How Hannah Beswick’s Fear Of Live Burial Turned Her Into The Manchester Mummy
After her brother was nearly buried alive, 18th-century Englishwoman Hannah Beswick feared a similar fate — so her doctor mummified her and displayed her blackened face inside his grandfather clock.
By Marco Margaritoff
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Jan 4, 2020
How Hannah Beswick’s Fear Of Live Burial Turned Her Into The Manchester Mummy
After her brother was nearly buried alive, 18th-century Englishwoman Hannah Beswick feared a similar fate — so her doctor mummified her and displayed her blackened face inside his grandfather clock.
By Marco Margaritoff
•
January 4, 2020