Judas cradle
![Judas Chair at the torture museum of Freiburg, Germany](/Images/godic/202501/21/Fomfr_judas_cradle1423.jpg")
The Judas Cradle, also known as the Judas chair and The Guided Cradle, was an alleged torture device. In Italian it is the culla di Giuda; in German the Judaswiege; and in French the la veille—"the wake" or "nightwatch" (because when certain muscles are contracted, the victim could not fall asleep).