I'm always impressed by the cemeteries you explore. Especially the mausoleums. While they are expensive looking, they are a more economical use of space. Also, I really like the sense of continuity for so many of the families there.
Another amazing video. There’s several Native American cemeteries up in the upper peninsula here in Michigan I wish I could find to get videos of. They are so beautiful.
From the U K., many thanks for showing the mausoleums and cemeteries of U.S.A .loving listening to your narration,. So interesting. to learn about their histories. Thankyou.
How cool. I’ve never seen a bench grave marker like that. This graveyard would take a whole day to explore. Massive find here. Beautiful stained glass in those mausoleums.
IT'S AMAZING HOW IT LOOKS DUST FREE AND NO SPIDERWEBS IN THEM. I WONDER IF PEOPLE ARE STILL BUILDING MAUSOLEUMS FOR THEIR FAMILY, I'VE NEVER SEEN A NEW ONE.
As long as the grave markers are 101 years+ you can share the information without the Family permission. Another great explore. Wow, that visiting bench!
It's so amazing to see what people choose to place, build at their final resting place. I never gave it a thought until I started watching your incredible video's a long time ago! So many unique, stones, structures! The attention to detail in places amazing! Same as with you Matt! You bring us along, make it feel as if we are walking right there with you! I truly appreciate having a peek inside the mausoleums! The stained glass in them so beautiful! As always, you've hit it out of the park! I always want the video to keep going and say, nooooooooooo when it ends lol. Looking forward to all that is to come. Have a very blessed rest of the weekend!
Because of your interest in mausoleums and monuments, if you're ever in New York try a visit to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery near Tarrytown. It's a beautiful cemetery dating back to the mid 1800s with many mausoleums of the rich and famous - Andrew Carnegie, Washington Irving (writer of the Headless Horseman), the Astors, Nelson Rockefeller, and Leona Helmsley to name just a few. Of course, the whole town really shines during the month of October because of the myth of the Headless horseman and the supposed hauntings that take place. A definite must see for graveyard seekers.
Another great video, Matt ! I too love exploring cemeteries here in Iowa. We have several rural Pioneer cemeteries. My favorite headstone says ;" Here I lay as I lived, alone." Old George Buchanan died 1817
Hey Matt, hope you are well? The cemetery, and mausoleums are awesome to look at. Seems very peaceful. The people in the van, could of been checking to see if you were vandalising any of the graves ..( but like you said, they could of said something instead of following you) Anyway take care.
I'm in Beckley WV the Lilly name here is well known also! They have a huge family reunion every year with hundreds attending it has become so big, open to public!
Re your comment about seeing urns placed on ledges, etc. inside some of the mausoleums you visit and wonder why they are not put inside the unmarked cubicles. I can only relate what happened in our family. In cleaning out the attic of a relative, my Dad found an urn with no marking on it so he had no idea who the ashes belonged to but knew it had to be family. What he did was visit the family plot in upstate New York and buried the urn in the family plot. I'm sure this happens a lot in many families.
Another winner, Matt! Great to see the Tarkington mausoleum at the beginning. Aylaeh in a comment below mentioned the Hoosier author Booth Tarkington. I was thinking of him also and wonder if he's interred in that mausoleum.---You and your viewers might be interested to know that every year at that cemetery there is a memorial service for those whose bodies were donated to the Indiana University Medical School.
Your cemetery videos are a sad reminder that we all have to die some day. Yet I find them so interesting that I cannot stop myself from watching them. They remind me of when I visited Brompton Cemetery in London in 1967, a year after my mother died. I have had nightmares about that place ever since.
