A Halloween magic trick killed a Fresno, California, escape artist who was buried alive in 1990. ... Burrus was handcuffed, chained and locked in his plastic-glass coffin.

A Halloween magic trick killed a Fresno, California, escape artist who was buried alive in 1990. ... Burrus was handcuffed, chained and locked in his plastic-glass coffin.

“Magic was his new life. ... At about 9:30 p.m., Burrus was handcuffed, chained and locked in his plastic-glass coffin. Then, as a camera projected the scene onto a large video screen, ...

for which he handcuffed and wrapped himself in chains before locking himself inside a plastic-and-glass coffin, which was then lowered into a 7ft-deep hole at a local amusement park over which ...