It's sad to see something like that. It happens all the time they run out of money they can't keep it up same as graveyards I've seen graveyards growed up not taken care of It happens all the time they run out of money they can't keep it up same as graveyards I've seen graveyards growed up not taken care of. On most properties if the taxes aren't paid it goes to the county or the city so I would think they should be responsible, Some are going to say why should they be responsible I don't know. Like your content, Be safe
An eye opening view on how the deceased are pathetically disrespected. These cemeteries should be maintained by the city or county...needs to be a law!
There is a law. If you own a cemetery, you cannot just walk away from it when it's full; laws require you to maintain it. 100 years from now, it's impossible for you to keep maintaining it. When you leave it to somebody in your will, they don't want it because all it does is suck money out of his/her budget without bringing any profit at all.
In the UK churchyards are managed by the church that the yard is attached to and cemeteries are managed by local government. The idea of privatised cemeteries is abhorrent to our sensibilities. The thought of a mass final resting place ending up like this mind-blowing. The final interment was only two decades ago too. I accept that we have cultural differences but this is utterly stunning.
This really hurts my heart. I’m 57 years old and very disabled. But I still go to the family graveyards and pay my respect for my ancestors. As far back as the 1700’s. But I’m kind of weird, I go to my parents graves and talk to them. I feel at home in cemeteries.
Absolute disgrace beyond comprehension. These souls walked the streets and had a life as we do today. Someones mother, father, sister, son, daughter etc…no respect given to them as they should and deserve. Thank you Lamont as always, for taking us with you, be safe 🦍
@@robinherron7627 I'm surprised the government or the city didn't get fed up and demolish the place. The families of the ones who passed away there are probably gone. Nobody visits, so why even leave the place standing?
As someone who works in the death care industry, I had to stop watching this video because it makes me so upset.. I hope these people get the dignity they deserve and are able to find peace..
My father goes around twice a year to relatives graves to clean the overgrowth and spray the headstones so weeds and algae doesn’t grow over them. He also does it for sites of people who obviously have been forgotten by everyone or people don’t care enough to visit.
My cousin Arthur does the same thing. We have a family cemetery that is really old on some former Indian land that our family owned and an attorney owns the land now and he lets my cousin come and clean the graves off and keep the little small cemetery looking nice
I miss my grandpa dearly he died over a decade ago and I live in LA his grave is in Rose Hills. My mom doesn’t like seeing his grave or thinking of him in it. I will go see him one of these days.
Lamont after seeing this video I shared it with my friend that lives in Rhode Island. She was livid! Here is her response "This is outrageous. I’m calling the Mayor of Cranston, Alan Fung. I helped his campaign and he needs to pull his head out and raise funds for this. Thanks for sharing!" So maybe through you and Mobile Instinct and sharing this video things can start to happen there. Thanks again for the work you do. God bless and stay safe. (aka Becka)
Thank you David. You and your friend, just like Lamont are doing your part in humanity. We all need to take care of one another, dead or alive. Stay save, stay blessed Sir.
Seeing the graffiti on the walls inside the mausoleum, the crypt's opened, caskets exposed and no longer sealed, that one that was on the floor, some caskets appearing to be missing from some crypts, etc.... is horrifying. Obviously, there have been people that go there for the "fun" of it and have opened those crypts and caskets to mess with and steal the bones and/or steal anything that was buried with the deceased. Just absolutely disgusting this has been allowed to happen to this place! Shameful!
@@chriscee546 that’s literally an unwritten rule, you don’t tag on shit like that 😭 i mean whos even gonna recognise what you put up in there, the dead?
There are other possibilities as to why there are empty crypts. One, they were never used. Two, if they were used, someone removed the casket to another location.
My grandparents lived up the road from here; my brother and sister and I used to play there as kids. The mausoleum was cooler than the sweltering summer heat, so we would go in and sit down (there was a seating area, and drinking fountain) to cool-off. My little sister used to take some of the fake flowers from a full vase, and put some in the empty ones, "so they wouldn't be alone"). This is a travesty AND a tragedy.
And this is why I want a natural burial. Just wrap me in linen, bury me in the ground and plant a nice beautiful tree over me, that I might become the tree and provide air to the environment and a home to lil birds and critters 😊
That's kinda like muslim burials, just wrapped up in cotton cloth which degrades and decomposes over time alongside your body which helps fertilize the soil, in a few decades they turn the cemetery into an orchard or farm with very fertile soil.
I've been a cemetery enthusiast somewhat in my life. When you walk through cemeteries you notice the like those who are dead in the 50's barely have flowers left. As one by one those who mourned them also die. It is quite sad.
@@alleycat616Indeed. Hell even I don't know who my great grandparents are and despite myself already documenting my own grandparents lives to pass down to my future children, I don't think my great great grandchildren will really care about my existence anymore but yk, I'm perfectly fine with that.
Thanks for bringing this to the forefront. It is tragic that the city, county, and state entities do not put the bureaucracy aside and handle the 400 plus reinterments. As a funeral service provider and embalmer for over 42 years I can share that I have coordinated well over 100 disinterments and reburials over the decades. The $6K per body is ridiculous! it is a paperwork and labor issue that need not exceed $400 to $500 hundred per individual transit and burial. A cemetery donates to the community space to inter the estimated 400 individuals, in multi-depth graves it is approximately 130 spaces. it is only as hard as one makes it. I can only share that we are here but once, and what we do to correct or mend what needs to be mended is the legacy we leave. Not everything we do in life requires a profit to be made; sometimes it is simply the right thing to do.
I appreciate your compassion in what is usually a money driven industry! It's a disgrace and also a public health threat for the city to leave this unresolved! Thank you for your service to those in need❤️
@@monav4062 I appreciate the sentiments shared. I believe that if the community took action, with the assistance of a number of funeral homes, and adjacent cemeteries in the area the task could be accomplished. The city, county and or state would need to step in as the financiers of the project to permit the professionals and the "community" to rectify the problem. I mean in 1969 we went to the moon........... it is not impossible to put egos, pride and greed aside for the few months it would take to move them, and show compassion to the founders of the community for which they lived, worked and were eventually put to rest. To the moon and back, this too can be done. Hell............. I will fly out there and get you all started with the solution, and, ........... I will pay for my own flight and hotel.
@@cityslick007 Wish I shared that faith, that our lives are just a “test.” What is fair though? Some have things at their disposal from birth and others not so much, proving more difficult for a said “test.” How does this pan out in gods view.
I live pretty close to this, it’s a total disgrace! The state won’t do anything about this! People have tried, but they don’t get anywhere! So sad! Thank you for visiting here and making it public! You’re a good person!
Can a couple of church groups get together & trade months with caring for the cemetery? Each could do a bit at a time till it's just normal maintenance ?
@@judyroberds9622 bidens not allocating money for THE GOOD- he's giving it to evil foreign countries that are our enemy such as Afghanistan where we left AMERICANS but few out Afghani criminals
You got more balls than me!! The horrific sight is one thing, but the building is a massive biohazard!! It's absolutely terrible that the city and state health departments would let this go for so long. So much for " Prpetual Care"
That's why I would never want my body interred in a mausoleum. You're basically stored on a shelf for the life of the building, which will eventually fail. What happens after the structure fails? Doesn't seem like a permanent way up putting someone's body to rest.
