Im going to sound like a total looney tune but my son's dog had to be put to sleep last Sept & we buried her in the forest behind our house. It rained that night & i was so upset because all i could think of was she was being rained on. I saw the grave with the glass over it & thought that was beautiful. I like the thought of that person not being rained on. I know im foolish but i can't help my soft ❤️
We have a small "pet cemetery" (definitely not like the one on that movie") in our yard. We live out in a very rural area, and there are foxes and coyotes everywhere. I always worry that they will dig up our fur babies 😢 That would be horrible 😢
@scorpion-lg4ic 🩵🫂💙: One month ago, RUclips channel (Dearly Departed Tours, with Scott Michaels) uploaded "The Strangest Cemetary I've seen - in Alaska"; I would build one of those colorful, peaked-roof miniature wooden houses over your recently put-to-sleep🐾 family member: The graveyard outside of the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, in Eklutna, Alaska, is filled with more than 100 colorful burial-spirit houses, built to cover each individual-burial site. 💞 🕯. Your comment was touching, and reminded me of my pop; upon our family dog going at age 19, it was the first I'd seen him uncontrollably cry. We, too, buried him in our backyard, beneath a Lilac Tree. 💜
I might even be crazier. When my cat of 18 years passed last November I couldn't bring myself to bury him. He was in a box with his blanket and food dish in my garage until I mentioned this to my neighbor and he came over and buried him. I still miss him, longest relationship I've had.
Taking pictures when someone died was not bizarre at all back then, many times it was the only picture of them even if they were old. So sad! Thank you for letting us see this place
I love old cemeteries and grave yards. Went on a trip to Savanna Ga a few years back and my family said its your turn to pick what to do. They rolled there eyes as I said. Grave site seeing.
It reminds me of Highgate Cemetery in London UK. Every headstone represents a backstory of a life, a family member. So many of those backstories have been lost to time. Great watch................
Taphophile ~ the word comes from Greek, and literally means "to love graves". (I'd never heard the term, had to Goog it. 😅) ["Taphophiles are often interested in the history, art, and culture of burial grounds; they enjoy exploring cemeteries, studying tombstones, and taking photographs; interested in epitaphs, gravestone rubbing, and the history of famous deaths."] (Sounds like me, also. ☺️)
@@MyKingdomForAK9 at the end it says interest in famous deaths but it can be interest in the history of any death. Lately ive been very interested in old shop wrecks its fascinating to me but ive always been interested in graveyards too
Saddens me to see graves unattended, forgotten,unkempt. They were intentionally created so beautifully so that they wouldn't be forgotten, unattended and unkempt.
@@seanhiatt6736 there is a good reason for that: Space. There must have been nearly a billion people who have lived and and died in Europe. And today, there are 400+ million alive in Europe, more than in the US but on a lot less land. You just cant have that many cemeteries to give every body a forever plot to rot. They are also not thrown away or something, the bones that may be left are relocated to a more space efficient "grave facility". This typically happens after 100 years, in some places less.
The beauty here is magnificent! I would drool at the chance to travel there and spend some time doing one of my little investigations. Usually I'm saddened when I see overgrowth in cemeteries and I like to do what I can to clean them up. But the way that nature is reclaiming this area is honestly breathtaking and I couldn't imagine changing it!
Hi!!! I have always been liked cemetarys. Our Babci♡ used to take us when we were little. We looked all around at these nice Graves. When my parents died they had to have a flat marker. That was dissapointing.. There used to be some pretty ones back in Pennsylvania. Some looked like they were made out of coal. This video was real interesting to me. Thank You for the look around...Great Video!!!...🦋
Love that you do! Always informative and respectful. Cemeteries and church yards are so very interesting. The history and the social culture of the time is fascinating. Enjoy your travels and thank you for taking us along for the ride. Save journeys ❤
The skull and crossbones symbol on a gravestone is a reminder of mortality, or memento mori, which is Latin for "remember you must die". The symbol was used to encourage people to lead better lives by reflecting on the futility of earthly pleasures and the reward of heaven.
History is a beautiful thing!!! I can watch these kinds of things forever cuz you never know what you're going to read or see!!! Please have safe travels😊❤
Love this type of content Chris, and I love finding out all the history of places you visit, also your showing of respect to people burying their loved ones is so great to see, thank you....
