'Dead' woman found breathing in coffin

[mellosouls]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-65886245

[sacnoradhq]

The topic of many 18th-19th century patents.

[oilchange → sacnoradhq]

And horror stories like berenice by the great edgar allan poe.

[mensetmanusman]

A wake was to listen for bells:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin

[ptx → mensetmanusman]

The linked Wikipedia article (although interesting) doesn't seem to mention wakes, and the Wikipedia page on wakes [1] claims that this idea is a misconception.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_(ceremony)

[mensetmanusman → ptx]

Yes, it wasn't started to listen for this situation, it's just funny to me that there were extremely rare occurrences where people did wake up...

[elzbardico]

I suspect this kind of occurrence, while being an exceedingly rare occurrence, is yet far more common than what we dare to imagine.

[jacooper]

Nightmare fuel for sure.

[hcmacro → jacooper]

Perhaps the most terrifying headline I've read in a while.

[hulitu]

No quality controls at coffin manufacturers. /s