The Barbourville Cemetery in Barbourville, Kentucky has lots of interesting graves, like Flem D. Sampson Governor of Kentucky, 1927 to 1931, James D. Black, 39th Governor of Kentucky and three US Congressmen. One was Caleb Powers who was involved with the 1900 assassination of Kentucky Governor William Goebel. There are also several mausoleums. One is made of marble, very fancy and a interesting story. The man who built it had two daughters, the family was very wealthy at the time. The two daughters remained unmarried and lived their lives out together before passing away very at old ages. These two daughters inherited the family money but before they died were living in a house that had to be condemned by the town of Barbourville. I remember the house in the late 80’s, they were know as the cat ladies. The house was in horrible condition and the fenced yard was just dirt which was overrun with cats. When the house was condemned the sisters moved outside of town for a few years until their death. Both houses were torn down. I think both sisters had been teachers and I know they had come from a wealthy family but had lived their live out in recluse and squalor. Barbourville cemetery is an interesting place to visit with a lot of history for such a small Southeastern Kentucky town.
another episode from the "" mausoleum"" series.All of them in different styles ( architecture), some with beautifull stained glass windows ( Heim, Tarkington).Love the bench in the WOW style and the one from fam. schnull ( round, with the urn for flowers).Totally different in style, uniqe.. and usable.Great way to rememder the loved ones, enjoy the sceney and tranquility of the cemetery.Enjoyed this episode, looking forward for the next one.
That black SUV isn't just a normal family. They're following you for a reason, I promise. You're drawing attention to something that already has unwanted attention. ALWAYS remember, there is no such thing as a coincidence.
You find some of the most amazing places, Matt. You've been such an inspiration for me to go out and start doing my own exploring. I would love to be able to explore with you some day and show you all the interesting stuff I've found. Much ❤ and appreciation for all your hard work. Stay safe.
Hi Matt, some pretty cool looking mausoleum's. So many graveyards and other places of rest seem to have traces of vandalism now which is so sad to see. Thanks for sharing. X .
I've run in a lot of 5 and 10k races at Crown Hill Cemetery. They used to have one called "Race Through Hoosier History" and they would have people costumed as some of the more famous residents like John Dillinger, Eli Lilly, James Whitcomb Riley etc standing on the course near their graves.
The Heim mausoleum that was so full of family, I wonder if many were moved there from graves. The outside of the mausoleum contains the date of 1911 but several of the crypts were dated in the 1800s. Beautiful resting places and wonderful cemetery to see the history of the people.
Thanks Matt for sharing with me this video about this Amazing Mausoleums in Huge Historic Location Matt it was very intresting and thank you for sharing it with me. and i can't wait to see your next video and God Bless you and thanks again.
You should check out the San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery and the Stockton Rural Cemetery located next to each other in Stockton California, they both have tons of Mausoleums.
Another great explore, however that last mausoleum looked like a prison. I really liked the bench monument...that was cool. Can't wait for part 2, hope you find the gothic style mausoleum 🤔.
You put your beautiful hair back! The all natural way made you look too old..in my opinion! I love the Rockstar look! I love old mausoleums and graveyards! ... I plan on being in a vase, I cherish my husband's box that his best friend made for his ashes!Thank you for your great respect for the dead!👍🙋🕊️
Wonderful video...thanks so much for slowing down a bit and allowing us to read what is engraved on stones and monuments. It's almost like I was there. Especially the Eli Lilly family...apparently his wife built that whole thing. Very touching. BTW...I wish you could plan to come to Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland OH. It is huge, beautiful and I would bet rivals if not surpasses the cemetery you are visiting in this video! Just a heads up.
it appears that the first mausoleum in this video is The Tarkington family. Booth Tarkington is buried in that Cemetery so that maybe who's mausoleum that was. Booth Tarkington was a famous author.
I've explored Crown Hill Cemetery at length MANY times... and there are REALLY fascinating markers... but you need to drive around more than doing a walking tour...
That is the founder of Eli Lilly and his family. "Eli Lilly and Company is an American pharmaceutical company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, with offices in 18 countries. Its products are sold in approximately 125 countries. The company was founded in 1876 by, and named after, Col. Eli Lilly, a pharmaceutical chemist and veteran of the American Civil War. Wikipedia."
