Taphophobia
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taphophobia-181-13089078
title:
Taphophobia
text:
Taphophobia is an abnormal (psychopathological) phobia of being buried alive as a result of being incorrectly pronounced dead. Before the era of modern medicine, the fear was not entirely irrational. Throughout history, there have been numerous cases of people being buried alive by accident. In 1905, the English reformer William Tebb collected accounts of premature burial. He found 219 cases of near live burial, 149 actual live burials, 10 cases of live dissection and 2 cases of awakening while
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Fear of being buried alive
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taphophobia
date created:
2006-12-02T18:19:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T00:28:56Z
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13
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