🔥BURIED ALIVE FOR 83 HOURS🔥
And the monster who did it served just 10 years in prison … then became a DOCTOR.
Read that again.👆🏻
Because this TRUE story from 1968 is almost too horrifying to believe.
Barbara Jane Mackle was just 20 years old when two kidnappers stuffed her into a coffin-sized box, lowered it into the Georgia woods and BURIED HER ALIVE.
She could hear the dirt being shoveled over her.
No room to stand. No way to escape. No idea whether anyone would ever find her.
Her kidnappers, Gary Steven Krist and Ruth Eisemann-Schier, had planned the nightmare carefully.
Ventilation tubes, a fan, food, water and a battery-powered light were supposed to keep her alive while they demanded $500,000 in ransom.
They even photographed Barbara inside the box holding a sign that read “Kidnapped” to prove they had her.
And here’s where the story gets even more unbelievable.
HER FATHER PAID THE $500,000.
Robert Mackle, a wealthy Florida developer, came up with the money to save his daughter.
But paying the ransom didn’t mean anyone knew where Barbara was buried.
After receiving the money, Krist contacted the FBI and provided only vague directions to a wooded area near Norcross, Georgia.
THE FBI HAD TO FIND A COFFIN HIDDEN UNDER THE EARTH.
More than 100 agents reportedly spread through the area, desperately searching for the burial site.
When they located it, rescuers clawed through Georgia’s red clay with whatever they could find … boards, tire irons, sticks and even their BARE HANDS.
Imagine the desperation.
Somewhere beneath their feet was a young woman who had been buried alive for more than THREE DAYS.
And they had no idea what condition she would be in.
For 83 agonizing hours, Barbara had remained underground, trying to survive.
To keep herself from giving up, she imagined celebrating Christmas with her family.
On December 20, 1968, rescuers finally reached the box.
BARBARA WAS STILL ALIVE.
But here’s another part that will make your blood boil.
Krist received a LIFE sentence, yet walked out of prison after roughly a decade.
He later obtained a medical license and practiced medicine in Indiana.
Barbara survived, married and raised a family.
Imagine being buried alive for nearly FOUR DAYS, only to learn that the man responsible would eventually walk free and become a physician.
Her survival was a miracle. His punishment? … That’s a whole different story.
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