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** The VictimOfTheWeek in "Saints and Sinners" is buried alive in an archaeology trench.
** In "Drawing Death", the murderer stabs their last victim and then rolls their still living body into an open grave (intended for one of their previous victims) and fills it in. [[spoiler:Barnaby and Winter arrive in time to save her.]]

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** The first VictimOfTheWeek in "Saints "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS18E5 Saints and Sinners" Sinners]]" is buried alive in an archaeology trench.
** In "Drawing Death", "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS20E3 Drawing Dead]]", the murderer stabs their last victim and then rolls their still living body into an open grave (intended for one of their previous victims) and fills it in. [[spoiler:Barnaby and Winter arrive in time to save her.]]]]
** The first victim in "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS23E3 A Grain of Truth]]" is trapped while cleaning out the grain silo and the door barricaded. The grain is dumped in from the top and they are buried alive.
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* Creator/EdgarAllanPoe was fond of this:

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* Creator/EdgarAllanPoe was fond of this:this, as it was one of his own personal {{Author Phobia}}s:
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* Jack Scanlon endures this during ''Radio/TheGreenHornet'' fanfic ''The Hornet's Girl'' when she's held hostage by a group of gangsters who want to eliminate the Green Hornet.

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* Jack Scanlon endures this during ''Radio/TheGreenHornet'' fanfic ''The Hornet's Girl'' when she's held hostage by a group of gangsters who want to eliminate the Green Hornet. Thankfully, the Hornet, Kato and her brother manage to rescue her in the nick of time.
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* ''WebAnimation/PanicCollection'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o92703Rj3iw Michael]] buried his pregnant wife Paige because he thought she was [[MistakenForCheating having an affair with Francis]] and the fact that her father had a criminal record. Fortuantely she was able to get out and expose him.
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* ''Literature/TheGardenOfEveningMists'': This is the fate of Yun Hong and the other prisoners — and most of the guards — associated with Golden Lily. They dug mines to hide the stolen treasures, and when Japan surrenders, the camp leaders herd them into the mines then blow up the entrances.
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* It's revealed at the end of the Vestal's backstory in ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeonII'' that [[spoiler:her asshole of an abbot had her Sisters immured alive in their quarters for being associated with her. And poor Junia finds this out just after she escapes from the oubliette where she was tortured]].
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** ''Literature/TheCaskOfAmontillado'', in which the narrator uses this method to exact a DisproportionateRetribution upon Fortunato.

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** ''Literature/TheCaskOfAmontillado'', in which the narrator uses this method to exact exacts a DisproportionateRetribution upon Fortunato.Fortunato by getting him drunk and immuring him within his own family vaults.

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* In ''Film/ThePrestige'' Robert Angier does this to Alfred Borden's assistant, both for revenge, and to keep him busy digging instead of going after him.

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* In ''Film/ThePrestige'' Robert Angier does this to Alfred Borden's assistant, both for revenge, and to keep him busy digging him out instead of going after him.


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* ''Film/SocietyOfTheSnow''. An avalanche in the middle of a blizzard hits the crashed airplane the survivors are using for shelter, forcing them to scramble to uncover the faces of those buried in the snow before they suffocate. Right after they've done this, they get hit by another avalanche that buries the shelter completely. They're able to evacuate an air hole, but are stuck under the snow for four days until the blizzard stops. Several people suffocate before they can be freed, and the trapped survivors are forced to eat their bodies (which they'd already been forced to do, but previously they'd kept the cutting up of the corpses out of sight of the others to spare their feelings, something they can no longer do).
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* ''Literature/TheJonah'': Having fallen into a grain silo, Detective Constable Jim Kelso and hired thug Bannen struggle to avoid this; the latter tries to inflict it on the former.
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** In ''ComicBook/Robin1993'', Tim Drake gets buried alive alongside Cluemaster by Cluemaster's accomplices purely by accident when their fight leaves them both in the back of an armored truck that is buried in concrete for a few weeks as part of Cluemaster's plan to get away with stealing its contents. Robin hits Cluemaster with a sedative to prevent him from wasting precious air screaming in panic. The issue periodically makes note of the time to let the reader know how long they've been in there. Luckily [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Spoiler]] was expecting to meet with Robin and manages to rescue them after shadowing Cluemaster's accomplices for a day.

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** In ''ComicBook/Robin1993'', Tim Drake gets buried alive alongside Cluemaster by Cluemaster's accomplices purely by accident when their fight leaves them both in the back of an armored truck that is buried in concrete for a few weeks as part of Cluemaster's plan to get away with stealing its contents. Robin hits Cluemaster with a sedative to prevent him from wasting precious air screaming in panic. The issue periodically makes note of the time to let the reader know how long they've been in there.there; over five hours in Tim has a MomentOfWeakness as he considers that there isn’t enough air to last much longer — for both of them, anyway. Luckily [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Spoiler]] was expecting to meet with Robin and manages to rescue them after shadowing Cluemaster's accomplices for a day.
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* ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' features this in "The Last Temptation of Ethyl," when Earl's mother-in-law seemingly dies at home. He's all too eager to get her in the ground and buries her in the backyard. It turns out Ethyl's not actually dead, but is having a near death experience and shown a glimpse of the afterlife. As Earl's trying to explain to Fran that her mother was definitely dead, Ethyl emerges covered in dirt and weeds. It seems premature burial's a common enough occurrence they make greeting cards for it, which is why Earl tries to use one as a halfassed apology.
-->'''Earl''': Now come on, Frannie! They wouldn't make this kind of card if it didn't happen all the time.
-->'''Fran''' (''in a tone of long suffering exasperation and exhausted rage''): ''You buried my mother alive, Earl.''
-->'''Earl''': I did a bad thing yesterday! I said I was sorry now let's move on!
-->'''Fran''': ''She had to claw her way out from under FIFTEEN FEET OF TIGHTLY PACKED DIRT.''
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Overlaps with SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere, SinisterSuffocation, and sometimes with QuicksandSucks. A beautiful example of NightmareFuel. If this is done to a character because he ''can't'' be killed, it's AndIMustScream. This isn't restricted to horror, as you can see in the examples.

