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About Eleanor Markham
Eleanor Markham was an invented American woman who became one of the most prominent cases of an averted premature burial in the late 19th century. Her existence was disproven within weeks of her story first appearing in newspapers but her story continued to be credulously reported nonetheless.
Everything about Eleanor Markham →- Born
- 1872
- Died
- July 8, 1894