I’ve seen some really nice mausoleums and how long will they stay that way? At some point, they fall apart. Just look at some that are 100 years old…or less…..cremation for me!
That’s why I want to be cremated and interred in a catholic cemetery. The church is required to maintain it perpetuity - and even then, if that fails, I just hope to be left in the ground. I don’t want to be rattling around on someone’s shelf somewhere! Let me be!
@@tommyanomaly6193 Eventually they will be. Like here in the Netherlands. If the grave isn't paid for they remove it. There's also not enough space to have graves stay forever, which is why embalming is illegal here, or at least it was for a very long time. I believe there are exceptions where it is allowed. Graves don't stay forever. Eventually the casket is gone and the bones will accidentally removed when digging.
While generally Lamont is respectful to those who have passed on, to bang on a coffin with your fist and opening it is going too far. Come on Lamont, that was pretty morbid. What if there would've been a body in there? Fortunately there wasn't. Take care Lamont. Pls don't open anymore coffins, you're better than that.
@@kevinmalone3210 Give us a break. Groundskeepers and maintenance personnel have to trample over graves everyday. How do you think all those cemetery lawns get mowed? Somebody has to drive heavy machinery over them.
I would have literally fainted😭😭😭😭😭😭. It's horrible seeing Sacred Grounds being forgotten and trashed. The original owners should have sold this property many, many years ago during their viable years. Perhaps to organizations with multiple outlets. GREAT VIDEO AND GREAT CONTENT. THUMBS-UP ALWAYS!!!!!
It isn't but we also have other issues....if you wanna go do it and figure out how to keep it from happening then bring it up to local government officials
This video was very disheartening to see how the dead doesn't seemed to be treated with any kind of respect. Thanks Lamont for bringing this story to us. Much appreciated, but very sad.
The state of this cemetery has deeply pissed me off. Especially the childrens graves and the return servicemens. In Australia our city councils are responsible for the maintenance of our cemeteries with very few being privately owned. If our cemeteries were kept in this condition, there would be hell to pay. The owners or people that have inherited it should have their ass kicked.
Yes America needs to overhaul its cemetery and mausoleum ownership laws and create a suitable responsible government department to oversee the maintenance of the burial or disposal of human bodies after death. Mausoleums should be done away with because bricks and mortar buildings don't last long enough and are too costly to maintain, especially in the hands of private owners. Cremation, or Eco burials, both with some sort of online memorial web page for visitors to access and share memories on. The way it is now there is no dignity, respect, or care being shown to the deceased, money is being taken from the deceased family and only neglect is being provided in return. Australian cemeteries seem to be better maintained. Local governments take care of the daily maintenance and up keep of the grounds.
Same here in the area I live, Northeast England, and as far as I would imagine all of the UK, all of our cemeteries are fairly well kept by the local authority. There would be hell to pay if they weren’t. This is shameful.
Well the owner died and he left it to his daughter, then she died, there was no one else to leave it to. The city/state should be responsible for this.
I have to say that my jaw literally dropped when you began showing the extent of the degradation of this mausoleum. I am absolutely horrified that this cemetery is in such horrid condition.
There is such an epidemic, Lamont, of disrespect for EVERYTHING any more...we are not even safe from violation after we die. I've asked my son, when I pass, to have my remains cremated, then take my ashes to the mountains by the beautiful small town I grew up in, and scatter them there. I feel, after seeing many cases of the sort of horrors depicted here, that what I've asked him to do is the only way for me to truly rest in peace, without having concerns about this sort of thing happening. It's so revolting how so much is breaking down...no respect, no trust, no anything....truly, nothing is sacred, anywhere, any more.
@@amandaleeborchert3745 Of course you are right. 'Just bones'... Heartless. As I wrote before; the fact a group cared for the deceased members is always seen as the point when mankind started to be humans, not being like animals. These nasty scum took the way back. They gave up being humans. I send you best wishes and many greetings from Germany. God's bless!
Honestly I always thought the state performs yearly inspections at funeral homes, cemeteries and mausoleums!! I believe the state should be held accountable.
That is a very interesting fact, I never knew that about the marbles. Thank you for the videos. Thank you for bringing awareness to this. I hope someone can do something about this. This is so disrespectful to everyone in that cemetery and their loved ones. Be safe out there guys.
This is a painful lesson for all of us, what we've been doing with our dead is simply not feasible in the long run. Cremation, aquamation (alkaline hydrolysis), & green burials are the better options for now.
I just told my husband this. I live in a Caribbean island 🇹🇹 but I would love to do a "green burial" - the cheapest, cleanest option. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust and done!
👏🏻 growing up I never planned my wedding I planned my funeral. If I was to leave this realm tomorrow (I hope not being in my early 30’s, but you just never know when your cards are up) my mum and brothers know I want to be cremated and to put my in my dads urn and my little boy. In a family cremation plot I plan of purchasing and we can all rest together one day. I don’t want a lonely grave where I’m forgotten.
This is the most heartbreaking thing I've ever seen no cemetery should be left in such a state. Why can't people who do crimes and get sentence to unpaid work in the community not be sent to keep these places immaculate no family should be made visit loved ones and be faced with a state like this. Once again sensitively done
No family made to visit their loved ones in this state? And you want others and prisoners to take care of their so called loved ones? Family themselves are disgrace
@@mysteriousjz Did you see how old the dates of death were on some of those vaults? Do you know where all your ancestors are buried who died 90 years ago? I don't. I live 1500 miles away from their resting places. Even if I didn't live 1500 miles away, I still wouldn't know family members from 4 generations ago are buried unless someone else who has traced the genealogy put them on find a grave. Most communities have codes about how properties need to be maintained. They have an obligation to enforce them in this cemetery and mausoleum. People sentenced to community service having to work their time off in cleaning things up would be an excellent way to get things going in the right direction.
You would think that the state of something like that would take over until" because they have bodies in this building just at of the respect for them and their loved ones.. Wow! Money talks and bull sh* walks. Sad but true 😔 May they all rest in peace❤️🙏🏼❤️
This why most cemeteries have board of directors to maintain perpetual care. The cemetery or mausoleum doesn't die because the owners die. The city needs to step in, secure, repair and sell. The surrounding neighborhoods should demand action to control the vandalism, and age related disrepair, and restore it's dignity.🙏💕
@Live from the boot You're right: See my previous post: up-keep and yes, de-mo-li-tion require money. Probably the reason the mausoleum is neither kept up nor demolished.
When I was a kid, my dad would cut the grass on the family plot with an old fashioned grass cutter. I purchased “perpetual care” for the same plots. Mom & dad are buried there. Their souls are in Heaven with the Lord. 🙏🏼 Amen! ❤️
That's messed up that the court system decided to destroy the cemetery records! Instead, archive it! other than that, it's pretty depressing to see a mausoleum and a cemetery just falling apart 😔
This is heart breaking. It goes to show that spending a lot of money on a funeral is not worth it in the end. The fact that people made off with the remains is disgusting! This is why I'm opting for cremation or aquamation when I pass. Even human composting is a better idea than this. I am in mortuary school and we talk a lot about how everyone should go green when it comes down to body disposal. It really make sense now because you don't know what is going to happen 100 or so years down the line. Its especially disgusting to know that the coffins of some of those descendants had been robbed after only 20 years of burial. I hate to think what they did with the remains but I'm sure a lot of them were sold on the dark web. Thank you Lamont for shedding light on this case.
