Buried Alive

30 Morbid Minutes

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 731 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

History’s obsession with being prematurely buried alive, and what to do if you do find yourself six feet underground with no escape. We look at how this became a very real problem in the Victorian Era, and some of the inventions created to prevent unintentional dirt naps. Go to http://solostove.com and use promo code 30MM to get $10 off on top of summer sales. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.7	This is a rooster teeth production. During certain eras in history, being accidentally buried alive was a very real fear, one that used to happen more often than you think.
0:43.2	Surprisingly, it can still happen.
0:46.2	We dig deep to find out why in this episode of 30 Morbid Minutes.
1:04.4	Yeah. This is the Morpid Minutes. This is the podcast where we cover topics, people, places, events, and history of a morbid, macabre, dark and downright grisly nature.
1:13.7	I'm Elise Willems.
1:14.8	I'm Jessica Vasami.
1:15.9	Chances are most of you listening to this podcast are familiar with David Blaine.
1:19.7	He's an illusionist known for his many daring feats of endurance.
1:23.6	He's considered to be one of the many modern Houdini's, who also happens to be one of David Blaine's inspirations.
1:30.7	David Blaine has been active in the magic world for over 25 years now, performing all sorts of extreme tricks that feel kind of more like stunts than illusions.
1:40.1	And at the start of his career, he performed one of his very first public feats of endurance being buried alive.
1:47.0	A big way to start.
1:48.3	Mm-hmm.
1:49.0	It was April 5th, 1999, and 75,000 people gathered on Manhattan's Upper West Side to observe as David Blaine climbed inside a transparent,
1:58.4	plexiglass coffin with only six inches of headroom and two inches on
2:03.0	either side of him. The coffin was then lowered six feet into a dirt pit, just in the middle of
2:08.9	Manhattan, I guess, and a three-ton water tank was lowered on top of the coffin. He had nothing
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