tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362638488947379768.post6827264347550323165..comments2023-09-04T07:22:01.854-04:00Comments on Fait Attention!: Body Snatching and Being Buried AliveDiggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851524413793098615noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362638488947379768.post-76962938138750622009-10-13T22:15:06.807-04:002009-10-13T22:15:06.807-04:00Bavardess, Somewhere I have a reference that discu...Bavardess, Somewhere I have a reference that discusses this. I'll find it and follow up...Diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851524413793098615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362638488947379768.post-91895343916803496912009-10-13T21:43:17.197-04:002009-10-13T21:43:17.197-04:00Ink, you rock! I need to post a fresh post on this...Ink, you rock! I need to post a fresh post on this one...Diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851524413793098615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362638488947379768.post-10767089108611699122009-10-13T12:28:05.444-04:002009-10-13T12:28:05.444-04:00And ps: I misremembered the coffin/bell setup. It&...And ps: I misremembered the coffin/bell setup. It's a room with corpses. But still, there's a bell!Inkhttp://inktopia.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362638488947379768.post-66881698174611980442009-10-13T12:26:24.125-04:002009-10-13T12:26:24.125-04:00I remembered: it's actually Mark Twain, from L...I remembered: it's actually Mark Twain, from Life on the Mississippi, chapter 31 ("A Thumbprint and What Became of It").The narrator gets a job as night watchman in a "dead-house" listening for the "dead-bell."Inkhttp://inktopia.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362638488947379768.post-77636923790457352902009-10-11T22:29:04.032-04:002009-10-11T22:29:04.032-04:00When I was young, my older sister used to think Ed...When I was young, my older sister used to think Edgar Allan Poe was suitable bedtime story material when she babysat me. I vividly recall his stories about being buried alive. <br /><br />On the body-snatching, it would be interesting to know how far views on donating bodies were divided along religious lines. I can imagine Catholics, believing in the literal resurrection of the body, would be much more disturbed by the idea of being dissected after death than Protestants. (My Catholic aunt was horrified when we had our father cremated, for just this reason.)Bavardesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737120234578385755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362638488947379768.post-83456982142849490702009-10-11T14:41:48.482-04:002009-10-11T14:41:48.482-04:00Heya, Ink
Actually, no, no nightmares on this fro...Heya, Ink<br /><br />Actually, no, no nightmares on this front...but I'll take cremation, please!<br /><br />Edgar Allan Poe dealt a few times with being buried alive, but I don't recall that the story you mention was one of his. If you remember, please post!Diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851524413793098615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362638488947379768.post-60295802595751508652009-10-11T13:51:14.485-04:002009-10-11T13:51:14.485-04:00And ps: you reminded me of a short story (can'...And ps: you reminded me of a short story (can't think of the title) in which the protagonist actually had the job of watching for the bell to ring and notify him that someone had been buried alive (the people were buried with a cord attached to a bell just in case they awoke down there). Eeeek!Inkhttp://inktopia.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362638488947379768.post-50985369285083312432009-10-11T13:48:39.883-04:002009-10-11T13:48:39.883-04:00This is fascinating! Absolutely bizarre and logic...This is fascinating! Absolutely bizarre and logical at the same time. Wow.<br /><br />Are you having any creepy dreams after immersing yourself into this gothic topic? ;)Inkhttp://inktopia.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com