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Episode 253: Buried Alive

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The T-Shaped Tube in a Coffin

This one is patent number 268693. It was granted on December 5th, 1882 to John Crickbaum for quote, a device for indicating life in buried persons. This tube that is placed on the corpse's chest can be turned by their hands if they wake up. The part above the ground is attached by a series of interconnected tubes and appears like a box scale on the surface.

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