Chase is back to guest host this week as he and Lacie bring you the history of taphophobia-the fear of being buried alive. Before advances in medical science, our ancestors developed interesting methods to test for life's end. The inaccuracy of such tests resulted in a rise of premature burials that sent a wave of panic through society. As Edgar Allen Poe put it "To be buried alive is, beyond question, the most terrific of extremes which has ever fallen to the lot of mere mortality."

Sources:

-https://www.maxim.com/maxim-man/brief-history-being-buried-alive/

-https://historycollection.com/buried-alive-common-victorian-era-doctors-used-10-methods-prevent/10/

-https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/safety-coffin-0012316

-https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/54818/4-people-who-were-buried-alive-and-how-they-got-out