My mom tells us she wants to be cremated. She doesn’t want something like this to happen or a flood where she might float away. And it’s more cost effective also to be cremated.
Sometimes memories, are the best things to carry in our heart. Just thinking of a person is what makes their life meaningful. (I pray that these are all good memories) (( I am not blind to the fact that some people are bad and do horrible things, leaving scars not blissful memories ))
I just happened to be online looking at the states local news WPRI 12, and there is a story about the crumbling Masoleum...I have never even heard of it until your video and now its on the news. Your videos do make a difference, keep up the good work.
Oh Lamont this just makes me physically sick. The conditions, the graffiti, the exposed coffins theft, etc... Thank you for calling out the city for allowing this to happen!
Julie Loch,I agree, I'm literally crying and upset at the same time watching this,this is beyond horrible, if the city doesn't do nothing,the families of these people should call on the government, but even then,may not get nothing done,they should be ashamed of theyself,what if this was one of they loved ones,how would they feel🤬😥
What happens here is that everyone wants to earn money and they do not realize that little by little everything is finished each day and it is not only the cemeteries but in everything we use daily. It's sad that humans are so ambitious and in the end we will all end up that way.
My mother was fine with cremation. Her mother was buried in a nice perpetual care cemetery, but we never visited. My mother just said "she's not really there".
I live in Denver. We have a park called Cheeseman Park, it was once a cemetery. There are still Graves in it. It was a cemetery for prisoners and homeless people, murderers. It's an interesting story.
@Emerald Woodlands some bodies were moved. The man was paid per body to move but he got greedy and instead of moving a whole body he would only move parts of the body. One arm in a casket or a leg...eventually he was caught.
This was one of the saddest videos I've seen on his channel to date. There was so much sadness in that mausoleum I could almost feel it, and the bones, just wow! I saw a teddy bear in the background as he was panning the camera, and the site of the little boy was haunting. It's a disgrace what's been allowed to happen here.
I feel like an easy solution would be to seal off the building so no one can access it, which would allow the graves to remain safe and undisturbed. Then, a memorial wall with all the information of the people in there could be put up so future descendants could still have easy access to the information.
Lamont, this is so sad to see this. People have no respect for the dead. I guess they don’t think they will be there one day. May they all Rest In Peace
Can you imagine spending a night alone in there?! It must be so sad to have a loved one even buried in the cemetery! Most of the crypts in the mausoleum seem to be so old there probably isn't anyone left to care.
My God!! Seeing this was so depressing. I know what you mean Lamont. I too have never seen anything like this. Never thought that as dead we would ever be forgotten like this. But that is reality.
I live in the uk and have seen multiple articles about this cemetery and mausoleum over the years, this is incredibly sad they are our ancestors in there. The state the place has been allowed to get into just because people can’t agree on responsibility is shocking, makes me ashamed to be alive if this sort of thing is allowed to happen in this day and age. I wish I had the money to move them all to a nicer well kept place. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to bring more coverage to these tragic circumstances, you are a true passionate man with his heart on his sleeve, which can be seen in the videos you put out.
I'm not even finished watching this...but I had to pause it to just say THANK YOU to Lamont for showing this and for being so Respectful while filming...now back to the vid...
This made my heart sank. Absolutely disgraceful how horrible these peoples final resting place is. Thank you for shining a light on this, you have such a good heart.
It’s shocks me how the family pays for so much just for it to fail . Lamont and Mobile instinct you guys are amazing!!! Keep showing us what’s needed to be shown to the public. ♥️God bless you !
This is so sad. I can't imagine one of my loved ones being left in such deplorable conditions. It's a good thing I'm donating my body to science when I'm gone. There's no need to worry about my remains. My body will be safely at the Body Farm in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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This is an utter disgrace. I saw a news clip on this awhile ago. I realize $2.4 million is a s*** load of money, but come on. The state needs to jump and and fix immediately! It also sickens me that coffins were pulled out. As always, you did a great tour! I did subscribe to your new channel! Take care Lamont!
Thank you for sharing this with us. It's such a shame. God Rest There Soles . This is such an awful thing to happen to these people. Definitely sharing the county sould be responsible for the care of theses graves.
The state should take care of it but whoever is having finger pointed at them -both or all party’s should have to help pay or set up a gofundme to help with the reburials and clean up the trash.
Read my comments. Authority should investigate where the money went to. Who.was the person in charged after Father and Daughter died. Sound strange to me
Thanks for covering this story, Lamont. There are mausoleums all over the US falling into disrepair and abandonment.. Yet new and ever larger mausoleums continue to be built...What happens when the money that's meant to be set aside for the perpetual care of those is also embezzled or their owners pass on? I really don't think that privately-owned mausoleums and cemeteries are a good idea at all. We don't have mausoleums in my country - and all cemeteries are government-owned. That's SOME peace of mind, at least!
I want to be cremated and my ashes scattering, told my kids if they bury me I will come back and haunt them lol they said ok you haunt us in life so taking no risks. Love my kids 😂😂😂😂😂
@@bowlingbill9633 Haha. When my daughter was younger I used to tell her she would be required to carry my cremains around in her backpack. This was when she was in Middle School. I had to torture her as much as she was starting to torture me. 🤣
Absolutely shocking. The state government should suck up responsibility and resolve this situation. It’s surreal something like this should occur in the US. Also, can we agree how nice Makepeace is for a surname? ❤️
This was insane to watch I can't believe what it would be like to actually go. I really had no idea stuff like this was actually going on and for that long?! There's an old, small cemetery by where I live and some people buried there were born in late 1600s. Pretty small but still kept up and nice. I don't believe anyone new has been buried there in decades. My mom and I used to go there since her parents are buried far away. It even still has this old oil lamp at the entrance. No longer in use obviously but it has a fresh coat of paint. Drive by it all the time.
That’s one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen! Should totally be against the law and if nothing else the state of Rhode Island should pay for the removal and proper burial of these people. Total disgrace!
I’m a retired Pastor. Over the years I have done hundreds of funerals. I can tell you that a Mausoleum would NEVER be the way I would choose for my family or myself. Enough said.
You’re the best Lamont & you’re friend there . Love how caring & sensitive you are when you’re narrating your u- tube show . Honest when you must be about the deceased with respect . Best at it . Thank you for caring .
You and Chris should do a lot more graveyards together! Love you both! And you two work well together! This place is just downright disgusting and the people of that town should be ashamed of themselves! I am ashamed for them! How can you just watch this happen and do nothing!! Main reason I will never be buried in a cemetery! Thank you for sharing this tragic story.
@@jm1551701 I'm surprised the government or the city didn't get fed up and demolish the place. The families of the ones who passed away there are probably gone. Nobody visits, so why even leave the place standing?
Tia is totally, TOTALLY unacceptable No reason on earth can this crap be overlooked or understood makes me want to vomit💀😡🤬🤬 This place is being overcome by trash and nature which will completely win’ Look what nature did to Highgate Wesr whennn it became overcame by narure
Imagine what a hidden camera would catch. It seems like it would be overrun by the thrill seeking and "double dog dare you" crowd. How about a public funding page for at least minimal security until it settled?
