• Maria Battesini, 56, appeared to have died in Milan on 26 January 1923. The next day, her coffin lid was being fastened down when she suddenly revived and sat up. Priests fled, relatives became hysterical, and doctors were summoned. NY Times, 28 Jan 1923.
• Laid out with a crucifix and rosary on her breast, a 98-year-old widow from Duisberg in Germany terrified mourners assembled for her funeral on 16 October 1928 by sitting up just as her coffin was about to be closed. She looked around in astonishment and then voiced her indignation over the fact that she had almost been buried alive. She was thought to have died two days earlier. NY Times, 17 Oct 1928.
• Acuna Castillo, 22, from Los Angeles in the Chilean province…
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