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Overlaps with SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere, SinisterSuffocation, and sometimes with (sometimes) QuicksandSucks. A beautiful example of NightmareFuel. If this is done to a character because he ''can't'' be killed, it's AndIMustScream. This isn't restricted to horror, as you can see in the examples.
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** "Berenice", in which burial alive is ''not'' the worst thing which happens to the title character... considering [[spoiler:she is dug out and found to be alive, not consecutively.]]

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** "Berenice", "Literature/{{Berenice}}", in which burial alive is ''not'' the worst thing which happens to the title character... considering [[spoiler:she is dug out and found to be alive, not consecutively.]]
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The villain has the hero incapacitated. Does the bad guy [[JustShootHim shoot the good guy in the head]]? [[SlashedThroat Cut his throat?]] [[OffWithHisHead Decapitate him?]] Stick him in an elaborate, above ground DeathTrap? Nope. He's got something far worse planned: he's going to bury the hero. Alive.

Sometimes, he'll tie the hero up before dumping him/her in the coffin. If the villain's a sporting sort of fellow, he'll provide a flashlight or an air canister. If he's even more sadistic than usual, he may [[DigYourOwnGrave force them to dig the hole themselves]]. Regardless, the villain is going to kill the hero in one of the most appalling ways imaginable.

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The villain has the hero incapacitated. Does the bad guy [[JustShootHim shoot the good guy in the head]]? [[SlashedThroat Cut his throat?]] [[OffWithHisHead Decapitate him?]] Stick him them in an elaborate, above ground DeathTrap? Nope. He's got something far worse planned: he's going to bury the hero. Alive.

Sometimes, he'll tie the hero up before dumping him/her them in the coffin. If the villain's a sporting sort of fellow, he'll provide a flashlight or an air canister. If he's even more sadistic than usual, he may [[DigYourOwnGrave force them to dig the hole themselves]]. Regardless, the villain is going to kill the hero in one of the most appalling ways imaginable.
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** In ''ComicBook/Robin1993'', Tim Drake gets buried alive alongside Cluemaster by Cluemaster's accomplices purely by accident when their fight leaves them both in the back of an armored truck that is buried in concrete for a few weeks as part of Cluemaster's plan to get away with stealing its contents. Robin hits Cluemaster with a sedative to prevent him from wasting precious air screaming in panic. Luckily [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Spoiler]] was expecting to meet with Robin and manages to rescue them after shadowing Cluemaster's accomplices for a day.

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** In ''ComicBook/Robin1993'', Tim Drake gets buried alive alongside Cluemaster by Cluemaster's accomplices purely by accident when their fight leaves them both in the back of an armored truck that is buried in concrete for a few weeks as part of Cluemaster's plan to get away with stealing its contents. Robin hits Cluemaster with a sedative to prevent him from wasting precious air screaming in panic. The issue periodically makes note of the time to let the reader know how long they've been in there. Luckily [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Spoiler]] was expecting to meet with Robin and manages to rescue them after shadowing Cluemaster's accomplices for a day.
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** In ''ComicBook/Robin1993'', Tim Drake gets buried alive alongside Cluemaster by Cluemaster's accomplices purely by accident when their fight leaves them both in the back of an armored truck that is buried in concrete for a few weeks as part of Cluemaster's plan to get away with stealing its contents. Luckily [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Spoiler]] was expecting to meet with Robin and manages to rescue them after shadowing Cluemaster's accomplices for a day.

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** In ''ComicBook/Robin1993'', Tim Drake gets buried alive alongside Cluemaster by Cluemaster's accomplices purely by accident when their fight leaves them both in the back of an armored truck that is buried in concrete for a few weeks as part of Cluemaster's plan to get away with stealing its contents. Robin hits Cluemaster with a sedative to prevent him from wasting precious air screaming in panic. Luckily [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Spoiler]] was expecting to meet with Robin and manages to rescue them after shadowing Cluemaster's accomplices for a day.
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* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': [[AmnesiacHero Mollymauk]]'s very first memory is waking up with a face full of dirt and clawing his way out of a shallow grave. It's later revealed that [[spoiler:this live burial was an accident -- Lucien performed a ritual to allow him to speak with the Somnovem, but due to sabotage by Vess [=DeRogna=], the ritual went wrong and his soul was splintered across the Astral Sea. The Tomb Takers presumed him dead and buried him, not knowing that a piece of his soul stayed behind in his body to eventually become Molly.]]

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* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': [[AmnesiacHero Mollymauk]]'s very first memory is waking up with a face full of dirt and clawing his way out of a shallow grave. It's later revealed that [[spoiler:this live burial was an accident -- Lucien Lucien, Molly's old self, performed a ritual to allow him to speak with the Somnovem, but due to sabotage by Vess [=DeRogna=], the ritual went wrong and his soul was splintered across the Astral Sea. The Tomb Takers presumed him dead and buried him, not knowing that a piece of his soul stayed behind in his body to body, eventually become Molly.gaining enough strength to wake up, dig himself out, and slowly develop his own identity.]]
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* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': [[AmnesiacHero Mollymauk]]'s very first memory is waking up with a face full of dirt and clawing his way out of a shallow grave. It's later revealed that [[spoiler:this live burial was an accident -- Lucien performed a ritual to allow him to speak with the Somnovem, but due to sabotage by Vess [=DeRogna=], the ritual went wrong and his soul was splintered across the Astral Sea. The Tomb Takers presumed him dead and buried him, not knowing that a piece of his soul stayed behind in his body to eventually become Molly.]]
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* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'': In ''GURPSUltraTech'', the result of being teleported into a mountain is this. A 2-cubic-meter column of stone appears in the teleport chamber as a form of EquivalentExchange.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'': In ''GURPSUltraTech'', ''TabletopGame/GURPSUltraTech'', the result of being teleported into a mountain is this. A 2-cubic-meter column of stone appears in the teleport chamber as a form of EquivalentExchange.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'': In ''GURPS Ultra-Tech'', the result of being teleported into a mountain is this. A 2-cubic-meter column of stone appears in the teleport chamber as a form of EquivalentExchange.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'': In ''GURPS Ultra-Tech'', ''GURPSUltraTech'', the result of being teleported into a mountain is this. A 2-cubic-meter column of stone appears in the teleport chamber as a form of EquivalentExchange.