The Mayor of that town said that someone offered to respectfully move the bodies and bury them elsewhere for $500k, but that he cant get the financial support from the city. It's so very sad.
Yeah!!! I agree!!! BUT the funny thing is..being in the mausoleum is always MORE expensive!!!! This case it is better to be outside. Cremation for me!!!!
It isn't just mausoleums. The other day I saw a program where a cemetery in Pennsylvania with 6000 Graves was dug up and the bodies put in a mass grave with markers and the tombstones thrown on the riverside to prevent erosion.
2024, just found your vlog, you are so right, this is not how our dead deserve to be treated. People in charge should be ashamed. Lesley, Victoria BC. Canada.
I recently got my Will sorted out, and have made sure in it that cremation is listed for me. I don’t care whether a loved one scatters my ashes or keeps them, eventually I know I’ll be forgotten, but I don’t want to be abandoned in a crumbling place like this. Those poor souls!
Omg, lamont, this was the most interesting video ever. I just wanted to run there to go HELP! I wanted to clear away the vines and trash. Thank u for bringing attention.
Wish that cemetery was close to my area....I'd get my crew and get started on cleaning it up, mowing it and fixing it up nice again...it's such a shame to see how these folks are having to be and the mausoleum was horrible...my heart breaks for all in this cemetery...
This situation is spreading all over the USA ,. We have alot of real old mausoleums everywhere. We got one in Harrisburg , Illinois in real bad shape. No one here seems to know who's responsible for it anymore . Maby we should stop building these things or get new laws in affect to prevent more of this from happening another 25 years from now. Cause this isn't going to stop happening.
I appreciate you helping to bring this to light for those of us who had no idea this happens. I struggle to understand, in a country where we have so many requirements on us, that these operators do not have some sort of state guarantee corporation that takes over if it cannot be maintained. This is not a difficult problem to prevent. These should not be treated the same as an old barn, left to fall down if the farmer can’t afford to keep it up. We owe our dead better than this.
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It's sad to see something like that. It happens all the time they run out of money they can't keep it up same as graveyards I've seen graveyards growed up not taken care of It happens all the time they run out of money they can't keep it up same as graveyards I've seen graveyards growed up not taken care of. On most properties if the taxes aren't paid it goes to the county or the city so I would think they should be responsible, Some are going to say why should they be responsible I don't know. Like your content, Be safe
Wow! Never seen anything like that before!
How horribly sad for those who were buried there. My heart breaks for them. A WWII vet lying among trash...just disgusting.
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Theres actual living war vets lying amongst trash that people walk byon a daily basis and don't see them as anything but a nuisance.
@@ddavis3599 agreed
@@ddavis3599 that's right.
Just take them and cremate them.
An eye opening view on how the deceased are pathetically disrespected.
These cemeteries should be maintained by the city or county...needs to be a law!
There is a law. If you own a cemetery, you cannot just walk away from it when it's full; laws require you to maintain it. 100 years from now, it's impossible for you to keep maintaining it. When you leave it to somebody in your will, they don't want it because all it does is suck money out of his/her budget without bringing any profit at all.
Lets do something about it, start a fund, you with me?
In the UK churchyards are managed by the church that the yard is attached to and cemeteries are managed by local government. The idea of privatised cemeteries is abhorrent to our sensibilities. The thought of a mass final resting place ending up like this mind-blowing. The final interment was only two decades ago too. I accept that we have cultural differences but this is utterly stunning.
City inspector should be charging the place for blight. That should get the ball rolling to getting the place cleaned up.
that's why I believe corpses should be cremated
This really hurts my heart. I’m 57 years old and very disabled. But I still go to the family graveyards and pay my respect for my ancestors. As far back as the 1700’s. But I’m kind of weird, I go to my parents graves and talk to them. I feel at home in cemeteries.
I do the same!
me too!
I wish we would be friends ❤️
Not strange at all. I do the same thing.
Thought I was alone…I go to cemeteries all the time to find peace
Absolute disgrace beyond comprehension. These souls walked the streets and had a life as we do today. Someones mother, father, sister, son, daughter etc…no respect given to them as they should and deserve. Thank you Lamont as always, for taking us with you, be safe 🦍
Exactly my thoughts. I am glad you wrote this.
May you be böessed@ Greetings from Germany!
I agree with you Veronica .it's so sad that everything is to do with money .I'm so glad that here in the UK this does not happen .
@@winterweib so so sad
Perfectly articulated
@@robinherron7627 I'm surprised the government or the city didn't get fed up and demolish the place. The families of the ones who passed away there are probably gone. Nobody visits, so why even leave the place standing?
As someone who works in the death care industry, I had to stop watching this video because it makes me so upset.. I hope these people get the dignity they deserve and are able to find peace..
It breaks my heart too I don’t want my grave to be like this just forgotten and desiccated
I like to think they have being their spirit is far far away from their earthly bodies
My father goes around twice a year to relatives graves to clean the overgrowth and spray the headstones so weeds and algae doesn’t grow over them. He also does it for sites of people who obviously have been forgotten by everyone or people don’t care enough to visit.
My cousin Arthur does the same thing. We have a family cemetery that is really old on some former Indian land that our family owned and an attorney owns the land now and he lets my cousin come and clean the graves off and keep the little small cemetery looking nice
i've decided to donate my body when i die
Next time he goes tell him to get inside the spaces and clean them very well. It’s a good thing he is doing that!
Your father is a good man ☺️❤️
I miss my grandpa dearly he died over a decade ago and I live in LA his grave is in Rose Hills. My mom doesn’t like seeing his grave or thinking of him in it. I will go see him one of these days.
Lamont after seeing this video I shared it with my friend that lives in Rhode Island. She was livid! Here is her response "This is outrageous. I’m calling the Mayor of Cranston, Alan Fung. I helped his campaign and he needs to pull his head out and raise funds for this. Thanks for sharing!" So maybe through you and Mobile Instinct and sharing this video things can start to happen there. Thanks again for the work you do. God bless and stay safe. (aka Becka)
Thank you David. You and your friend, just like Lamont are doing your part in humanity. We all need to take care of one another, dead or alive. Stay save, stay blessed Sir.
Outstanding. Really hope this gets squared away. Very sad
I know it’s only been a month but have you heard any news back from your friend?
Well I wonder if she does call if something will be done I very much doubt it though politicians love for passing the buck
It's like a war zone .. that's sad Amen
Seeing the graffiti on the walls inside the mausoleum, the crypt's opened, caskets exposed and no longer sealed, that one that was on the floor, some caskets appearing to be missing from some crypts, etc.... is horrifying. Obviously, there have been people that go there for the "fun" of it and have opened those crypts and caskets to mess with and steal the bones and/or steal anything that was buried with the deceased. Just absolutely disgusting this has been allowed to happen to this place! Shameful!
what kind of toy would tag in a masoleum
They will pay in the next life. Believe me, they will.
@@dravidianalchemist My thoughts exactly
@@chriscee546 that’s literally an unwritten rule, you don’t tag on shit like that 😭 i mean whos even gonna recognise what you put up in there, the dead?
There are other possibilities as to why there are empty crypts. One, they were never used. Two, if they were used, someone removed the casket to another location.
