They created this scenario for people to recognize what it's like to be motionless, while you die, be prepared for autopsy, transfer to the morgue, then to the funeral home, for final burial inside the plot you chose, what can be more convincing, than knowing what happens when you die. Mysterious death mysteriously occurs when you remain motionless while your final hours embrace your demise here in earth, can you remain consciously sane, will you fall into fearsome despair and lose your mind, or faint with complete loss of consciousness ? Or wake-up after experiencing the most terrifying steps from being alive to experiencing death first hand, 72 hours, to experiencing " Buried Alive " Creators Alan L Poulos , Jim Plunkett, Larry Olga Original series Discovery Channel Productions Discovery Channel Producers Porthole 2014 4 Series of 6 episodes each featuring 24 contestants including the creators who had to live the experience themselves firsthand.