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Oct 2024
56m 36s

BURIED ALIVE!

CHELSEY WEBER-SMITH
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In the 19th century, America and Europe experienced a panic over premature burial, believing that anyone could be accidentally declared dead and entombed before their time was really up. Led by a movement of quacky Spiritualists, the panic culminated in the creation of safety coffins with mechanisms that promised to save anyone who awoke six feet underground ... Show More
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