, life-sized statues that show what happens to criminals and miscreants in the hereafter.
All Thailand’s hell gardens are brutal – but Wat Mae Kaet outside Chiang Mai is the most grisly.
The displays are bloodier, the punishments are more disturbing… and if you pop a coin in the slot, some of the animatronic displays come to life, complete with flickering lightbulb eyes and bloodcurdling screams.
