From the My Victorian Nightmare Podcast: In this episode, Genevieve covers the mysterious death of Octavia Hatcher - a women who died in 1891 who, according to legend, was buried alive.
Oh my gosh I’m SO glad I’ve found your channel! I don’t use Spotify but I might now. This is fantastic. My uncle was an attendant at a hospital morgue and he was there when a dead ‘un sat up demanding a steak and a beer.😮 I can’t help thinking the self opening mechanism wouldn’t be of much use it you’re buried, you’d be opening against dirt. Omg you have to think of those with Narcolepsy. Urgh. I love this channel!!! Subbed and sharing🖤 How gorgeously macabre and melancholy🖤
I don't think I've ever heard the name Octavia Hatcher before now, but I do remember the story of the lady who was buried alive. I looked up a picture of her monument. It looks like just the hand holding the umbrella was broken off. The child effigy is on the grass before her. You gave a lot of interesting intrigue that filled her story out nicely, and respectfully. Aren't diaries a treasure trove? I always feel a wistful sense of loss when I come upon them in antique stores. I feel compelled to buy them, as they should be saved for posterity, but I resist because there is something very creepy about having a stranger's diary. Hauntingly creepy.
Oooo. I've never seen one. Goodness - yes, I would only be able to look, but I don't think I could buy someone's diary and take it home. Would almost feel disrespectful... but goodness, it would also feel disrespectful to leave it there. I'm glad I haven't experienced this dilemma yet!
I listened to this episode over on Spotify so that i could give the podcast a rating. Did you know that those graveyard bells are where the term "Saved by the bell" came from?
Aww thank you so much!! I really appreciate that! I heard that too! I was going to include that tidbit in the podcast, but I couldn't find the official origin of the saying. There are some historians that believe that the saying is older - specifically referring to the bell in a boxing match, that's seen in writings that pre-date the Victorian era. But we all know sayings can change meanings overtime, and its likely that that connotation transformed during the Victorian era because of safety coffins. Love that stuff!
@myvictoriannightmare I belive it started in Edinburgh when Burke and Hare were body snatching for the medical school. Often people were unconscious so they'd tie a bell round their finger bring it upto the surface and there was a watchman towers in the ancient cememtary in Edinburgh amd if someone came round they'd ring the bell. It's also where the phrase ' dead ringer' comes from
@@myvictoriannightmare me too. I'm crazy about Memento Mori. Husband says I'm a weirdo.. Great content! Keep it up. There were tons of poisoners, back then. And, Victorian ghosts!
God forbid something like this should ever happen to someone, of course...BUT: If I DID manage to claw my way out of a premature-burial situation, in a town where local family, friends & general populace all already had knowledge of my 'death'--boy howdy, you had better BELIEVE I would milk that situation for ALL it was worth, showing up at someone's door, soiled grave-raiment and all, 'Monkey's-Paw' style at midnight! 😱🤪
