George Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831 – October 19, 1897) was an American inventor and industrialist. He is known as the inventor of the Pullman sleeping car, and for violently suppressing striking workers in the company town he created, Pullman. [Wikipedia]
How much did the workers hate Pullman? When he died, they had to bury his body in a steel and concrete vault, which was itself buried under a few tons of concrete. Why? Because – and we’re not making this up – they were afraid that employees would dig up and beat the shit out of his corpse, otherwise. [Cracked.com]
After an emotional sunset funeral, [Michael] Jackson’s coffin will be immediately encased in deep concrete to deter grave robbers [The Mirror]
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