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** The most evil thing Kraven the Hunter did was to inflict this on the hero during the ''ComicBook/KravensLastHunt'' storyline (also known as "Fearful Symmetry"), the reason it's regarded as the definitive Kraven story. Having been driven completely AxCrazy, Kraven confronts Spidey, shoots him wtih a tranquilizer dart, buries him alive and then impersonates him. Spidey eventually digs his way out, but it takes ''a week'', due to Spidey having to recover from the paralysis that leaves him [[AndIMustScream still conscious and unable to move.]] Indeed, this experience clearly gave him nightmares for years to come, as ''every'' time Kraven was mentioned from that point on focuses on that story.

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** The most evil thing Kraven the Hunter did was to inflict this on the hero during the ''ComicBook/KravensLastHunt'' storyline (also known as "Fearful Symmetry"), the reason it's regarded as the definitive Kraven story. ''ComicBook/KravensLastHunt'': Having been driven completely AxCrazy, Kraven confronts Spidey, shoots him wtih a tranquilizer dart, buries him alive and then impersonates him. Spidey eventually digs his way out, but it takes ''a week'', due to Spidey having to recover from the paralysis that leaves him [[AndIMustScream still conscious and unable to move.]] Indeed, this experience clearly gave him nightmares for years to come, as ''every'' every time Kraven was mentioned from that point on focuses on that story.event.


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* "Literature/{{Reygoch}}": As exploring a maze of underground caves, Curlylocks removes a staff which happened to be keeping a pillar upright, accidentally causing a landslide and trapping her between walls of rock. Fortunately, her friend the giant Reygoch remembers about her and removes the boulders trapping her.

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* In the manga ''Manga/{{Goth}}'', one of the chapters has [[spoiler: a murderer who buries his victims alive in his backyard with a bamboo pole connecting the coffin to the air above. Afer keeping them alive for a little while, he sticks a hose into the pole and floods the coffin, drowning the person below. As seen by the number of poles sticking out of the ground in his backyard, you can be sure he's been doing this for a while.]]
* In ''Anime/HellGirl'', this is how [[spoiler:Ai Enma and her parents died.]] More specifically, [[spoiler: Ai once was chosen to to be a HumanSacrifice but managed to escape, and when the villagers found out, they captured her ''and'' her parents and then buried the three alive.]]

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* In the manga ''Manga/{{Goth}}'', one of the chapters has [[spoiler: a [[spoiler:a murderer who buries his victims alive in his backyard with a bamboo pole connecting the coffin to the air above. Afer After keeping them alive for a little while, he sticks a hose into the pole and floods the coffin, drowning the person below. As seen by the number of poles sticking out of the ground in his backyard, you can be sure he's been doing this for a while.]]
* In ''Anime/HellGirl'', this is how [[spoiler:Ai Enma and her parents died.]] More specifically, [[spoiler: Ai [[spoiler:Ai once was chosen to to be a HumanSacrifice but managed to escape, and when the villagers found out, they captured her ''and'' her parents and then buried the three alive.]]



* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': TheDragon and TwoFaced {{Cyborg}} Baron Ashura were two persons buried alive for trying to break their StarCrossedLovers destinies. One half of each body was destroyed, so he stitched them together to create Ashura. In ''Manga/ShinMazingerZero'', the readers learn ''who'' these lovers were: [[spoiler: Tristan and Isolde. Yes, ''[[Literature/TristanAndIseult that]]'' Tristan and Isolde.]]

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* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': TheDragon and TwoFaced {{Cyborg}} Baron Ashura were two persons buried alive for trying to break their StarCrossedLovers destinies. One half of each body was destroyed, so he stitched them together to create Ashura. In ''Manga/ShinMazingerZero'', the readers learn ''who'' these lovers were: [[spoiler: Tristan [[spoiler:Tristan and Isolde. Yes, ''[[Literature/TristanAndIseult that]]'' Tristan and Isolde.]]



* The ''Series/HogansHeroes'' fanfic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8661425/1/Darkness ''Darkness'']] has Peter Newkirk not only encounter ghost lights and [[Series/DoctorWho Weeping Angels]] but save a woman who was buried alive [[spoiler: by her husband after he got tired of her domineering ways.]] Even Hochstetter, the die-hard Nazi Gestapo major, is horrified at the thought of what would have happened if Newkirk hadn't been there.
* In ''Fanfic/Flashpoint2AdventSolaris'', [[spoiler: Jessica Cruz]], who's anxiety and shock by witnessing what happened to Oa in ''Justice League Dark: Apokolips War'' turned her into a Yellow Lantern, attempts to bury Lois Lane alive in the Metropolis cemetery as an act of revenge for all of those who died during the film either due to Lois Lane's perceived negligence/incompetence or in the aforementioned attack on Oa. Superman manages to prevent the burial from happening, but Lois is still absolutely shocked at how close she came to such a fate.

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* The ''Series/HogansHeroes'' fanfic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8661425/1/Darkness ''Darkness'']] has Peter Newkirk not only encounter ghost lights and [[Series/DoctorWho Weeping Angels]] but save a woman who was buried alive [[spoiler: by [[spoiler:by her husband after he got tired of her domineering ways.]] Even Hochstetter, the die-hard Nazi Gestapo major, is horrified at the thought of what would have happened if Newkirk hadn't been there.
* In ''Fanfic/Flashpoint2AdventSolaris'', [[spoiler: Jessica [[spoiler:Jessica Cruz]], who's anxiety and shock by witnessing what happened to Oa in ''Justice League Dark: Apokolips War'' turned her into a Yellow Lantern, attempts to bury Lois Lane alive in the Metropolis cemetery as an act of revenge for all of those who died during the film either due to Lois Lane's perceived negligence/incompetence or in the aforementioned attack on Oa. Superman manages to prevent the burial from happening, but Lois is still absolutely shocked at how close she came to such a fate.



