MAG 152 - A Gravedigger's Envy

Case #8370108

Statement of Hezekiah Wakely regarding his career as a gravedigger, compiled from a series of letters to Nathaniel Beale between 1837 and 1839.

Audio recording by Jonathan Sims, the Archivist.

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Written by Jonathan Sims and directed by Alexander J Newall.

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- "Helen Richardson" - Imogen Harris

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Content notes:

- Burial alive

- Possible suicide ideation

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One of my favorite episodes

"A gravedigger's envy" became one of my favorite episodes immediately upon listening to it. Before the series came to it's completion I had accidentally memorized the episode's number, as I had come back to it so often to listen to as I drifted off to sleep. The pacing and tone in this are lyrical and something about it feels like coming home after a long day at work.