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Buried Alive

30 Morbid Minutes

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The Rise of the Modern Mortuary Industry

The 19 century saw the rise of the modern funeral industry as we know it. The fear of being buried alive during this time actually helped popularize the embalming process. Arsenic was the most popular and pumming fluid of the time.

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