ALIVE AND BURIED

A convicted bank robber, sentenced for life in Strangeways Prison, Manchester, came up with a plan to escape. He had noticed that when a prisoner dies, the body was placed in a coffin that was then nailed shut by the caretaker and transported to a local cemetery. The prisoner promised the caretaker a hefty slice of his buried loot if he helped him to escape. The caretaker agreed that he wouldn't nail the coffin shut until the morning and then after the funeral, he would dig him up. On the agreed night the prisoner, equipped with snacks and a flashlight, sneaked into the mortuary, squeezed into the coffin next to die dead body and managed to pull the lid over. With a few hours till the morning, the prisoner fell asleep. He awoke to hear the coffin being nailed shut and then felt the coffin being carried, put down and then transported. After about half an hour, the van stopped and the coffin was then carried and lowered into a grave. He could just about hear the priests last rites and when that was over, he waited a few minutes more, before pulling out his flashlight and eating his snacks. Wondering how long it would be before the caretaker came to dig him up, curiosity got the better of him and he decided to have a look at who he was sharing the coffin with. He shone the flashlight on to the dead man's face, but was stunned to see that it was the caretaker himself.

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