15 People Who Were Buried Alive
Saturday, Aug 15, 2020, 4:05 pm
By:James Fraser
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Being buried alive is one of the most horrible feelings a human being can ever face. When you are buried alive, you can't breathe or break free. As you struggle to breathe, your body runs out of oxygen creating indescribable pain throughout the body, and make you helplessly beg for death. Yes, those few moments of deep suffocation are highly painful.
Unfortunately, many people were buried alive throughout the history because of a mistake, or as a result of a crime or a punishment. Here are fifteen people who were buried alive.
13.Octavia Smith Hatcher
In 18th century, Pinkville town of Kentucky was hit by an unknown disease that made many people sick. Octavia Smith Hatcher was a young woman living in the town who went into deep depression followed by the demise of her beloved son. She went into a coma stage, where her family thought she was dead. After few weeks, the people of Pinkville were recovering from the coma type sickness. Octavia Smith Hatcher's husband dug her grave up only to find he was too late to open it. He erected a statue of her which is there even for today.
14.Mina El Houari
Mina El Houari was a young French woman. She traveled to Fez, Morocco to meet her boyfriend and have her first date. Everything was fine until she fell unconscious mid date. Can you guess what the boyfriend has done? Instead of taking her to hospital, he decided to bury her in his garden. When Mina's parents complained to police, they tracked her boyfriend down and arrested him on murder charges.
15.Angelo Hays
In 1937, a man named Angelo Hays was riding a bike and hit a wall with his head first. He was badly injured that everyone around the spot declared he was dead. His father buried him in no time. Angelo Hays was insured only weeks before that incident happened. Insurance company asked police to investigate as the company thought something was suspicious. When police officers dig up the grave and open the coffin, they found Angelo Hays alive with little life left.
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