When times get tough, people improvise and sometimes work outside the boundaries of the law. Bootlegging was a common way to make a few extra bucks during the Great Depression, but
other crimes also saw an increase as well. A strange example
of one crime meeting another happened in December of 1932 when two Seattle
grave robbers digging into a fresh grave unearthed a woman who had been buried alive
by her underworld associates. She was apparently fine, if somewhat
disoriented. Neither party was eager to take the matter to the police.
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