Thank you, Chris! I would love to tour that cemetery! So cool, especially with the moss covering so many of the gravestones and markers. Lots to be said for the way "we" once buried our dead and the cult surrounding death. No so much any longer. You're the best!
It was common back in the day to have deceased love ones photographed, usually only the well off though as photographers came at a premium. Beautiful old cemetery.
Thanks for the video Chris, i did'n even know this was teh oldest of Belgium, what i do know is the cemetry in Ukkel (near Brussels) is also overgrown by nature, i'v been there a few years ago, only the grave of Hergé (the creator of kuifje/tintin) is well clean, the rest is like this one i can say, greetings from Belgium.
That's the life, traveling the world and making videos about the places you visit. I can't do it so I watch you instead. I did however just get back from an Alaskan cruise with my wife. I really want to go back.
Give me the money for such an elaborate grave to party away now and then just toss my body in a tree shredder when I'm done and then everyone have a good laugh. I'll never know and we'll all be happy. It is a pretty graveyard though, thanks for showing us Chris! 👍🤠
1:11 Most likely the groundskeepers house. You should try some of the old victorian cemeteries in the UK, full of architecture, interest, greenery and wildlife.
I live close to this graveyard and my grandpa is buried there (in the more recent section). There is a program to adopt/reuse old forgotten graves. When you do, you must restore them to their original state, and you can later be burried in it with a non-desctructive nameplate of your own.
New to the channel. Love the respect and the soft comforting tones you speak in. I hate the creators that yell. Lol Thank you for the vid. I luv cemeteries and graveyards. So interesting.
I love your fascination with grave yards and how respectful you document them. Little correction about the grave with the dead girls photo on it: she died at around 4 months old, not 2. Born 12/10/1943 means she was born on the 12th of October. Europe uses DD/MM/YYYY
Those skull graves pop up in a lot of places. Some are extremely old and looks like they've been sculpted by a seven year old but there are quite a few in various countries.
Interesting cemetery, its possible my grandfather is buried there. Some of the last names on the headstones are very similar to my actual last name. Would be interesting to walk through there at night.🎉👍
now i'm curious. at 2:11 Chris says the baby is about 2 months old, but I think in Belgium, dates have day/month/year. so, the date of birth of that baby is not dec.10; but oct.12th I think Chris got caught up with the American dating system. I do that a lot too. lol. just funny trivia. Chris's behavior and respect towards the dead is jut wonderful to see... wish all people could be like that. i say in one cemetery gate once said: " what you are, we were. what we are, you will be". being humble is always a must do.
Some of that writing you were showing looked like German. Belgium is mostly French speaking but there are Flemish, and German populations as well. Thanks for the great tour!
Now I haven't used the app myself but I believe there's one where you can hover your phone over text in another language and it instantly translates it to your desired language. That I would use in a historical place like this.
First time I ever went to a cemetery in mainland Europe (i live in UK), i think it was in France....i was amazed how ornate some of the gravestones were and by the fact that they nearly all had photos or images of the deceased on them, something you never really see in English-speaking countries, with the possible exception of Ireland. Maybe it's connected with the Catholic influence?
I wonder if that little house was for the rector of the church or a caretaker’s cottage that is kinda what it looked like to me by the size and location of it 🤷🏼♀️ just a thought it always hurts to see the graves of children 😢
Photos on graves, post mortem, were not uncommon due to the expense of photography back then. Post mortem photos were often the only photos of the person a family had.
Good video but you got to do the Annie Laurie Hearing story from mississippi. This 72 year old was abducted and missing since 1987 and her husband was the wealthiest man in Mississippi. A suspect was given a ton of money as many other people were given money, almost a million dollars, and a suspect was convicted and sent to prison for 15 years. But the poor woman was never found. It is a tragic story but a very intensely intriguing story that must be told by you. Unsolved mysteries did a video about it and it was very good but you can do an in-depth video yourself. So get on it!