“Matt” great video👍what a wonderful place....don’t think there is a law against video taping in a cemetery ..out of respect you are visiting the cemetery and documenting all the wonderful graves..and mausoleums ..”o and keep the hair it suits ya..”😃☘️🇮🇪
You need a shirt made up to wear on your adventures that says...Nothing to see here Sir...just documenting history. It would be great. Thanks for the vid today
info on the families in the mausoleums would be nice and it is such a shame that a person pays so much to be there that grave sites are not in better conditions????
A chance to build vocabulary. ex•e•dra (ˈɛk sɪ drə, ɛkˈsi-) n., pl. ex•e•drae (ˈɛk sɪˌdri, ɛkˈsi dri) 1. (in ancient Greece and Rome) a recess in the wall of a courtyard or other open area, as in a palaestra, used for lectures or meetings. 2. a permanent outdoor bench, semicircular in plan and having a high back.
It’s sad that families end up completely sealing these beautiful mausoleums because idiots won’t stop vandalizing them. Do the cemeteries have keys to them?
Marvelous! Watching your videos fulfills my childhood curiosity! I have been obsessed with grave yards and especially mausoleums since a young age. Wait with baited breath for every new vid.
Hi Barbara, Can you tell me why you were obseesed with graveyards and mausoleums??. For me the interest is in the architecture, the sculptures, the stained glass windows and the ornaments ( details).Love the WOW trees, each one has it own style and symbols.That's why i'm glad to have found Matts channel. Now i can enjoy these places from my home ( but would love to visit these cemeteries/ graveyards). Living in Europe there is a huge difference in our cemeteries/ graveyards ( i'm from the Netherlands).The places are not interesting, mausoleums are rare.Markers look the same ( choice of 5 types).
Francisca van Raalte Hey Francisca, as a young child there was a succession of deaths in our extended family. When one is so young death and it’s rituals are confusing as well as frightening. My mother took me to the cemetery and mausoleums to help me understand and cope. This opened my eyes to the beauty involved and a curiosity about the people’s lives that where interred within. To this day I find cemeteries relaxing and peaceful. Matt’s cinematography and dialogue are like going home!
@@barbaraweilbacher8727 Your mother made a good decision in taking you to a cemetery.Lots of people are afraid to go to a cemetery and teach their children that it is scary over there, not a place to visit unless you have to. Most cemeteries/ graveyards are not at all scary, they are interesting.There is so much to see, enjoy the tranquilityI remember when i was a child and my grandmother died ( thinkk i was 3/4 years old).I thought she was sleeping and tried to wake her up, did not understand that she would never wake up again.A few days later she is gone but what happened ??. Where is she now, searched for her ...did not understand that she was buried.Maybe if they showed me wwhere she was now i knew that she was not coming back.She was at her final resting place at the graveyard,..... a place where i could bring my flowers to instead of giving them to herself.....
Your extensive exploration of Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis makes me want to stop there for at least a day. And as for those mausoleums. Some rich guy got the idea that its the way to spend eternity. Well, through history, every mausoleum eventually gets vandalized or falls down. In a northern climate, they freeze in winter, and heat up in summer. So a body goes through hundreds, if not thousands, of freeze and thaw cycles, and is never returned to nature. And then eventually, some creep may come along and steal your skull. No thanks. And I am sure that the later generations of family members may think the same way.