* In ''Fanfic/SomethingAlwaysRemains'', this is [[spoiler: Freddy Wickes']] fate.

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** In the second film, the female protagonist is saved from her grave by the first film's protagonist (who later dies for real due to health problems caused by the poisoning). Miraculously, she avoided getting embalmed because of a machine malfunction despite her husband's orders. She gets ''her'' revenge on her conniving husband and his girlfriend by entombing them in a boat and sinking it. [[spoiler: The film ends with the two, still trapped in the boat and ''still alive'', uselessly screaming for help]].

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** In the second film, the female protagonist is saved from her grave by the first film's protagonist (who later dies for real due to health problems caused by the poisoning). Miraculously, she avoided getting embalmed because of a machine malfunction despite her husband's orders. She gets ''her'' revenge on her conniving husband and his girlfriend by entombing them in a boat and sinking it. [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The film ends with the two, still trapped in the boat and ''still alive'', uselessly screaming for help]].



* The movie ''Film/GhostStory'' begins with characters telling a scary story about a man buried alive and scratching at the inside of his coffin, yelling out "Still aliiiive...". [[spoiler: And as it turns out, the titular ghost was killed when she was pushed and hit her head on the side of a fireplace. Her body was put inside a car, and the car dumped in a river... and then she woke up and started screaming for help just before the car was fully submerged. Even worse, out of the group of men responsible for her death, the one guy who tried to rescue her was held back by the other murderers.]]

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* The movie ''Film/GhostStory'' begins with characters telling a scary story about a man buried alive and scratching at the inside of his coffin, yelling out "Still aliiiive...". [[spoiler: And [[spoiler:And as it turns out, the titular ghost was killed when she was pushed and hit her head on the side of a fireplace. Her body was put inside a car, and the car dumped in a river... and then she woke up and started screaming for help just before the car was fully submerged. Even worse, out of the group of men responsible for her death, the one guy who tried to rescue her was held back by the other murderers.]]



* ''Film/HellraiserHellworld'' [[spoiler: A vengeful father has dosed the party-goers with a powerful hypnotic, and buried them in a row of coffins. He leaves them ventilation tubes so he can influence and listen in on their nightmarish hallucinations.]]

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* ''Film/HellraiserHellworld'' [[spoiler: A [[spoiler:A vengeful father has dosed the party-goers with a powerful hypnotic, and buried them in a row of coffins. He leaves them ventilation tubes so he can influence and listen in on their nightmarish hallucinations.]]



* ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'': "I've done far worse than kill you. I've hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you. I shall leave you, as you left me... as you left her. Marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet-- buried alive!" [[spoiler: Little does Khan know that Kirk is [[BatmanGambit playing him]], and that leaving him there is the best way to guarantee that Kirk survives.]]

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* ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'': "I've done far worse than kill you. I've hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you. I shall leave you, as you left me... as you left her. Marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet-- buried alive!" [[spoiler: Little [[spoiler:Little does Khan know that Kirk is [[BatmanGambit playing him]], and that leaving him there is the best way to guarantee that Kirk survives.]]



* ''Film/TrueLegend2010'': In the second act, TheHero had his wife kidnapped by the BigBad, who had her sealed in a wooden box and buried, and our hero had to defeat his enemy and find his wife before she suffocates completely. Spoiler alert, [[spoiler: she '''didn't''' make it]].

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* ''Film/TrueLegend2010'': In the second act, TheHero had his wife kidnapped by the BigBad, who had her sealed in a wooden box and buried, and our hero had to defeat his enemy and find his wife before she suffocates completely. Spoiler alert, [[spoiler: she [[spoiler:she '''didn't''' make it]].



* This is averted in ''Film/WhatDidYouDoInTheWarDaddy''. [[spoiler: Captain Cash is mistaken for a German Colonel who is believed to be dead, and while he is unconscious, he is put in a coffin for burial. But when the Germans bury the coffin, it falls through into the catacombs beneath the city, the coffin breaks, and Captain Cash wakes up and climbs out unharmed.]]

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* This is averted in ''Film/WhatDidYouDoInTheWarDaddy''. [[spoiler: Captain [[spoiler:Captain Cash is mistaken for a German Colonel who is believed to be dead, and while he is unconscious, he is put in a coffin for burial. But when the Germans bury the coffin, it falls through into the catacombs beneath the city, the coffin breaks, and Captain Cash wakes up and climbs out unharmed.]]



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** BecauseDestinySaysSo, [[TheGoodKing King Wu]] of Xiqi has to enter the deadly Red Sand Formation, where he's buried in the deadly sand for a hundred days alongside Nezha and Leizhenzi. [[spoiler: He actually suffers a DisneyDeath, but thanks to Ran Deng's spells his body is preserved and he's brought back to life by the other taoists.]]
* It happens a few times in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear''. People are repeatedly killed in ''EatenAlive'' [[spoiler: by the [[QuicksandSucks ground swallowing them]]]]. In ''City of the Dead'' there's an interesting version of this trope - Dr. Evazam, experimenting with zombiemaking, injected a still very alive Zak with the revival serum and a poison designed to put him into a coma so deep it looked like death.

