One of the Ball brothers, of the canning jar empire, had a paralyzing fear of being buried alive. He went as far as having a telephone installed in the tomb so he could call out if he should ever find himself in this predicament. A few days after he died, the family began to grow concerned after repeated attempts to reach his wife proved unsuccessful. They call the house but found that the phone line was continuously busy, so they decided to go over and make sure that everything was ok. Upon entering the home, they found her dead on the floor, clutching the phone with a look of sheer terror frozen on her face. At her funeral, the family discovered that the phone inside the crypt where her husband was buried was off the hook.