You wonder why some mausoleums are closed off ! Well if it becomes full and families move away ,they want their dead protected from vandals ! Why do some not have so many empty spaces ? Well again people marry ,move and want to be buried next to their spouse ! It cost something like $ 10,000 to transport a body by plane to another state or country ! Those mausoleums were built over a hundred years ago , and even then it was an expensive proposition ! Today you could not build one of those mausoleums for under $ 500,000 ! The Hays market in your other video did not have names on the giant monument, because members of the family were buried around the market with foot stones , not headstones ! Plans change with the living ! Wives get remarried and never are buried in the same plot as their previous spouse ! Cemetery's have their own bylaws and rules and their are local and state laws for cemeteries ! A plot is considered abandoned if the living spouse or owner does not give current addresses or leaves the country for 25 years without telling the office of the cemetery ! It get very bureaucratic, now ! In the 1900s up until 1980 cemetery officials just had certain sections for certain groups . Nuns have their own section , Rusdian Othrodox have their section and of course Military have their section ! Now what is available and affordable ! Now a small market 20 x 17 is about $ 3000.00. Barely a tone these days can afford huge headstones ! Headstones are supposed to have an anchor on the bottom ! They are set in a cement block that is square and it goes two feet down . This is to ensure the head dtone dtandingnor flat does not move ! Remember big trackers and trucks go over graves . If some did not have a cement crypt with special reinforcements, everything gets crushed ! From thev1940s to the late 1950s , they sold cast iron vaults , those things are stronger than tanks ,very hard to exhume or bring up to dig deeper for another coffin to be placed in the same grave ! If you were to get ghe history on some the big monuments and mausoleums if it be very interesting to find out the shows and whys . But the cemetery would never give you that information ! If you. talk to an old care taker, they might give I information in a causal conversation ! But I don't know how much you want to know and if your interested in the style of the architecture . In some cemeteries if there is a child in a grave , even if the family want it opened ,they won't open it ,unless their is a court order or a judge signs off on it ! Cheers !
The craftsmanship on these mausoleums are so beautiful.
Well, dude, you gotta admit, you do stand out with that bright red hair. People are going to see you from a mile away!!
I'm always impressed by the cemeteries you explore. Especially the mausoleums. While they are expensive looking, they are a more economical use of space. Also, I really like the sense of continuity for so many of the families there.
My family are buried there on the other side of the new part of the cemetery roll 211. GOD BLESS U!
Another amazing video. There’s several Native American cemeteries up in the upper peninsula here in Michigan I wish I could find to get videos of. They are so beautiful.
Love your mausoleum and graveyard exploration series. Keep up the good work and looking forward for more fantastic videos!👍👍
Well said ditto!!
From the U K., many thanks for showing the mausoleums and cemeteries of U.S.A .loving listening to your narration,. So interesting. to learn about their histories. Thankyou.
How cool. I’ve never seen a bench grave marker like that. This graveyard would take a whole day to explore. Massive find here. Beautiful stained glass in those mausoleums.
IT'S AMAZING HOW IT LOOKS DUST FREE AND NO SPIDERWEBS IN THEM. I WONDER IF PEOPLE ARE STILL BUILDING MAUSOLEUMS FOR THEIR FAMILY, I'VE NEVER SEEN A NEW ONE.
As long as the grave markers are 101 years+ you can share the information without the Family permission. Another great explore. Wow, that visiting bench!
First mausoleum is the resting place of author (Newton) Booth Tarkington: "The Magnificent Ambersons", "Penrod", Monsieur Beaucaire", et al
It's so amazing to see what people choose to place, build at their final resting place. I never gave it a thought until I started watching your incredible video's a long time ago! So many unique, stones, structures! The attention to detail in places amazing! Same as with you Matt! You bring us along, make it feel as if we are walking right there with you! I truly appreciate having a peek inside the mausoleums! The stained glass in them so beautiful! As always, you've hit it out of the park! I always want the video to keep going and say, nooooooooooo when it ends lol. Looking forward to all that is to come. Have a very blessed rest of the weekend!
Because of your interest in mausoleums and monuments, if you're ever in New York try a visit to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery near Tarrytown. It's a beautiful cemetery dating back to the mid 1800s with many mausoleums of the rich and famous - Andrew Carnegie, Washington Irving (writer of the Headless Horseman), the Astors, Nelson Rockefeller, and Leona Helmsley to name just a few. Of course, the whole town really shines during the month of October because of the myth of the Headless horseman and the supposed hauntings that take place. A definite must see for graveyard seekers.