Im going to sound like a total looney tune but my son's dog had to be put to sleep last Sept & we buried her in the forest behind our house. It rained that night & i was so upset because all i could think of was she was being rained on. I saw the grave with the glass over it & thought that was beautiful. I like the thought of that person not being rained on. I know im foolish but i can't help my soft ❤️
You are not foolish, thank God you have a soft heart and you are sentimental. There is nothing wrong with that! Take care! ❤
We have a small "pet cemetery" (definitely not like the one on that movie") in our yard. We live out in a very rural area, and there are foxes and coyotes everywhere. I always worry that they will dig up our fur babies 😢 That would be horrible 😢
@scorpion-lg4ic 🩵🫂💙:
One month ago, RUclips channel
(Dearly Departed Tours,
with Scott Michaels)
uploaded "The Strangest Cemetary I've seen - in Alaska";
I would build one of those colorful, peaked-roof miniature wooden houses over your recently put-to-sleep🐾 family member:
The graveyard outside of the
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church,
in Eklutna, Alaska, is filled with more than 100 colorful burial-spirit houses, built to cover each individual-burial site. 💞
🕯.
Your comment was touching,
and reminded me of my pop;
upon our family dog going at
age 19, it was the first I'd seen him
uncontrollably cry.
We, too, buried him in our backyard, beneath a Lilac Tree. 💜
I might even be crazier. When my cat of 18 years passed last November I couldn't bring myself to bury him. He was in a box with his blanket and food dish in my garage until I mentioned this to my neighbor and he came over and buried him. I still miss him, longest relationship I've had.
I am a childless cat lady and proud of it!!
Taking pictures when someone died was not bizarre at all back then, many times it was the only picture of them even if they were old. So sad! Thank you for letting us see this place
The house is gorgeous. Only in Europe do you find such quaintness.
It's amazing how the pictures have held up over the years ❤🙏
This discovery of Penicillin made a huge difference with saving more children. It was fascinating. Especially since so many went back so far.
Most of those died during the war! Look at the dates...
I love old cemeteries and grave yards. Went on a trip to Savanna Ga a few years back and my family said its your turn to pick what to do. They rolled there eyes as I said. Grave site seeing.
I love Savanah Georgia!! The history and the creepiness 😊
You know they love you when they are willing to go with you even though they may not like it.
@@call2872 trudat 😆
A quaint house. Love the cemetery. I too love seeing old photos on tombstones.
It reminds me of Highgate Cemetery in London UK.
Every headstone represents a backstory of a life, a family member. So many of those backstories have been lost to time. Great watch................
So much beauty in such tragedy. That little house, I'd LOVE to make it my home, I wouldn't even mind it's location!
This cemetery is amazing I could watch all day
It’s a beautiful cemetery. Rest in peace to everybody there.
Absolutely Beautiful. The baby part of the cemetery really got to me. Thank you, Chris, for the tour.
This cemetery is amazing and those trees are absolutely huge.
I am a taphophile, so the content really interested me. Thanks for the awesome tour, Chris
Yea me too😊
Taphophile ~ the word comes from Greek, and literally means
"to love graves".
(I'd never heard the term,
had to Goog it. 😅)
["Taphophiles are often interested in the history, art, and culture of burial grounds;
they enjoy exploring cemeteries, studying tombstones, and taking photographs;
interested in epitaphs, gravestone rubbing, and the history of famous deaths."]
(Sounds like me, also. ☺️)
@@MyKingdomForAK9 at the end it says interest in famous deaths but it can be interest in the history of any death. Lately ive been very interested in old shop wrecks its fascinating to me but ive always been interested in graveyards too
@@vicvega3614
Yes; me, too, interested in every death.
Scott Michaels, of Dearly Departed,
(here, on RUclips) coined the term
Death Hag. ☺️
I use to think I hated the over grown look but now I find it more beautiful than the well kept cemeteries.
The ivy is gorgeous
Cemetery of the skull, as its know, is one of the most beautiful cemeteries ive seen and been lucky to have visited
Awesome, Serenity Sue and Grave Visitations just did this cemetery also
Fascinating cemetery.
It’s a beautiful cemetery. Rest in peace to everybody there. A lot different than Pennsylvania
Saddens me to see graves unattended, forgotten,unkempt. They were intentionally created so beautifully so that they wouldn't be forgotten, unattended and unkempt.
At least the people are not being dug up, for new burials like in some countries.
@@seanhiatt6736
Yes; and the local birds, insects, and wildlife will thrive. 💖
Most people will be forgotten at some point. Thats just how it is with time.
@@seanhiatt6736 there is a good reason for that: Space.
There must have been nearly a billion people who have lived and and died in Europe. And today, there are 400+ million alive in Europe, more than in the US but on a lot less land. You just cant have that many cemeteries to give every body a forever plot to rot. They are also not thrown away or something, the bones that may be left are relocated to a more space efficient "grave facility". This typically happens after 100 years, in some places less.