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** BecauseDestinySaysSo, [[TheGoodKing King Wu]] of Xiqi has to enter the deadly Red Sand Formation, where he's buried in the deadly sand for a hundred days alongside Nezha and Leizhenzi. [[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He actually suffers a DisneyDeath, but thanks to Ran Deng's spells his body is preserved and he's brought back to life by the other taoists.]]
* It happens a few times in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear''. People are repeatedly killed in ''EatenAlive'' [[spoiler: by [[spoiler:by the [[QuicksandSucks ground swallowing them]]]]. In ''City of the Dead'' there's an interesting version of this trope - -- Dr. Evazam, experimenting with zombiemaking, injected a still very alive Zak with the revival serum and a poison designed to put him into a coma so deep it looked like death.



* In ''[[Literature/TheAdversaryCycle Reprisal]]'', [[spoiler:Danny Gordon.]] In ''[[Literature/RepairmanJack Crisscross]]'', set in the same Verse, the [[spoiler: villainous upper echelons of the Dormentalist Church have been burying cult members alive worldwide at the Otherness's behest.]]

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* In ''[[Literature/TheAdversaryCycle Reprisal]]'', [[spoiler:Danny Gordon.]] In ''[[Literature/RepairmanJack Crisscross]]'', set in the same Verse, the [[spoiler: villainous [[spoiler:villainous upper echelons of the Dormentalist Church have been burying cult members alive worldwide at the Otherness's behest.]]



* In 1993, on ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'', crazy Vivian hated Carly so much that she injected Carly with some Chinese herbs, forcing her into a seemingly dead state, [[spoiler: had an open casket funeral with all Carly's loved ones, buried her with a radio to taunt her, some water and enough oxygen to prolong the slow torture and the rolled over her grave, laughing. Carly was saved just in time, though she seems quite traumatized by it all to this day. Not that we can blame her]].

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* In 1993, on ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'', crazy Vivian hated Carly so much that she injected Carly with some Chinese herbs, forcing her into a seemingly dead state, [[spoiler: had [[spoiler:had an open casket funeral with all Carly's loved ones, buried her with a radio to taunt her, some water and enough oxygen to prolong the slow torture and the rolled over her grave, laughing. Carly was saved just in time, though she seems quite traumatized by it all to this day. Not that we can blame her]].



** [[spoiler: Connor welds Angel into a metal box and drops him to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean at the end of season 3.]] [[spoiler: This doesn't kill Angel, since he's [[WhoWantsToLiveForever immortal]] [[AndIMustScream and doesn't need to breathe]], but instead makes him [[AFateWorseThanDeath weak and insane from hunger]]. Of course, this was kind of the point.]]

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** [[spoiler: Connor [[spoiler:Connor welds Angel into a metal box and drops him to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean at the end of season 3.]] [[spoiler: This [[spoiler:This doesn't kill Angel, since he's [[WhoWantsToLiveForever immortal]] [[AndIMustScream and doesn't need to breathe]], but instead makes him [[AFateWorseThanDeath weak and insane from hunger]]. Of course, this was kind of the point.]]



* In ''Series/BeingHumanUS'', being buried alive is used as a form of punishment for vampires. Their nature means they won't suffocate or be crushed by the soil, but they will grow very weak and slowly go insane from hunger. Suren was buried alive for over ''[[AndIMustScream 80 years]]'', and Season 2 ends with [[spoiler: Aidan]] buried alive.
** The original series really takes this up to eleven. Ghost Alex is trapped in her own coffin by [[[spoiler: The Devil]] and buried alive as the cliff-hanger to the final episode. However, as it's her own coffin, she is trapped in their with her own body, which is in the state you'd expect given she died a year ago. Yikes.

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* In ''Series/BeingHumanUS'', being buried alive is used as a form of punishment for vampires. Their nature means they won't suffocate or be crushed by the soil, but they will grow very weak and slowly go insane from hunger. Suren was buried alive for over ''[[AndIMustScream 80 years]]'', and Season 2 ends with [[spoiler: Aidan]] [[spoiler:Aidan]] buried alive.
** The original series really takes this up to eleven. Ghost Alex is trapped in her own coffin by [[[spoiler: The [[[spoiler:The Devil]] and buried alive as the cliff-hanger to the final episode. However, as it's her own coffin, she is trapped in their with her own body, which is in the state you'd expect given she died a year ago. Yikes.



* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', in the Season 1 episode "Nightmares", the residents of Sunnydale have their nightmares literally come true, so Buffy is buried alive. Rumor has it that this trope is one of Sarah Michelle Gellar's greatest fears. Apparently, Joss Whedon does not settle for merely tormenting his characters. [[spoiler: In season 6, Buffy is brought back to life after already being buried, but since her friends think the spell didn't work, they don't bother to dig her coffin up. She has to dig her way out, something she clearly finds traumatizing.]]

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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', in the Season 1 episode "Nightmares", the residents of Sunnydale have their nightmares literally come true, so Buffy is buried alive. Rumor has it that this trope is one of Sarah Michelle Gellar's greatest fears. Apparently, Joss Whedon does not settle for merely tormenting his characters. [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In season 6, Buffy is brought back to life after already being buried, but since her friends think the spell didn't work, they don't bother to dig her coffin up. She has to dig her way out, something she clearly finds traumatizing.]]



* ''Series/TheFollowing'': In the penultimate season 1 episode, [[spoiler: Debra Parker]] is tied up and thrown in a coffin by a couple of cultists, who proceed to bury it [[NightmareFuel while she screams for help.]]
* The "king" of Qarth in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' gets this ending. He's locked in a rather spacious treasure vault with his girlfriend, and no food or water. This is a rare heroic version of it, as they both [[JerkassVictim truly deserved it]]. [[spoiler: He sold out his honored guests to someone who not only killed the town leaders, but tried to steal their dragons (and either kill them or keep them there forever); she betrayed the mistress she'd sworn to serve for life by helping him do it.]] They did all of this under the guise of trying to help the heroes, when they really wanted was riches with which to fill said vault)...making this very much a KarmicDeath.