Another great video, Matt ! I too love exploring cemeteries here in Iowa. We have several rural Pioneer cemeteries. My favorite headstone says ;" Here I lay as I lived, alone." Old George Buchanan died 1817
That was so interesting, enjoyable and relaxing. You're great with your videos. 🌿🌹🌿
Hey Matt, hope you are well? The cemetery, and mausoleums are awesome to look at. Seems very peaceful. The people in the van, could of been checking to see if you were vandalising any of the graves ..( but like you said, they could of said something instead of following you) Anyway take care.
I'm in Beckley WV the Lilly name here is well known also! They have a huge family reunion every year with hundreds attending it has become so big, open to public!
I grew up in Morgantown & went to h.s. w/a Lilly girl 2 yrs my junior.
Hi Matt, thank you so much for the tour of these monuments. Really a peaceful walk for you except the rotating car.
Another enjoyable video my friend I love the old mausoleums!
Re your comment about seeing urns placed on ledges, etc. inside some of the mausoleums you visit and wonder why they are not put inside the unmarked cubicles. I can only relate what happened in our family. In cleaning out the attic of a relative, my Dad found an urn with no marking on it so he had no idea who the ashes belonged to but knew it had to be family. What he did was visit the family plot in upstate New York and buried the urn in the family plot. I'm sure this happens a lot in many families.
The last monument was amazing.
Another winner, Matt! Great to see the Tarkington mausoleum at the beginning. Aylaeh in a comment below mentioned the Hoosier author Booth Tarkington. I was thinking of him also and wonder if he's interred in that mausoleum.---You and your viewers might be interested to know that every year at that cemetery there is a memorial service for those whose bodies were donated to the Indiana University Medical School.
Oh wow man, AWESOME video! Those old Mausoleums are so cool! Thanks for the video!
Your cemetery videos are a sad reminder that we all have to die some day. Yet I find them so interesting that I cannot stop myself from watching them. They remind me of when I visited Brompton Cemetery in London in 1967, a year after my mother died. I have had nightmares about that place ever since.
Your cemetery videos I enjoy so much. You do the best and I dont miss any of them. Thanks.
The Barbourville Cemetery in Barbourville, Kentucky has lots of interesting graves, like Flem D. Sampson Governor of Kentucky, 1927 to 1931, James D. Black, 39th Governor of Kentucky and three US Congressmen. One was Caleb Powers who was involved with the 1900 assassination of Kentucky Governor William Goebel. There are also several mausoleums. One is made of marble, very fancy and a interesting story. The man who built it had two daughters, the family was very wealthy at the time. The two daughters remained unmarried and lived their lives out together before passing away very at old ages. These two daughters inherited the family money but before they died were living in a house that had to be condemned by the town of Barbourville. I remember the house in the late 80’s, they were know as the cat ladies. The house was in horrible condition and the fenced yard was just dirt which was overrun with cats. When the house was condemned the sisters moved outside of town for a few years until their death. Both houses were torn down. I think both sisters had been teachers and I know they had come from a wealthy family but had lived their live out in recluse and squalor. Barbourville cemetery is an interesting place to visit with a lot of history for such a small Southeastern Kentucky town.
another episode from the "" mausoleum"" series.All of them in different styles ( architecture), some with beautifull stained glass windows ( Heim, Tarkington).Love the bench in the WOW style and the one from fam. schnull ( round, with the urn for flowers).Totally different in style, uniqe.. and usable.Great way to rememder the loved ones, enjoy the sceney and tranquility of the cemetery.Enjoyed this episode, looking forward for the next one.
Very interesting tour. As far as I know none of the cemeteries in my area have such elaborate mausoleums or such large markers
Love watching you videos. When I see these mausoleums I feel all pain and sorrow are gonna have an end one day. And peace is gonna come.
Love your mausoleum videos, Matt! You have a real eye for architectural detail, and I love the history that you provide. Thank you!
