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Legends 24: Buried Alive (ad-free)
🕑 Added 2024-04-01 04:01:02 +0000 UTCFew possibilities fill us with as much dread as premature burial. Unfortunately, the examples we can find in the pages of history—whether caused by illness or a botched execution—only seem to justify that fear.
Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with writing by Harry Marks and research by Cassandra de Alba.
Sources:
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