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* ''Series/TheFollowing'': In the penultimate season 1 episode, [[spoiler: Debra [[spoiler:Debra Parker]] is tied up and thrown in a coffin by a couple of cultists, who proceed to bury it [[NightmareFuel while she screams for help.]]
* The "king" of Qarth in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' gets this ending. He's locked in a rather spacious treasure vault with his girlfriend, and no food or water. This is a rare heroic version of it, as they both [[JerkassVictim truly deserved it]]. [[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He sold out his honored guests to someone who not only killed the town leaders, but tried to steal their dragons (and either kill them or keep them there forever); she betrayed the mistress she'd sworn to serve for life by helping him do it.]] They did all of this under the guise of trying to help the heroes, when they really wanted was riches with which to fill said vault)...making this very much a KarmicDeath.



* ''Series/{{Harrow}}'': In "Sub Silentio" ("In Silence"), Harrow attempts to dig up Francis Chester's grave in order to prove Chester is still alive. Chester overpowers Harrow and injects him with a fast acting anesthetic. When Harrow wakes up, he is inside the coffin, and since his request for an exhumation was denied and he's been suspended so isn't expected at work, no one even knows he's missing and he knows no rescue is coming. Chester leaves him a cell phone, but it's locked so Harrow can't make outgoing calls, and Chester proceeds to not only call Harrow to taunt him, but make video calls showing Harrow's daughter Fern. Since Chester's MO is to paralyze his male victims, then kill the female victim while they watch helplessly, Harrow ''knows'' where this is headed for hours before the final attack. [[spoiler: Fern escapes, and Chester's MO is so ingrained he has to dig Harrow up so he can try again later.]]

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* ''Series/{{Harrow}}'': In "Sub Silentio" ("In Silence"), Harrow attempts to dig up Francis Chester's grave in order to prove Chester is still alive. Chester overpowers Harrow and injects him with a fast acting anesthetic. When Harrow wakes up, he is inside the coffin, and since his request for an exhumation was denied and he's been suspended so isn't expected at work, no one even knows he's missing and he knows no rescue is coming. Chester leaves him a cell phone, but it's locked so Harrow can't make outgoing calls, and Chester proceeds to not only call Harrow to taunt him, but make video calls showing Harrow's daughter Fern. Since Chester's MO is to paralyze his male victims, then kill the female victim while they watch helplessly, Harrow ''knows'' where this is headed for hours before the final attack. [[spoiler: Fern [[spoiler:Fern escapes, and Chester's MO is so ingrained he has to dig Harrow up so he can try again later.]]



** Also, as retribution for all the crimes he had committed against not just the world, but [[spoiler:Parkman's wife]] only minutes before, [[spoiler: Parkman locks Sylar in his own mind, alone and powerless. Not only that, to prevent anyone from finding him and trying to help, he seals Sylar up behind a wall in his basement. Not only THAT, while Sylar was trapped in his own mind doomed to wander New York City alone forever, his super fast brain had an increased perception of time, making every second he spent in reality feel like days. Even though he got better and was really only buried alive for about half an hour, over three years had passed in his mind.]]

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** Also, as retribution for all the crimes he had committed against not just the world, but [[spoiler:Parkman's wife]] only minutes before, [[spoiler: Parkman [[spoiler:Parkman locks Sylar in his own mind, alone and powerless. Not only that, to prevent anyone from finding him and trying to help, he seals Sylar up behind a wall in his basement. Not only THAT, while Sylar was trapped in his own mind doomed to wander New York City alone forever, his super fast brain had an increased perception of time, making every second he spent in reality feel like days. Even though he got better and was really only buried alive for about half an hour, over three years had passed in his mind.]]



* ''Series/TheMentalist'': The victim in the episode "Red Rover, Red Rover" was killed by being locked in a locker at an abandoned factory. Jane later buries the suspect alive to force a confession (actually [[spoiler: part of his plot to fake a mental breakdown to set a trap for Red John]]).

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* ''Series/TheMentalist'': The victim in the episode "Red Rover, Red Rover" was killed by being locked in a locker at an abandoned factory. Jane later buries the suspect alive to force a confession (actually [[spoiler: part [[spoiler:part of his plot to fake a mental breakdown to set a trap for Red John]]).



** A much earlier episode highlights how unlikely this is to occur accidentally - at least nowadays. Modern undertaking practices include draining all of the blood from the deceased, ensuring that if you weren't dead when you came in, you most certainly were by the time you were buried.

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** A much earlier episode highlights how unlikely this is to occur accidentally - -- at least nowadays. Modern undertaking practices include draining all of the blood from the deceased, ensuring that if you weren't dead when you came in, you most certainly were by the time you were buried.



* In ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'', similarly to the ''Angel'' example above, Silas locks [[spoiler: Stefan]] in a safe and dumps him down a river. His lungs explode but, being a vampire, they regenerate... so that they can explode again. He remains dying and regenerating for ''three months'' before he's rescued by [[spoiler: [[{{Yandere}} Qetsiyah]].]]

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* In ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'', similarly to the ''Angel'' example above, Silas locks [[spoiler: Stefan]] [[spoiler:Stefan]] in a safe and dumps him down a river. His lungs explode but, being a vampire, they regenerate... so that they can explode again. He remains dying and regenerating for ''three months'' before he's rescued by [[spoiler: [[{{Yandere}} [[spoiler:[[{{Yandere}} Qetsiyah]].]]



* ''VideoGame/CliveBarkersUndying'': An ancient warrior is buried alive at the Standing Stones to seal the Undying King. Also, [[spoiler: Lizbeth.]]

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* ''VideoGame/CliveBarkersUndying'': An ancient warrior is buried alive at the Standing Stones to seal the Undying King. Also, [[spoiler: Lizbeth.[[spoiler:Lizbeth.]]



--> [[spoiler: You've moved to a new area: A small, velvet lined box. You can't see anything. You have just enough space to twist onto your belly or your back. Oh dear God. Oh dear God.]]

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--> [[spoiler: You've [[spoiler:You've moved to a new area: A small, velvet lined box. You can't see anything. You have just enough space to twist onto your belly or your back. Oh dear God. Oh dear God.]]



