Some Papua New Guineans associate AIDS and HIV with witchcraft and sorcery and there have been reports of infected people being thrown into rivers, buried alive in graves or being starved to death.
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Meanwhile, a video has emerged which purportedly shows a man beingburiedalive by security forces, allegedly for sending material to TV stations.
Boston, MA: A bewitching past hangings at Boston Common, Civil War dungeon prisons, pirate executions, the Boston Strangler, tales of beingburied alive has fostered a spirited present, say many ghost-hunting pros.