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Tag: buried alive

The Thief’s Arm of Prague

May 9, 2020October 25, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

The 400 year old arm, impaled on a meat hook, serves as a warning to all future criminals considering robbing the church.

Timothy Clark Smith: The Grave With a Window

August 25, 2019 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 1 Comment

Instead of considering glass coffins and mausoleums, physician Timothy Clark Smith had rather more practical ideas...

Buried Alive! A short history of premature burial and safety coffins

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 2 Comments

Taphophobia. The fear of being buried alive. The subject of nightmares since time immemorial. With today’s modern medicine, there’s little chance of these fears becoming reality, however, for many centuries, it was a very real threat.

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