# BURIED ALIVE - The Ransom Plot of Barbara Mackle

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Podcast: [Seriously Mysterious - Missing Persons, Unsolved Murders & Historical True Crime](https://stenobird.com/podcast/seriously-mysterious-missing-persons-unsolved-murders-historical-true-crime-1291220)
Published: 2026-05-05T13:00:02+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1294

## Resource

It sounds like fiction, but it really happened. When a wealthy college student was kidnapped and buried alive in a remote, custom-built coffin, the FBI sprung into action trying to find her before it was too late. Thank you Miami Herald, The Times, The Daily News, truecrimearchives.blog the Crime Zone YouTube Channel and Wikipedia for information contributing to today’s story. Written by Frederick Crook - check out our other collaboration WRAITHWORKS - Wraithworks at Amazon https://www.amzn.com/dp/B07HXNCW4L (audiobook narrated by John Lordan) Also avaible on iTunes: https://apple.co/2OFXb8L Do you have any comments, or a case you’d like to suggest? You’ll find a comment form and case submission link at LordanArts.com . This is not intended to act as a means of proving or disproving anything related to the investigation. It is a conversation about the current known facts and theories being discussed. Everyone directly or indirectly referred to is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. LordanArts 2026

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