My grandparents lived up the road from here; my brother and sister and I used to play there as kids. The mausoleum was cooler than the sweltering summer heat, so we would go in and sit down (there was a seating area, and drinking fountain) to cool-off. My little sister used to take some of the fake flowers from a full vase, and put some in the empty ones, "so they wouldn't be alone"). This is a travesty AND a tragedy.
And this is why I want a natural burial.
Just wrap me in linen, bury me in the ground and plant a nice beautiful tree over me, that I might become the tree and provide air to the environment and a home to lil birds and critters 😊
Yes, this is the way to go.
That is the best way
That’s the best way to go!
That's what I want. Going back to nature 😊
That's kinda like muslim burials, just wrapped up in cotton cloth which degrades and decomposes over time alongside your body which helps fertilize the soil, in a few decades they turn the cemetery into an orchard or farm with very fertile soil.
This is so humbling and sad. No one left to care for this? It's beyond my comprehension this situation exists.
I've been a cemetery enthusiast somewhat in my life. When you walk through cemeteries you notice the like those who are dead in the 50's barely have flowers left. As one by one those who mourned them also die. It is quite sad.
Pamela ullery you're magnificent attractive woman
@@bretth4988 it’s just life. We are all forgotten eventually. Best to just accept it.
@@alleycat616Indeed. Hell even I don't know who my great grandparents are and despite myself already documenting my own grandparents lives to pass down to my future children, I don't think my great great grandchildren will really care about my existence anymore but yk, I'm perfectly fine with that.
Thanks for bringing this to the forefront. It is tragic that the city, county, and state entities do not put the bureaucracy aside and handle the 400 plus reinterments. As a funeral service provider and embalmer for over 42 years I can share that I have coordinated well over 100 disinterments and reburials over the decades. The $6K per body is ridiculous! it is a paperwork and labor issue that need not exceed $400 to $500 hundred per individual transit and burial. A cemetery donates to the community space to inter the estimated 400 individuals, in multi-depth graves it is approximately 130 spaces. it is only as hard as one makes it. I can only share that we are here but once, and what we do to correct or mend what needs to be mended is the legacy we leave. Not everything we do in life requires a profit to be made; sometimes it is simply the right thing to do.
I appreciate your compassion in what is usually a money driven industry! It's a disgrace and also a public health threat for the city to leave this unresolved! Thank you for your service to those in need❤️
@@monav4062 I appreciate the sentiments shared. I believe that if the community took action, with the assistance of a number of funeral homes, and adjacent cemeteries in the area the task could be accomplished. The city, county and or state would need to step in as the financiers of the project to permit the professionals and the "community" to rectify the problem. I mean in 1969 we went to the moon........... it is not impossible to put egos, pride and greed aside for the few months it would take to move them, and show compassion to the founders of the community for which they lived, worked and were eventually put to rest. To the moon and back, this too can be done. Hell............. I will fly out there and get you all started with the solution, and, ........... I will pay for my own flight and hotel.
Tom Halloran...wish there was more like you.
Too many over inflated egos.
“They had dreams once, just like you & me.” It really is a sad realization. That we all will come and pass, for what purpose?
To worship God because this life is a teste
@@cityslick007 Wish I shared that faith, that our lives are just a “test.” What is fair though? Some have things at their disposal from birth and others not so much, proving more difficult for a said “test.” How does this pan out in gods view.
@@cityslick007 Amen
@@deicell7863 which god?
@@brianswathey There is only one true God! 👼😇👼 the other gods are fake & evil 🎭😈👿👹👺
I live pretty close to this, it’s a total disgrace! The state won’t do anything about this! People have tried, but they don’t get anywhere! So sad! Thank you for visiting here and making it public! You’re a good person!
This is why LOCAL elections matter.
Would this be covered under Biden’s infrastructure?
Can a couple of church groups get together & trade months with caring for the cemetery? Each could do a bit at a time till it's just normal maintenance ?
@@judyroberds9622 bidens not allocating money for THE GOOD- he's giving it to evil foreign countries that are our enemy such as Afghanistan where we left AMERICANS but few out Afghani criminals
People aren't getting anything done to restore that cemetery, because they are giving up or afraid to rattle some cages.
You got more balls than me!!
The horrific sight is one thing, but the building is a massive biohazard!!
It's absolutely terrible that the city and state health departments would let this go for so long.
So much for " Prpetual Care"
That's why I would never want my body interred in a mausoleum. You're basically stored on a shelf for the life of the building, which will eventually fail. What happens after the structure fails? Doesn't seem like a permanent way up putting someone's body to rest.
I’ve seen some really nice mausoleums and how long will they stay that way? At some point, they fall apart. Just look at some that are 100 years old…or less…..cremation for me!
That’s why I want to be cremated and interred in a catholic cemetery. The church is required to maintain it perpetuity - and even then, if that fails, I just hope to be left in the ground. I don’t want to be rattling around on someone’s shelf somewhere! Let me be!
@@IrishAnnie Or you could just go six feet under like most people. Buried caskets are almost never excavated.
@@tommyanomaly6193 Eventually they will be. Like here in the Netherlands. If the grave isn't paid for they remove it. There's also not enough space to have graves stay forever, which is why embalming is illegal here, or at least it was for a very long time. I believe there are exceptions where it is allowed. Graves don't stay forever. Eventually the casket is gone and the bones will accidentally removed when digging.
@@plumdutchess Well Europe has less land. Here in the USA that's not a problem yet.
Lamont, you are a brave man to open up a casket. I don't think I could ever bring myself to doing so.
That's some morbid curiosity taking over lol. I would do the same. Human remains/bones are no danger, it's the living that can be a danger to others.
While generally Lamont is respectful to those who have passed on, to bang on a coffin with your fist and opening it is going too far. Come on Lamont, that was pretty morbid. What if there would've been a body in there? Fortunately there wasn't. Take care Lamont. Pls don't open anymore coffins, you're better than that.
@@kevinmalone3210 Give us a break. Groundskeepers and maintenance personnel have to trample over graves everyday. How do you think all those cemetery lawns get mowed? Somebody has to drive heavy machinery over them.
When he opened it, I was like 😳😲
I think when he touched it his intuition knew it felt and sounded empty.
I would have literally fainted😭😭😭😭😭😭. It's horrible seeing Sacred Grounds being forgotten and trashed. The original owners should have sold this property many, many years ago during their viable years. Perhaps to organizations with multiple outlets. GREAT VIDEO AND GREAT CONTENT. THUMBS-UP ALWAYS!!!!!
This is unforgivable in today's world 🌍. This should never be okay.
It isn't but we also have other issues....if you wanna go do it and figure out how to keep it from happening then bring it up to local government officials
I agree
Unforgivable*
Today's world is much like yesterday's world. It's sad.
@@bradygiltz5160 other issues what a cop out there is no excuse for this
Couldn't this be considered "DESECRATING OF A GRAVE SITES?" So those playing games with the mausoleum should all be held accountable.
Yes !!!!
Yes!!!!
That being said, who owns the property?! The whole city and county government should be held accountable!
This video was very disheartening to see how the dead doesn't seemed to be treated with any kind of respect. Thanks Lamont for bringing this story to us. Much appreciated, but very sad.
The state of this cemetery has deeply pissed me off. Especially the childrens graves and the return servicemens. In Australia our city councils are responsible for the maintenance of our cemeteries with very few being privately owned. If our cemeteries were kept in this condition, there would be hell to pay. The owners or people that have inherited it should have their ass kicked.
