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Buried Alive: Battle for World Record Unfolds
11/27/2025
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Story summary
- The TG4 documentary Beo Faoin bhFód chronicles Mick Meaney and Tim Hayes competing for the world record for the longest time buried alive.
- Mick Meaney, a Tipperary farmer, spent 61 days in 1968, while Tim Hayes held the 242-hour coffin record.
- A Belgian nun later surpassed Meaney with a 100-day record.