* ''VisualNovel/TheFruitOfGrisaia'':[[spoiler: At the end of her route Michiru gets buried alive by Yuuji, in order to make her realise the value of being alive. Though Yuuji ensures air to flow through the coffin and doesn't bury that deep to make sure she can escape easily, if she really wants to, she still spends three days down there.]]

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* ''VisualNovel/TheFruitOfGrisaia'':[[spoiler: At ''VisualNovel/TheFruitOfGrisaia'':[[spoiler:At the end of her route Michiru gets buried alive by Yuuji, in order to make her realise the value of being alive. Though Yuuji ensures air to flow through the coffin and doesn't bury that deep to make sure she can escape easily, if she really wants to, she still spends three days down there.]]



* ''VideoGame/{{Pirate 101}}'' has a rare case of a hero doing this to a villain, although by accident. El Toro buries [[spoiler: Captain Blood]] he thinks that he had killed him in a duel. The problem was the "dead" man had literally cheated death and become immortal. This resulted in a an accidental creation of a SealedEvilInACan that gets opened many years later when the clockwork armada tries digging up the grave looking for a key that might be on the body. The broken bodies surrounding the now open grave indicate they did not expect to be greeted by a angry, powerful, and very much alive pirate.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Pirate 101}}'' has a rare case of a hero doing this to a villain, although by accident. El Toro buries [[spoiler: Captain [[spoiler:Captain Blood]] he thinks that he had killed him in a duel. The problem was the "dead" man had literally cheated death and become immortal. This resulted in a an accidental creation of a SealedEvilInACan that gets opened many years later when the clockwork armada tries digging up the grave looking for a key that might be on the body. The broken bodies surrounding the now open grave indicate they did not expect to be greeted by a angry, powerful, and very much alive pirate.



* Website/SCPFoundation: [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6502 SCP-6502 ("Harwick Cemetery")]] is a cemetery where anyone buried alive is unable to die; their consciousness remains intact as long as they stay buried, even as their body rots away completely. The Foundation discovered it in 1994 (at which point there were six such non-dead people buried in the cemetery courtesy of a local unlicensed coroner, the earliest dating back to ''1951''), and now uses it to preserve certain important personnel (and occasionally prisoners from rival Groups of Interest) for consultation/interrogation - although relying on information from people buried in Harwick might not be the best idea, since being [[AndIMustScream trapped in a dead body six feet underground for months to years and counting]] doesn't do great things to the subject's mental state or sanity.[[note]]...and that's even assuming that the prisoners from the rival [=GoIs=] don't start actively feeding the Foundation misinformation as revenge for having left them in this deathless hell.[[/note]] To mitigate this, researchers are encouraged to pretend that the Foundation is trying its level best to recover personnel from Harwick and that the subjects' interment is merely a temporary measure, but this doesn't work so well if the subject in question is a high-level Foundation specialist who already knows what Harwick really is and does:
-->'''Dr. Ava Bradley / SCP-6502-46''':[[note]]specialist interred in SCP-6502[[/note]] Robert, ''where am I?'' What have you done? Why can't I move my body at all?\\
'''Dr. Robert Campbell''':[[note]]SCP-6502 lead researcher[[/note]] Ava, please listen to me. It's better if you don't worry about this for the time being. We have a staff of researchers working round the clock to fix—\\
'''Dr. Bradley''': Robert Campbell, I am your superior and you WILL tell me where I am.\\
'''Dr. Campbell''': You're in a safe place. That's all I can say for now.\\
'''Dr. Bradley''': [[OhCrap This is Harwick, isn't it.]]\\

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* Website/SCPFoundation: [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6502 SCP-6502 ("Harwick Cemetery")]] is a cemetery where anyone buried alive is unable to die; their consciousness remains intact as long as they stay buried, even as their body rots away completely. The Foundation discovered it in 1994 (at which point there were six such non-dead people buried in the cemetery courtesy of a local unlicensed coroner, the earliest dating back to ''1951''), and now uses it to preserve certain important personnel (and occasionally prisoners from rival Groups of Interest) for consultation/interrogation - -- although relying on information from people buried in Harwick might not be the best idea, since being [[AndIMustScream trapped in a dead body six feet underground for months to years and counting]] doesn't do great things to the subject's mental state or sanity.[[note]]...and that's even assuming that the prisoners from the rival [=GoIs=] don't start actively feeding the Foundation misinformation as revenge for having left them in this deathless hell.[[/note]] To mitigate this, researchers are encouraged to pretend that the Foundation is trying its level best to recover personnel from Harwick and that the subjects' interment is merely a temporary measure, but this doesn't work so well if the subject in question is a high-level Foundation specialist who already knows what Harwick really is and does:
-->'''Dr. Ava Bradley / SCP-6502-46''':[[note]]specialist SCP-6502-46:'''[[note]]specialist interred in SCP-6502[[/note]] Robert, ''where am I?'' What have you done? Why can't I move my body at all?\\
'''Dr. Robert Campbell''':[[note]]SCP-6502 Campbell:'''[[note]]SCP-6502 lead researcher[[/note]] Ava, please listen to me. It's better if you don't worry about this for the time being. We have a staff of researchers working round the clock to fix—\\
'''Dr. Bradley''': Bradley:''' Robert Campbell, I am your superior and you WILL tell me where I am.\\
'''Dr. Campbell''': Campbell:''' You're in a safe place. That's all I can say for now.\\
'''Dr. Bradley''': Bradley:''' [[OhCrap This is Harwick, isn't it.]]\\



'''Dr. Bradley''': Oh God.\\
'''Dr. Campbell''': [[BlatantLies It's only a temporary measure.]]\\
'''Dr. Bradley''': Get me out of here, Robert. Get me out of this box. Please, you have to get me out.\\

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'''Dr. Bradley''': Bradley:''' Oh God.\\
'''Dr. Campbell''': Campbell:''' [[BlatantLies It's only a temporary measure.]]\\
'''Dr. Bradley''': Bradley:''' Get me out of here, Robert. Get me out of this box. Please, you have to get me out.\\