Yes America needs to overhaul its cemetery and mausoleum ownership laws and create a suitable responsible government department to oversee the maintenance of the burial or disposal of human bodies after death. Mausoleums should be done away with because bricks and mortar buildings don't last long enough and are too costly to maintain, especially in the hands of private owners. Cremation, or Eco burials, both with some sort of online memorial web page for visitors to access and share memories on. The way it is now there is no dignity, respect, or care being shown to the deceased, money is being taken from the deceased family and only neglect is being provided in return. Australian cemeteries seem to be better maintained. Local governments take care of the daily maintenance and up keep of the grounds.
Same here in the area I live, Northeast England, and as far as I would imagine all of the UK, all of our cemeteries are fairly well kept by the local authority. There would be hell to pay if they weren’t. This is shameful.
Well the owner died and he left it to his daughter, then she died, there was no one else to leave it to. The city/state should be responsible for this.
They're dead.
@@leesanurse6474 No kidding.
I have to say that my jaw literally dropped when you began showing the extent of the degradation of this mausoleum. I am absolutely horrified that this cemetery is in such horrid condition.
Buildings don’t last forever. And this is why burying society is a terrible idea.
There is such an epidemic, Lamont, of disrespect for EVERYTHING any more...we are not even safe from violation after we die. I've asked my son, when I pass, to have my remains cremated, then take my ashes to the mountains by the beautiful small town I grew up in, and scatter them there. I feel, after seeing many cases of the sort of horrors depicted here, that what I've asked him to do is the only way for me to truly rest in peace, without having concerns about this sort of thing happening. It's so revolting how so much is breaking down...no respect, no trust, no anything....truly, nothing is sacred, anywhere, any more.
Such a horrible disgrace that no one is caring for these people's final resting place. My their souls RIP.🌹
I hope their souls RIP, but they chose against Almighty commandments that call for proper and dignified burial in earth.
@Bill Haggard But bones are still part of the remains. Sad situation indeed. Have a lovely day. 🌹
@@amandaleeborchert3745
Of course you are right.
'Just bones'... Heartless.
As I wrote before; the fact a group cared for the deceased members is always seen as the point when mankind started to be humans, not being like animals.
These nasty scum took the way back. They gave up being humans.
I send you best wishes and many greetings from Germany.
God's bless!
@@winterweib Greetings from South Dakota. Enjoyed hearing your perspective.😉 Take care and stay well!🌹
Honestly I always thought the state performs yearly inspections at funeral homes, cemeteries and mausoleums!! I believe the state should be held accountable.
I think it depends on the state, and might just apply to funeral homes.
Disgusting 😡😭🤬
Surely Someone or Their Families Woud Get SomeThing Done?????????
@@carolinecharles3673only if they are politically connected.
I agree the state needs to step to the plate and clean this place up pronto!! Pronto!!!
That is a very interesting fact, I never knew that about the marbles. Thank you for the videos. Thank you for bringing awareness to this. I hope someone can do something about this. This is so disrespectful to everyone in that cemetery and their loved ones. Be safe out there guys.
I could be wrong, but isn't there a saying that goes something like, "A civilization will be judged by the way it cares for it's dead."
Yea, was it Ben Franklin? I think it was. Now lol I’m gonna look it up
Yep, Ben Franklin quoted
Let me see your cemeteries and I will tell you what people you have.
Wow, speaks volumes in this case
@@lookup17 Thank you!! (this county should be ashamed of itself) Sidestep Adventures shows a lot of forgotten cemeteries as well..some pre Civil War.
This is a painful lesson for all of us, what we've been doing with our dead is simply not feasible in the long run. Cremation, aquamation (alkaline hydrolysis), & green burials are the better options for now.
I just told my husband this. I live in a Caribbean island 🇹🇹 but I would love to do a "green burial" - the cheapest, cleanest option. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust and done!
👏🏻 growing up I never planned my wedding I planned my funeral. If I was to leave this realm tomorrow (I hope not being in my early 30’s, but you just never know when your cards are up) my mum and brothers know I want to be cremated and to put my in my dads urn and my little boy. In a family cremation plot I plan of purchasing and we can all rest together one day. I don’t want a lonely grave where I’m forgotten.
Yes we can rethink things. I say bury us 12 feet deep and keep layering us up
No not for me🤢
Cremation
I love the fresh flowers sprinkled around. At least there are people coming to pay their respects still despite the dilapidation and vandalism
I am definitely getting cremated
Me too
@@rochelleb973 yup I'm on this train too.. But it's Aquamation for me.. I was born in water n going out the same.. Fuck flames
Facts…….
It's against Almighty will and commandments that call for proper and dignified burial in earth.
@@mysteriousjz English pls
This is the most heartbreaking thing I've ever seen no cemetery should be left in such a state. Why can't people who do crimes and get sentence to unpaid work in the community not be sent to keep these places immaculate no family should be made visit loved ones and be faced with a state like this. Once again sensitively done
No family made to visit their loved ones in this state? And you want others and prisoners to take care of their so called loved ones? Family themselves are disgrace
@@mysteriousjz why are the families a disgrace they may not live in same state or even country
@@isabel3559 so called love for loved ones sees no distance as a bar to loving
Maybe no one is alive anymore. Or live far away. 🤔
@@mysteriousjz Did you see how old the dates of death were on some of those vaults? Do you know where all your ancestors are buried who died 90 years ago? I don't. I live 1500 miles away from their resting places. Even if I didn't live 1500 miles away, I still wouldn't know family members from 4 generations ago are buried unless someone else who has traced the genealogy put them on find a grave.
Most communities have codes about how properties need to be maintained. They have an obligation to enforce them in this cemetery and mausoleum. People sentenced to community service having to work their time off in cleaning things up would be an excellent way to get things going in the right direction.
You're an angel, sir. May you always stay blessed. Keep up the great work. 🙏🏻
You would think that the state of something like that would take over until" because they have bodies in this building just at of the respect for them and their loved ones.. Wow! Money talks and bull sh* walks. Sad but true 😔 May they all rest in peace❤️🙏🏼❤️
This why most cemeteries have board of directors to maintain perpetual care. The cemetery or mausoleum doesn't die because the owners die. The city needs to step in, secure, repair and sell. The surrounding neighborhoods should demand action to control the vandalism, and age related disrepair, and restore it's dignity.🙏💕
Absolutely Right!
Money is the issue. Taxes are probably already high: schools, cops, libraries. The politicians don't want to raise taxes for an "abandoned" mausoleum.
@Live from the boot You're right: See my previous post: up-keep and yes, de-mo-li-tion require money. Probably the reason the mausoleum is neither kept up nor demolished.
This one stressed me out. How can this happen? Absolutely heartbreaking.
When I was a kid, my dad would cut the grass on the family plot with an old fashioned grass cutter. I purchased “perpetual care” for the same plots. Mom & dad are buried there. Their souls are in Heaven with the Lord. 🙏🏼 Amen! ❤️
Nothing is forever. Even Alexander the great's tomb was pillaged for its marble hundreds of years after his death.
