WHO IS SCARED?

WHO IS SCARED?

One of the Greek philosophers – I think it was Epicurus – said: “If I am, then death is not. If death is, then I am not. Why should I be scared of that which can only exist when I am not? Long-time men lay oppressed with slavish fear”. This was said some 5000 years […]

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The Manchester Mummy

The Manchester Mummy

Fear of being buried alive was common in the 18th and 19th centuries. Due to this concern the casket companies developed innovative coffins offering a means of signaling for help if they were buried alive. In mid-1700s Hannah Beswick, a wealthy English woman, convinced her physician, Dr. Thomas White, not to bury her when she died – just in […]

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