It is said that two generations no one will know you anyway. The individuality doesn’t matter as much as the collective beauty.
So beautiful and peaceful . Ty, Chris. Awesome video
Sometimes the only picture they had of a child was post mortem😢. Very interesting cemetery and thanks for taking us along Chris
The beauty here is magnificent! I would drool at the chance to travel there and spend some time doing one of my little investigations. Usually I'm saddened when I see overgrowth in cemeteries and I like to do what I can to clean them up. But the way that nature is reclaiming this area is honestly breathtaking and I couldn't imagine changing it!
Such a wonderful preservation of history.
Thanks for this video, Chris
Hi!!! I have always been liked cemetarys. Our Babci♡ used to take us when we were little. We looked all around at these nice Graves. When my parents died they had to have a flat marker. That was dissapointing.. There used to be some pretty ones back in Pennsylvania. Some looked like they were made out of coal. This video was real interesting to me. Thank You for the look around...Great Video!!!...🦋
Cemeteries*
Love that you do! Always informative and respectful. Cemeteries and church yards are so very interesting. The history and the social culture of the time is fascinating.
Enjoy your travels and thank you for taking us along for the ride. Save journeys ❤
The skull and crossbones symbol on a gravestone is a reminder of mortality, or memento mori, which is Latin for "remember you must die". The symbol was used to encourage people to lead better lives by reflecting on the futility of earthly pleasures and the reward of heaven.
An amazing cemetery. So many pictures included on the markers.
Amazing craftsmanship throughout
Some of the things you find my man are absolutely AMAZING to see. Thank you so much for taking us a long for the ride. I really enjoy the videos.
History is a beautiful thing!!! I can watch these kinds of things forever cuz you never know what you're going to read or see!!! Please have safe travels😊❤
I could easily live in that house exactly where it is. Beautiful!
That place is gorgeous wow thank you
The moss added a neat organic touch to the grave. It becomes a part of the scenery with the trees and grasses.
Love this type of content Chris, and I love finding out all the history of places you visit, also your showing of respect to people burying their loved ones is so great to see, thank you....
Another excellent, well done video Chris. Cheers,
Thank you, Chris! I would love to tour that cemetery! So cool, especially with the moss covering so many of the gravestones and markers. Lots to be said for the way "we" once buried our dead and the cult surrounding death. No so much any longer. You're the best!
Awesome. Would be cool to see at night ✌️
It was common back in the day to have deceased love ones photographed, usually only the well off though as photographers came at a premium. Beautiful old cemetery.
Cool stuff have a wonderful weekend ever 1
Oh wow, that glass canopy is so beautiful. I'm pretty new to the channel and really enjoying the videos..
Very fascinating Chris! Thanks for sharing
my 2nd favorite cemetery you have covered, even though the children's graves was heartbreaking
Thanks for the video Chris, i did'n even know this was teh oldest of Belgium, what i do know is the cemetry in Ukkel (near Brussels) is also overgrown by nature, i'v been there a few years ago, only the grave of Hergé (the creator of kuifje/tintin) is well clean, the rest is like this one i can say, greetings from Belgium.
That's the life, traveling the world and making videos about the places you visit. I can't do it so I watch you instead. I did however just get back from an Alaskan cruise with my wife. I really want to go back.
Alaska will never stop calling you back.
(I've been waiting to return, since 1998.)
Another GREAT upload Chris! Bravo 👏
Give me the money for such an elaborate grave to party away now and then just toss my body in a tree shredder when I'm done and then everyone have a good laugh.
I'll never know and we'll all be happy.
It is a pretty graveyard though, thanks for showing us Chris!
👍🤠
1:11 Most likely the groundskeepers house. You should try some of the old victorian cemeteries in the UK, full of architecture, interest, greenery and wildlife.
That's what some of Scotland's and Englands cemeteries need is a little tlc. Some a lot.
I'd live in that sweet house ❤ and the neighbors are so quiet 😁 and never complain 😁grave yards are cool 😁 and so much to look at 😁
I live close to this graveyard and my grandpa is buried there (in the more recent section).
There is a program to adopt/reuse old forgotten graves. When you do, you must restore them to their original state, and you can later be burried in it with a non-desctructive nameplate of your own.