Nothing is sacred anymore. ⚰🗿
That's messed up that the court system decided to destroy the cemetery records! Instead, archive it! other than that, it's pretty depressing to see a mausoleum and a cemetery just falling apart 😔
That was spooky! I'm not gonna lie I started praying without thinking when you were in the mausoleum. Poor souls. Thanks for doing what you do Lamont!
I prayed too. Poor souls!
This is heart breaking. It goes to show that spending a lot of money on a funeral is not worth it in the end. The fact that people made off with the remains is disgusting! This is why I'm opting for cremation or aquamation when I pass. Even human composting is a better idea than this. I am in mortuary school and we talk a lot about how everyone should go green when it comes down to body disposal. It really make sense now because you don't know what is going to happen 100 or so years down the line. Its especially disgusting to know that the coffins of some of those descendants had been robbed after only 20 years of burial. I hate to think what they did with the remains but I'm sure a lot of them were sold on the dark web. Thank you Lamont for shedding light on this case.
Just plant an apple tree where I’m buried the roots will form a casket
My mom tells us she wants to be cremated. She doesn’t want something like this to happen or a flood where she might float away. And it’s more cost effective also to be cremated.
That's why u shouldn't be buried with expensive jewelry
I made it aware to go cremation but for awhile I wanted to be in a mausoleum and now that is all changed either Cremation or green burial
Every single one of us are just memories and will be memories.
SAD WE ARE JUST A #
One day even the memories will disappear.
@@yzrider3326 exactly
Sometimes memories, are the best things to carry in our heart. Just thinking of a person is what makes their life meaningful. (I pray that these are all good memories) (( I am not blind to the fact that some people are bad and do horrible things, leaving scars not blissful memories ))
@@yzrider3326 Not for the ancient Egyptians ;). If you recite ones name they live in that moment. Lamont is bringing many to life again.
I just happened to be online looking at the states local news WPRI 12, and there is a story about the crumbling Masoleum...I have never even heard of it until your video and now its on the news. Your videos do make a difference, keep up the good work.
Thank you for what you do!! This is heartbreaking and people need to know what is happening.
Oh Lamont this just makes me physically sick. The conditions, the graffiti, the exposed coffins theft, etc... Thank you for calling out the city for allowing this to happen!
Julie Loch,I agree, I'm literally crying and upset at the same time watching this,this is beyond horrible, if the city doesn't do nothing,the families of these people should call on the government, but even then,may not get nothing done,they should be ashamed of theyself,what if this was one of they loved ones,how would they feel🤬😥
Tweekers were chilling in there you can tell.
What happens here is that everyone wants to earn money and they do not realize that little by little everything is finished each day and it is not only the cemeteries but in everything we use daily. It's sad that humans are so ambitious and in the end we will all end up that way.
And this why I want to be cremated
This video was one of the best videos!
Thanks!
It's scary to think that someone you love in that mess.
My mother was fine with cremation. Her mother was buried in a nice perpetual care cemetery, but we never visited. My mother just said "she's not really there".
I live in Denver. We have a park called Cheeseman Park, it was once a cemetery. There are still Graves in it. It was a cemetery for prisoners and homeless people, murderers. It's an interesting story.
Lamont should do a vlog there, that would be interesting
@Emerald Woodlands some bodies were moved. The man was paid per body to move but he got greedy and instead of moving a whole body he would only move parts of the body. One arm in a casket or a leg...eventually he was caught.
@Emerald Woodlands but they didn't move the rest of the bodies. They were covered up by the new park.
@@jeffdavis7376 yes he should! Stories about dogs digging up old bones and stuff and it's haunted too.
I now live in Fort Collins I know of that place, used to live in Denver sad 😢
Be careful Lamont. Great respectful video as always. Thanks brother.
This was one of the saddest videos I've seen on his channel to date. There was so much sadness in that mausoleum I could almost feel it, and the bones, just wow! I saw a teddy bear in the background as he was panning the camera, and the site of the little boy was haunting. It's a disgrace what's been allowed to happen here.
Is so sad to learn that one day everybody will forget about us.
On Earth maybe, but not in Heaven.
We won’t care once we’re with God. None of that earthly stuff will matter anymore. This world is too wicked anyway.
I'm still alive and I have already been forgotten, but only to God and that's all that matters, that my Lord and savior still know who I am.
It's about your contribution while you are alive, and the difference you can make. Your actions will live on long after you are gone. 💜
Yep life goes on
I feel like an easy solution would be to seal off the building so no one can access it, which would allow the graves to remain safe and undisturbed. Then, a memorial wall with all the information of the people in there could be put up so future descendants could still have easy access to the information.
@Christian Benitez I mean, if you have a better idea… 🤷🏻♂️
You really think those who already stole some bodies wouldn't find a way into it.
Lamont, this is so sad to see this. People have no respect for the dead. I guess they don’t think they will be there one day. May they all Rest In Peace
Can you imagine spending a night alone in there?! It must be so sad to have a loved one even buried in the cemetery! Most of the crypts in the mausoleum seem to be so old there probably isn't anyone left to care.
God that is so sad and painful.
No, it wouldn't scare me to spend the night there.
It would depress me
Some seemed to have newer candles and such, a few
My God!! Seeing this was so depressing. I know what you mean Lamont. I too have never seen anything like this. Never thought that as dead we would ever be forgotten like this. But that is reality.
I live in the uk and have seen multiple articles about this cemetery and mausoleum over the years, this is incredibly sad they are our ancestors in there. The state the place has been allowed to get into just because people can’t agree on responsibility is shocking, makes me ashamed to be alive if this sort of thing is allowed to happen in this day and age. I wish I had the money to move them all to a nicer well kept place. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to bring more coverage to these tragic circumstances, you are a true passionate man with his heart on his sleeve, which can be seen in the videos you put out.
I'm not even finished watching this...but I had to pause it to just say THANK YOU to Lamont for showing this and for being so Respectful while filming...now back to the vid...
Thank you Lamont... I love your videos...your voice calms my anxiety ❤
I hope these souls get taken care of and can peacefully rest ❤
This made my heart sank. Absolutely disgraceful how horrible these peoples final resting place is. Thank you for shining a light on this, you have such a good heart.
It’s shocks me how the family pays for so much just for it to fail . Lamont and Mobile instinct you guys are amazing!!! Keep showing us what’s needed to be shown to the public. ♥️God bless you !
You can tell by so many of the nice plants that some time ago it was probably very pretty.
Thank you Lamont, for sharing the news :)
This is so sad. I can't imagine one of my loved ones being left in such deplorable conditions. It's a good thing I'm donating my body to science when I'm gone. There's no need to worry about my remains. My body will be safely at the Body Farm in Knoxville, Tennessee.
😂😂😆 👆🏼 you are obsessed bro 😆... It's been 4 years this month and you still cannot take rejection like a man Mike Anthony Foster of... just sad... Tsk tsk tsk 🤣
This is an utter disgrace. I saw a news clip on this awhile ago. I realize $2.4 million is a s*** load of money, but come on. The state needs to jump and and fix immediately! It also sickens me that coffins were pulled out. As always, you did a great tour! I did subscribe to your new channel! Take care Lamont!
Yet it’s easy for a government to spent that money on refurbishments to a presidential palace or parliament building…..
Why is it always the state to take care of these problems? What about private organizations?
@@albertramos7937 I really don't know, but since the owner and his daughter are both deceased, the state or county should probably take care of this!
