They Made a Tonic

Episode aired Oct 13, 2017
TV-14
40m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

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Documentary Horror Mystery

Before we knew how disease spread, medicine was as much superstition as it was science. And in the small New England towns of the 1800s, there is a belief that consumption can only be stoppe... Read allBefore we knew how disease spread, medicine was as much superstition as it was science. And in the small New England towns of the 1800s, there is a belief that consumption can only be stopped by making sure the dead are actually dead.Before we knew how disease spread, medicine was as much superstition as it was science. And in the small New England towns of the 1800s, there is a belief that consumption can only be stopped by making sure the dead are actually dead.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

818

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10Giugi1101

Perfect

Perfect story to start a series of this kind, disturbing and creepy that really gives nightmares for the night and feeds in you the fear of being buried alive.

2yowilwasup

A story told poorly

A probably interesting story poorly told and horribly narrated. Also fast and loose at the end when making a almost baseless claim that Bram Stoker got his idea for Dracula because a contemporary news clipping of the story was found amongst his paper after his death.

3IrishCreem914

Interesting but poorly narrated

The acting and story is interesting, but the narrator sounds like a terrible William Shatner impersonater - robotic and strange emphasis and pauses mid-sentence. I found this distracting, but the history behind the story was intriguing enough to keep watching.

Trivia
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the cause of tuberculosis and is spread when people inhale droplets of an infected person's cough or sneeze.

Goofs
The narrator asserts that the phrase "saved by the bell" originates from coffins with bell attachments that those buried alive could use to be rescued. This is incorrect. In fact, the expression is boxing slang and it came into being in the latter half of the 19th century. A boxer who is in danger of losing a bout can be 'saved' from defeat by the respite signaled by bell that marks the end of a round.

Quotes
William Rose: Three months, and yet her skin is fresh, as if still taking nourishment.
Samuel Wilkins: She's not dead! Look at her! At night she lives.
Harold Metcalf: The body was kept in the shed awaiting spring thaw for burial. The cold preserved her, not a folk tale.
Samuel Wilkins: A demon would be smart to use her. She doesn't need to crawl up from the ground. We have no choice--it must be done.