That black SUV isn't just a normal family.
They're following you for a reason, I promise.
You're drawing attention to something that already has unwanted attention.
ALWAYS remember, there is no such thing as a coincidence.
I’ve always been intrigued by old cemeteries. Great video.
interesting and mausoleums beautifully done
Love all of your videos. You have respect for your surroundings no matter where you are filming.
You find some of the most amazing places, Matt. You've been such an inspiration for me to go out and start doing my own exploring. I would love to be able to explore with you some day and show you all the interesting stuff I've found. Much ❤ and appreciation for all your hard work. Stay safe.
Excellent video! Love the videos and thank you for doing this. I really love this one you showed us some awesome grave stones 🙂👍💗
Hi Matt, some pretty cool looking mausoleum's. So many graveyards and other places of rest seem to have traces of vandalism now which is so sad to see. Thanks for sharing. X
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I've run in a lot of 5 and 10k races at Crown Hill Cemetery. They used to have one called "Race Through Hoosier History" and they would have people costumed as some of the more famous residents like John Dillinger, Eli Lilly, James Whitcomb Riley etc standing on the course near their graves.
I really like this series with the mosoleums. Very cool cemetery. Lots of interesting sites.Excellent photography. Keep Safe❤Keep Well❤
Is there an order in which spot a person in placed in a family mausoleum?
The Heim mausoleum that was so full of family, I wonder if many were moved there from graves. The outside of the mausoleum contains the date of 1911 but several of the crypts were dated in the 1800s. Beautiful resting places and wonderful cemetery to see the history of the people.
Thanks for sharing!! 😀
Just awesome!! Eli Lilly-wow!
I was surprised how many famous people are there!
This cemetery is awesome. Your videos are so awesome and the graves and statues are just beautiful. Thanks Matt love the hair ❤️
Thanks Matt for sharing with me this video about this Amazing Mausoleums in Huge Historic Location Matt it was very intresting and thank you for sharing it with me. and i can't wait to see your next video and God Bless you and thanks again.
I learned something... Eli Lilly and his family (goggle) and interesting facts about him. Thanks for showing his mausoleums and family too...
Loved this, Thank you so much, Cant wait for your next part ,
You should check out the San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery and the Stockton Rural Cemetery located next to each other in Stockton California, they both have tons of Mausoleums.
Another great explore, however that last mausoleum looked like a prison. I really liked the bench monument...that was cool. Can't wait for part 2, hope you find the gothic style mausoleum 🤔.
Amazing as always. Thank you.
This was so lovely, Matt. 😊❤
You put your beautiful hair back! The all natural way made you look too old..in my opinion! I love the Rockstar look! I love old mausoleums and graveyards! ... I plan on being in a vase, I cherish my husband's box that his best friend made for his ashes!Thank you for your great respect for the dead!👍🙋🕊️
Another great video , so interesting 👍
Hey Matt, as always Great job!! Any idea what say a 6 person mos would cost to build today? I'm very curious 🤔! Thanks Matt!!!
Should have put maus. Stupid me!!
Always enjoy your explores ❤️✌🏻😊
Wonderful video...thanks so much for slowing down a bit and allowing us to read what is engraved on stones and monuments. It's almost like I was there. Especially the Eli Lilly family...apparently his wife built that whole thing. Very touching. BTW...I wish you could plan to come to Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland OH. It is huge, beautiful and I would bet rivals if not surpasses the cemetery you are visiting in this video! Just a heads up.
Yes Lakeview in Cleveland I've walked it many times iam from East side of Cleveland
IM THINKING TO DO EVP SPIRIT BOX SESSION AT THE BODY FARM I GOT THE OK TO DO IT MAY 5 2019
how did it go?
Very interesting as always with these graveyard tours; Thanks Matt ☮❤
some great finds thank you
Just subbed love your videos.. love from Ireland 🇮🇪🇮🇪
it appears that the first mausoleum in this video is The Tarkington family. Booth Tarkington is buried in that Cemetery so that maybe who's mausoleum that was. Booth Tarkington was a famous author.