Thank you for sharing this with us. It's such a shame. God Rest There Soles . This is such an awful thing to happen to these people. Definitely sharing the county sould be responsible for the care of theses graves.
The state should take care of it but whoever is having finger pointed at them -both or all party’s should have to help pay or set up a gofundme to help with the reburials and clean up the trash.
Famiies paid all that money to put their loved ones there. Someone has that money. Who inherited the daughter's estate?
That’s the Same thing I said like come on who has the money
Read my comments.
Authority should investigate where the money went to.
Who.was the person in charged after Father and Daughter died.
Sound strange to me
Even in the Cemetry Families don't go and visit them.
Nono.
Thanks for covering this story, Lamont. There are mausoleums all over the US falling into disrepair and abandonment.. Yet new and ever larger mausoleums continue to be built...What happens when the money that's meant to be set aside for the perpetual care of those is also embezzled or their owners pass on? I really don't think that privately-owned mausoleums and cemeteries are a good idea at all. We don't have mausoleums in my country - and all cemeteries are government-owned. That's SOME peace of mind, at least!
This absolutely breaks my heart this is so sad
I always thought I wanted to be buried. I’m starting to think about cremation.
You can still have your cremains buried, but just make sure your family knows your wishes. If it was legal in my state I’d be composted.
I want to be cremated and my ashes scattering, told my kids if they bury me I will come back and haunt them lol they said ok you haunt us in life so taking no risks. Love my kids 😂😂😂😂😂
@@bowlingbill9633 Haha. When my daughter was younger I used to tell her she would be required to carry my cremains around in her backpack. This was when she was in Middle School. I had to torture her as much as she was starting to torture me. 🤣
@Emerald Woodlands Still should have care.
@@absatwell8163 Ha! I thought I was the only one!
Hi friend! 👍
Great video; very reverently and respectively done; but a much needed video for sure !! Thanks !!
Absolutely shocking. The state government should suck up responsibility and resolve this situation. It’s surreal something like this should occur in the US.
Also, can we agree how nice Makepeace is for a surname? ❤️
Sadly we will all be forgotten to time.
Time goes quick mate..Australia
So true....as if we never existed....and life goes in a flash...time waits for no man is so true...
This was insane to watch I can't believe what it would be like to actually go. I really had no idea stuff like this was actually going on and for that long?! There's an old, small cemetery by where I live and some people buried there were born in late 1600s. Pretty small but still kept up and nice. I don't believe anyone new has been buried there in decades. My mom and I used to go there since her parents are buried far away. It even still has this old oil lamp at the entrance. No longer in use obviously but it has a fresh coat of paint. Drive by it all the time.
This video was extremely profound and sobering..hard to fathom such neglect of these precious souls! 😪
That’s one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen! Should totally be against the law and if nothing else the state of Rhode Island should pay for the removal and proper burial of these people. Total disgrace!
I’m a retired Pastor. Over the years I have done hundreds of funerals. I can tell you that a Mausoleum would NEVER be the way I would choose for my family or myself. Enough said.
You’re the best Lamont & you’re friend there . Love how caring & sensitive you are when you’re narrating your u- tube show . Honest when you must be about the deceased with respect . Best at it . Thank you for caring .
That's so sad, thank you Lamont 💖
That is very sad I think it's great that Lamont is willing to go and make these conditions know maybe something can be done
OMG this is just so Sad and unbelievable that this can happen ,but it does quiet a bit ."WOW" Thanks again LAMONT your Amazing❤✌
You and Chris should do a lot more graveyards together! Love you both! And you two work well together! This place is just downright disgusting and the people of that town should be ashamed of themselves! I am ashamed for them! How can you just watch this happen and do nothing!! Main reason I will never be buried in a cemetery! Thank you for sharing this tragic story.
Then where will you be buried !!
@@jm1551701 I shall be scattered after cremation
@@palyba1 , I don't blame you, I am too
@@jm1551701 I'm surprised the government or the city didn't get fed up and demolish the place. The families of the ones who passed away there are probably gone. Nobody visits, so why even leave the place standing?
Tia is totally, TOTALLY unacceptable
No reason on earth can this crap be overlooked or understood makes me want to vomit💀😡🤬🤬
This place is being overcome by trash and nature which will completely win’
Look what nature did to Highgate Wesr whennn it became overcame by narure
Wow Lamont that is unbelievable. You have the perfect voice for this!!
This not only breaks my heart, but it makes me physically ill!
Imagine what a hidden camera would catch. It seems like it would be overrun by the thrill seeking and "double dog dare you" crowd. How about a public funding page for at least minimal security until it settled?
I'd do it for dirt cheap, even free if this was anywhere near me.
I think this is the very first video of yours I watched. I found you yesterday again. Binged a lot of your videos in 24 hrs
This is disgraceful 🥺You are honorable for sharing this. God bless and may they rest in peace 🙏❣️
The Mayor of that town said that someone offered to respectfully move the bodies and bury them elsewhere for $500k, but that he cant get the financial support from the city. It's so very sad.
I had no idea that this was such a huge problem. I now wouldn’t have my loved ones put in a mausoleum.
Yeah!!! I agree!!! BUT the funny thing is..being in the mausoleum is always MORE expensive!!!! This case it is better to be outside. Cremation for me!!!!
It isn't just mausoleums. The other day I saw a program where a cemetery in Pennsylvania with 6000 Graves was dug up and the bodies put in a mass grave with markers and the tombstones thrown on the riverside to prevent erosion.
2024, just found your vlog, you are so right, this is not how our dead deserve to be treated. People in charge should be ashamed. Lesley, Victoria BC. Canada.
I recently got my Will sorted out, and have made sure in it that cremation is listed for me. I don’t care whether a loved one scatters my ashes or keeps them, eventually I know I’ll be forgotten, but I don’t want to be abandoned in a crumbling place like this. Those poor souls!
Omg, lamont, this was the most interesting video ever. I just wanted to run there to go HELP! I wanted to clear away the vines and trash. Thank u for bringing attention.
This breaks my heart somebody needs to be done about this my heart goes out to these people who are deceased they need to do the right thing and now
Absolutely heartbreaking 💔, never in my given years did I ever think that I would see such disregard for those who have passed 💔!
This is so sad! It breaks my heart to see this! Nobody deserves to be forgotten!
Wish that cemetery was close to my area....I'd get my crew and get started on cleaning it up, mowing it and fixing it up nice again...it's such a shame to see how these folks are having to be and the mausoleum was horrible...my heart breaks for all in this cemetery...
This situation is spreading all over the USA ,. We have alot of real old mausoleums everywhere. We got one in Harrisburg , Illinois in real bad shape. No one here seems to know who's responsible for it anymore . Maby we should stop building these things or get new laws in affect to prevent more of this from happening another 25 years from now. Cause this isn't going to stop happening.
This is a damn shame & not fair to those who passed. Thanks guys for exposing this issue.
I appreciate you helping to bring this to light for those of us who had no idea this happens. I struggle to understand, in a country where we have so many requirements on us, that these operators do not have some sort of state guarantee corporation that takes over if it cannot be maintained. This is not a difficult problem to prevent. These should not be treated the same as an old barn, left to fall down if the farmer can’t afford to keep it up. We owe our dead better than this.