Short Stuff: Safety Coffins

# Summary

This episode dives into the fascinating and morbid history of safety coffins, exploring why people in the 1800s were terrified of being buried alive and what ingenious (and sometimes bizarre) contraptions inventors patented to prevent it. From simple bell-pulling mechanisms to elaborate spring-loaded lids and underground tubes with ladders, the hosts examine over 100 U.S. patents for these security coffins and share wild stories of showmen who literally buried themselves to promote their designs. It's a perfect blend of historical paranoia, Victorian-era ingenuity, and the kind of macabre details that make you simultaneously amused and deeply uncomfortable.