Yeah, he wrote alot of books, Magnificent Ambersons, was an excellent book and Movie. Its intresting to see where hes intered.
"Alice Adams" is another Booth Tarkington novel and very good. Katherine Hepburn starred in the movie version in the 1930's.
I was going to mention Booth Tarkington also. I'm glad that someone else is familiar with his name.
@@andrewbrendan1579 I love to read tho I don't think I've read any of his books. I might have to read one at some point.
I've explored Crown Hill Cemetery at length MANY times... and there are REALLY fascinating markers... but you need to drive around more than doing a walking tour...
Great video as usual 🇨🇦🌸
I don't know why but I LOVE watching your videos~!~~~!!
Very nice video.You are so respectful. Thanks for sharing. :)
The cube shaped mausoleum had the look of hard industrial art decco design. I wonder what the inside looks like. The dates would be interesting.
Do you ever, on can you mention what cemetery's you visit?
Well kept. An awesome adventure!
I would love for you to visit the Oakland cemetery in Atlanta.
Another great video
Another epic find!!!!
What a nice birthday gift to me. Great vlog
That is the one your thinking of Col Eli Lilly
What camera do you use ??
Great video!!!
Great video and beautiful graveyard
That is the founder of Eli Lilly and his family. "Eli Lilly and Company is an American pharmaceutical company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, with offices in 18 countries. Its products are sold in approximately 125 countries. The company was founded in 1876 by, and named after, Col. Eli Lilly, a pharmaceutical chemist and veteran of the American Civil War. Wikipedia."
Maybe they thought you knew all the good spots lol
Love the videos and the hair
I love your hair!!
Wow awesome place x
Very cool
“Matt” great video👍what a wonderful place....don’t think there is a law against video taping in a cemetery ..out of respect you are visiting the cemetery and documenting all the wonderful graves..and mausoleums ..”o and keep the hair it suits ya..”😃☘️🇮🇪
You need a shirt made up to wear on your adventures that says...Nothing to see here Sir...just documenting history. It would be great. Thanks for the vid today
You have become the graveyard man! I love old graveyards.
If I saw you I would look at you too with that bright red hair! LOL!
I think i saw someone following you. Possibly it was a cowboy or maybe a conquistador.
info on the families in the mausoleums would be nice and it is such a shame that a person pays so much to be there that grave sites are not in better conditions????
A chance to build vocabulary.
ex•e•dra
(ˈɛk sɪ drə, ɛkˈsi-)
n., pl. ex•e•drae (ˈɛk sɪˌdri, ɛkˈsi dri)
1. (in ancient Greece and Rome) a recess in the wall of a courtyard or other open area, as in a palaestra, used for lectures or meetings.
2. a permanent outdoor bench, semicircular in plan and having a high back.
They lock em up to prevent body snatchers. LOL
No. There are two Eli Lillys. Col. Eli Lilly who began the drug company and his son, the husband of Ruth.
It’s sad that families end up completely sealing these beautiful mausoleums because idiots won’t stop vandalizing them. Do the cemeteries have keys to them?
Black SUVs equal government. Just what really is in that cemetery
You can bury my body by the highway side so my old spirit can catch a greyhound and ride-Robert Johnson!!!!!!
Marvelous! Watching your videos fulfills my childhood curiosity! I have been obsessed with grave yards and especially mausoleums since a young age. Wait with baited breath for every new vid.
Hi Barbara, Can you tell me why you were obseesed with graveyards and mausoleums??. For me the interest is in the architecture, the sculptures, the stained glass windows and the ornaments ( details).Love the WOW trees, each one has it own style and symbols.That's why i'm glad to have found Matts channel. Now i can enjoy these places from my home ( but would love to visit these cemeteries/ graveyards). Living in Europe there is a huge difference in our cemeteries/ graveyards ( i'm from the Netherlands).The places are not interesting, mausoleums are rare.Markers look the same ( choice of 5 types).
