Mysterious disturbances of coffins inside sealed crypts have been recorded in cases around the world. For reasons unknown, heavy, lead coffins in a vault are found in disarray, as though tossed about by some tremendous force. They are restored to their proper positions, only to be found tossed about again the next time the vault is opened for burial.
No satisfactory natural explanations have ever been found. Paranormal theories attribute the disturbances to poltergeists or to the restless dead, especially if persons buried within a disturbed vault had committed suicide.
