Buried Alive: Taphophobia & Safety Coffins

Between the late 18th and early 20th century, the fear of premature burial was intense. This fear was spurred by both real incidents and magnification of the issue by newspapers and public interest groups. Many inventive ideas arose to deal with the issue, one of which was the security coffin. In this episode we discuss where this fear came from and the many devices created to aid the mistakenly buried.

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Buried Alive: Taphophobia & Safety Coffins is an episode from The Morbid Curiosity Podcast by Hallie Lloyd.

This episode is 31:05 long.

This episode was published on May 30, 2025.

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