Francisca van Raalte Hey Francisca, as a young child there was a succession of deaths in our extended family. When one is so young death and it’s rituals are confusing as well as frightening. My mother took me to the cemetery and mausoleums to help me understand and cope. This opened my eyes to the beauty involved and a curiosity about the people’s lives that where interred within. To this day I find cemeteries relaxing and peaceful. Matt’s cinematography and dialogue are like going home!
@@barbaraweilbacher8727 Your mother made a good decision in taking you to a cemetery.Lots of people are afraid to go to a cemetery and teach their children that it is scary over there, not a place to visit unless you have to. Most cemeteries/ graveyards are not at all scary, they are interesting.There is so much to see, enjoy the tranquilityI remember when i was a child and my grandmother died ( thinkk i was 3/4 years old).I thought she was sleeping and tried to wake her up, did not understand that she would never wake up again.A few days later she is gone but what happened ??. Where is she now, searched for her ...did not understand that she was buried.Maybe if they showed me wwhere she was now i knew that she was not coming back.She was at her final resting place at the graveyard,..... a place where i could bring my flowers to instead of giving them to herself.....
Your extensive exploration of Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis makes me want to stop there for at least a day.
And as for those mausoleums. Some rich guy got the idea that its the way to spend eternity. Well, through history, every mausoleum eventually gets vandalized or falls down. In a northern climate, they freeze in winter, and heat up in summer. So a body goes through hundreds, if not thousands, of freeze and thaw cycles, and is never returned to nature. And then eventually, some creep may come along and steal your skull. No thanks. And I am sure that the later generations of family members may think the same way.
You wonder why some mausoleums are closed off ! Well if it becomes full and families move away ,they want their dead protected from vandals ! Why do some not have so many empty spaces ? Well again people marry ,move and want to be buried next to their spouse ! It cost something like $ 10,000 to transport a body by plane to another state or country ! Those mausoleums were built over a hundred years ago , and even then it was an expensive proposition ! Today you could not build one of those mausoleums for under $ 500,000 ! The Hays market in your other video did not have names on the giant monument, because members of the family were buried around the market with foot stones , not headstones ! Plans change with the living ! Wives get remarried and never are buried in the same plot as their previous spouse ! Cemetery's have their own bylaws and rules and their are local and state laws for cemeteries ! A plot is considered abandoned if the living spouse or owner does not give current addresses or leaves the country for 25 years without telling the office of the cemetery ! It get very bureaucratic, now ! In the 1900s up until 1980 cemetery officials just had certain sections for certain groups . Nuns have their own section , Rusdian Othrodox have their section and of course Military have their section ! Now what is available and affordable ! Now a small market 20 x 17 is about $ 3000.00.
Barely a tone these days can afford huge headstones ! Headstones are supposed to have an anchor on the bottom ! They are set in a cement block that is square and it goes two feet down . This is to ensure the head dtone dtandingnor flat does not move ! Remember big trackers and trucks go over graves . If some did not have a cement crypt with special reinforcements, everything gets crushed ! From thev1940s to the late 1950s , they sold cast iron vaults , those things are stronger than tanks ,very hard to exhume or bring up to dig deeper for another coffin to be placed in the same grave ! If you were to get ghe history on some the big monuments and mausoleums if it be very interesting to find out the shows and whys . But the cemetery would never give you that information ! If you. talk to an old care taker, they might give I information in a causal conversation ! But I don't know how much you want to know and if your interested in the style of the architecture . In some cemeteries if there is a child in a grave , even if the family want it opened ,they won't open it ,unless their is a court order or a judge signs off on it ! Cheers !
Awesome! I love old masoulems! The story's they tell
I doubt if people in charge of these cemeteries are ready to accept hair like that. Where are these cemeteries at ???
He looks better with the brown.