'''Dr. Campbell''': I'm sorry, Ava.\\
'''Dr. Bradley (shouting)''': Get me out!\\
'''Dr. Bradley''': Please!\\
'''Dr. Bradley''': Please, please... I can't move, I can't...\\

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'''Dr. Campbell''': Campbell:''' I'm sorry, Ava.\\
'''Dr. Bradley (shouting)''': Bradley:''' ''(shouting)'' Get me out!\\
'''Dr. Bradley''': Bradley:''' Please!\\
'''Dr. Bradley''': Bradley:''' Please, please... I can't move, I can't...\\



'''Dr. Bradley''': [=[REDACTED]=]. I know you want answers, Robert. You’ve always been curious, I’ve seen your search logs.\\
'''Dr. Bradley''': I can tell you everything. Just get me out.\\

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'''Dr. Bradley''': Bradley:''' [=[REDACTED]=]. I know you want answers, Robert. You’ve always been curious, I’ve I've seen your search logs.\\
'''Dr. Bradley''': Bradley:''' I can tell you everything. Just get me out.\\



'''Dr. Bradley''': Anything you want! Fucking anything, you hear me? I'll promote you, I'll recommend you to the [=O5s=], I'll give you full access to [=[REDACTED]=].\\
'''Dr. Bradley''': Please!\\

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'''Dr. Bradley''': Bradley:''' Anything you want! Fucking anything, you hear me? I'll promote you, I'll recommend you to the [=O5s=], I'll give you full access to [=[REDACTED]=].\\
'''Dr. Bradley''': Bradley:''' Please!\\



'''Dr. Bradley''': Help me.\\

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'''Dr. Bradley''': Bradley:''' Help me.\\


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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mircea_II_of_Wallachia Mircea II]], older brother of UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler, was murdered in late 1447 by boyars from TârgoviČ™te by being blinded with a red-hot poker and then buried alive. During his second reign (1456-1462) Vlad [[ThePurge executed the boyars involved]].
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* One episode of ''Series/{{Boomtown}}'' featured the body of a dead fraternity pledge wrapped in plastic and hidden within the walls of a house. Investigation of former friends eventually reveals that he was knocked out dead during a hazing ritual and his freaked-out friends wrapped the body in plastic and hid him inside the walls. Only near the end of the episode is the awful truth revealed: The man was ''alive'' when they hid him inside the walls and the last shot of the episode shows a flashback from his POV, [[AndIMustScream waking up inside the walls, wrapped in plastic and unable to have his screams heard because of the loud rap music]]

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* One episode of ''Series/{{Boomtown}}'' ''Series/Boomtown2002'' featured the body of a dead fraternity pledge wrapped in plastic and hidden within the walls of a house. Investigation of former friends eventually reveals that he was knocked out dead during a hazing ritual and his freaked-out friends wrapped the body in plastic and hid him inside the walls. Only near the end of the episode is the awful truth revealed: The man was ''alive'' when they hid him inside the walls and the last shot of the episode shows a flashback from his POV, [[AndIMustScream waking up inside the walls, wrapped in plastic and unable to have his screams heard because of the loud rap music]]
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** In the Issue 18 Franchise/WonderWoman feature King Manlius, who overthrew the weak new democracy in Aurania after it was freed from Queen Clea, tries to burry Wonder Woman, the old queen and the president in the base of his throne. Di smashes her way out.

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** In the Issue 18 Franchise/WonderWoman ComicBook/WonderWoman feature King Manlius, who overthrew the weak new democracy in Aurania after it was freed from Queen Clea, tries to burry Wonder Woman, the old queen and the president in the base of his throne. Di smashes her way out.



* ''ComicBook/SensationComics'': When Rudolph Hessenpfeffer [-aka the Gentleman Killer-] has ComicBook/SteveTrevor at his mercy he decides to bury him alive by collapsing the cave ceiling on him instead of just shooting him. Franchise/WonderWoman rescues Steve almost immediately.

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* ''ComicBook/SensationComics'': When Rudolph Hessenpfeffer [-aka the Gentleman Killer-] has ComicBook/SteveTrevor at his mercy he decides to bury him alive by collapsing the cave ceiling on him instead of just shooting him. Franchise/WonderWoman ComicBook/WonderWoman rescues Steve almost immediately.
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* Stage magician Joesph "Amazing" Burrus attempted to escape from a plastic-and-glass coffin [[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-01-ca-5220-story.html buried by cement and dirt on October 31, 1990]], inspired by the same stunt that Houdini did. The problems were that Joe ''never tested'' if he could actually escape, and he never knew that cement dried from the bottom-up. As he was being buried, the weight of the wet cemet and dirt collapsed, which was broadcasted on live TV. By the time the stage hands and bystanders were able to dig him out, he couldn't be resuscitated, the additional irony being he died on the 46th anniversary of Houdini's passing.

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* Stage magician Joesph "Amazing" Joseph "Amazing Joe" Burrus attempted to escape from a plastic-and-glass coffin [[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-01-ca-5220-story.html buried by cement and dirt on October 31, 1990]], inspired by the same stunt that Houdini did. The problems were that Joe ''never tested'' if he could actually escape, and he never knew that cement dried from the bottom-up. As he was being buried, the weight of the wet cemet and dirt collapsed, which was broadcasted on live TV. By the time the stage hands and bystanders were able to dig him out, he couldn't be resuscitated, the additional irony being he died on the 46th anniversary of Houdini's passing.
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* The ''Series/NotGoingOut'' episode "Coffin" revolves around Lee trying to get himself out of this situation following a stag party. The other stags repeatedly make things worse for him by convincing him not to phone the police and try digging his way out, as well as going to the wrong graveyard to try to rescue him (resulting in them all getting arrested for interfering with a corpse). [[spoiler:Luckily, Lucy finds out about it just in time to call the priest and get him to rescue Lee moments before he drowns in soil.]]

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