The Strange Story Of Essie Dunbar, The Woman Who Was Allegedly Buried Alive In 1915

D.

K.

Briggs — the physician who had allegedly pronounced her dead — had recently died.

The reporter traveled to Blackville to cover the death of the doctor and, while there, was told the story of his most famous professional error.

And the story the reporter heard was not a first-hand account.

It was told by a local physician named Dr.

O.D.

Hammond, who described himself as someone who had treated a minister injured during the bizarre incident.