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Adam Hart-Davis reveals the extraordinary contraptions Victorians devised to guard against being buried alive.

Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society. Disease was rife in Victorian Britain, and the people became obsessed by death. But their greatest fear was of being buried alive. Adam Hart-Davis reveals the extraordinary contraptions they devised to guard against this terrible fate.

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Thu 4 Sep 2008 10:30

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