Buried*
New to the channel. Love the respect and the soft comforting tones you speak in. I hate the creators that yell. Lol
Thank you for the vid. I luv cemeteries and graveyards. So interesting.
nice place
This was interesting Chris 👍😊 .. I do really enjoy your cemetery visits 😊
Awesome video.
Good video thanks 😉
Thanks so much that was very interesting
Amazing
I love your fascination with grave yards and how respectful you document them.
Little correction about the grave with the dead girls photo on it: she died at around 4 months old, not 2. Born 12/10/1943 means she was born on the 12th of October. Europe uses DD/MM/YYYY
Those skull graves pop up in a lot of places. Some are extremely old and looks like they've been sculpted by a seven year old but there are quite a few in various countries.
🐾⭐️This episode & channel truly fascinating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️content and approach
Not going to lie, seeing those photos of those kids who died long ago i can't help but feel a sense of sadness.
Very interesting!! I'd love to know what that adorable house was or is being used for. Thanks for taking us along❤
Me too. It's likely used as an office now. It'd be interesting to know what it was for way back when.
I hope you choose to do more European cemeteries and small towns. We know so little about about these places in the US.
interesting video
11:19 you already put One Eye Willy in my head. They announced the making of a sequel.
Very impressive🪦💐
When was the cemetery first established?
Interesting cemetery, its possible my grandfather is buried there. Some of the last names on the headstones are very similar to my actual last name. Would be interesting to walk through there at night.🎉👍
Amazing
Love the old cemeteries! This is a pretty interesting one so thanks for sharing 🤗
now i'm curious. at 2:11 Chris says the baby is about 2 months old, but I think in Belgium, dates have day/month/year. so, the date of birth of that baby is not dec.10; but oct.12th I think Chris got caught up with the American dating system. I do that a lot too. lol. just funny trivia. Chris's behavior and respect towards the dead is jut wonderful to see... wish all people could be like that. i say in one cemetery gate once said: " what you are, we were. what we are, you will be". being humble is always a must do.
What year was this cemetery started?
Some of that writing you were showing looked like German. Belgium is mostly French speaking but there are Flemish, and German populations as well. Thanks for the great tour!
Incorrect
Very interesting cemetery I loved walking around here 💀
I think it's a nice cemetery
Now I haven't used the app myself but I believe there's one where you can hover your phone over text in another language and it instantly translates it to your desired language. That I would use in a historical place like this.
Welcome in Belgium! I live 15min away from that graveyard but never been. Will definitly have a look now!
did u find any Grants
First time I ever went to a cemetery in mainland Europe (i live in UK), i think it was in France....i was amazed how ornate some of the gravestones were and by the fact that they nearly all had photos or images of the deceased on them, something you never really see in English-speaking countries, with the possible exception of Ireland. Maybe it's connected with the Catholic influence?
cool beans
I invite you to visit cemeteries in Poland and beyond.
Cool
🌹
That house looks cozy as shit
At 00:40 we would have never known this couple ever existed or even knew what they looked like without this information.
8:44 tells us that these people existed at some point and it sad that they don’t know which grave they all go to.
6:13 I want that for my grave😅
But ashes will due too
Maybe that house was for a cemetery care taker
♥️⚘️♥️
@4:06, ok, what is going on on that grave???🤨
Antoine is pronounced ant-one
Vemaer is clearly a 'W' on the stone, take a second look. 6:15. It's Wemaer.
Perhaps the 3D Skull & Crossbones was a Pirate ☠
Man the kids get to me.
I wonder if that little house was for the rector of the church or a caretaker’s cottage that is kinda what it looked like to me by the size and location of it 🤷🏼♀️ just a thought it always hurts to see the graves of children 😢
Did you not hear the guy saying, get out of here? 2:10 in.
Could of been talking to someone else.
In french?
It looks like a few of the children’s grave’s died between 1938 to 1945. I wonder if ww2 had Anything do with their deaths.
Photos on graves, post mortem, were not uncommon due to the expense of photography back then. Post mortem photos were often the only photos of the person a family had.
Good video but you got to do the Annie Laurie Hearing story from mississippi. This 72 year old was abducted and missing since 1987 and her husband was the wealthiest man in Mississippi.
A suspect was given a ton of money as many other people were given money, almost a million dollars, and a suspect was convicted and sent to prison for 15 years. But the poor woman was never found. It is a tragic story but a very intensely intriguing story that must be told by you. Unsolved mysteries did a video about it and it was very good but you can do an in-depth video yourself.
So get on it!