Premature burial
Edgar Allan Poe returned to the topic of being buried alive repeatedly in his writing. Stories that include the trope are "The Premature Burial", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "Berenice", and "The Cask of Amontillado". Eleanor Markham, well known late-19th-century case of narrowly averted premature burial Lazarus syndrome, spontaneous return of circulation after failed attempts at resuscitation List of premature obituaries
Locked-in syndrome, medical condition described as "the closest thing to being buried alive" Kraven's Last Hunt, a Spider-Man story published by Marvel Comics where Peter Parker is buried alive by the villainous Kraven the Hunter