It’s one thing when cemeteries are no longer tended to and the land starts reverting back to its natural state. It’s a whole ‘nother story when cemeteries are disrespected by people dumping trash. It’s disgraceful enough dumping trash illegally but to dump it on top of persons who were once part of your community - unforgivable.
I totally agree! Look at that mess. Probably ppl using it to get high, and God knows what else. If thatz so, who in the world would want to get high in a graveyard. Scary & depressing!
@@BourbonInhibitions I've always wondered when and where that came into common use. I first heard Luke Skywalker tell his Uncle Owen, who didn't want him to go "join up" until he'd brought in more income, "But that's a _whole n'other year!"_ What's wrong with "another whole year" or whatever?
@@Ephemeral2023 The thing that drives me NUTZ is the way almost everyone misuses the word, "decimate." It has a specific meaning, based on the Roman system of counting. It means, simply, to destroy _ten percent_ of something. If Roman legions had too much trouble with conquered populations, the leader would have all the males above a certain age lined up, then yell, "Decimate!" and the legionnaires would kill _every tenth man._ IIRC, they also used it on their own troops who'd misbehaved badly. But lexicographers are probably including it in dictionaries and thesauruses as I type.
I personally love going out on my days off from work to go clean my local cemeteries of trash, debris, and to even clean headstones of those who no longer have family to visit them. Bringing everyone a flower is very important to me. I hope one day someone will do the same for me and make sure my grave doesn't go buried, covered, and forgotten
@littlemikeymyers0 I wouldn't know who is or isn't a criminal. I am not there to research the dead or search anyone while I am doing my work. I just do this as a hobby, not to respect anyone who is a criminal like that. By the end of the day, as long as I can make a difference even if it isn't a lot, I feel good in the end. I could never respect anyone who would do such heinous crimes
is there any possible legal trouble about cleaning and stuff? my worst nightmare is trying to explain to a police officer through tears im cleaning headstones because im sad that no one else does
So very sad that all these people who have died are being treated with so little respect. I truly hope that something can be done to tidy and preserve this place.
Sadly enough, I'm just coming across this video and am beyond shock and madness as at this particular cemetery, I do have 2 family members that were in that cemetery, buried in the 80's, I've never had a chance to visit there graves but after seeing this action will be taken. Thank you for posting this video.
Posting here is about the only action you’ll take. Who do u think you’re kidding?? You didn’t care the last 20+ years what goes on there. Keep trucking you don’t owe that cemetery anything
@@kevinhofer4922 not visiting doesn't mean not caring. He may not have been close with them and was under the impression that they were at rest in a dignified grave. But knowing that they might be under trash is a different matter entirely.
For the dead who are still waiting to say goodbye. For those souls forgotten, you sir, are a champion of good will. Your visit and your video must have made some of those souls happier. This scenario plays out in hundreds of graveyard and cemeteries across our country. Bless your heart. I would be challenged to set foot there. Thank you and know that you are doing some good.
This really does break my heart. This is someone's mum,dad, brother, sister,child etc why on earth is nothing being done about it. Well done to you guys for trying to get something sorted. Sending positive thoughts from the UK X
@@Here.now123 that's a great way to look at it but I still wouldn't be happy if it was a member of my family and friends. I too believe that death is not the end only a part of the journey. When I was 29 I was diagnosed with cervical cancer. I had to have surgery and while I was on the operating table I died for a few minutes. I've never felt anything like it. It was serene like a newborn baby being held for the first time by its mother. I no longer fear death and look forward to the next chapter. ☺️
Nothings being done about it because like he said it will cost TWO MILLION dollars to at least to solve the problem. Are you throwing your money at the place?
Good luck with that! People want it done for them. It is difficult to get high school students to do their community service hours for graduation. Our community has like 40 hours or four years of school, years ago it was 80, but generally Seniors are still grappling to get their hours in time claiming that they are too busy even though their and parents and grandparents are still working 40+ hours a week, taking care of seniors, doing the grocery shopping and food preparation, laundry, maintaining the house and yard, pets, plus maintaining the schedule of the child’s activities, etc.‼️
This is a tragic story! Wonderful to see Lamont!!!! Shout out for him and you for getting together!!!! Thank you so much for all you do! Be safe out there!!
These are not words I'm throwing out but if I lived nearby I would absolutely go there daily spend the rest of my life cleaning that place up and keeping it clean to the best of my ability.. 😔🙏🏼 but someone would have to absolutely help or do something with that mausoleum This is just saddening to the core.
@@sunshinesunshine94 It's just so sad . I worked as a volunteer cemetery worker/ gardener for several years in a little village in Kent UK . The local council provided any equipment needed , lawn mowers and stuff like that . This video is quite heartbreaking 😢
I agree... I remember in the 70s I was a teenager and it was just a common thing to hear about-- Boy Scouts- Girl Scouts-- just groups of young people-- from school and churches would help people with things like mowing the lawn things like this just helping their communities-- mowing cleaning up garbage-- this is so sad to see... and I know from experience-- there is just nobody that wants to help anymore I don't know if it's cuz of lawsuits or what- but it's just so sad-- and I would think the city would get in there and do something because of the casket sitting out...?? I didn't think you could just leave those buildings open... this is just got to be heartbreaking for the families who have their loved ones there...
Trust me it won't happen. I've live in RI my entire life but so many old time residents are leaving the state because within 10 years there will be at least 40 % of the people will be illegals as its a sanctuary capitol city in a sanctuary state. No regard for immigration laws at all. This is what happens in every city ruled by democrats for any length of time. Look at chicago, detroit, baltimore, portland, etc. 70 years of DEM rule
My grandmother's family name is Williams and she has lineage directly to Sir Roger Williams who discovered RI.... She was born in 1900 and died in 1978...good thing as she'd be furious about it, and luckily she's buried in Minnesota.
To be honest, this is the reason I see cremation as the best solution to this problem, I feel spreading your loved ones ashes in their favorite place or bring their ashes to your home, let’s be honest, after a few generations people don’t bother visiting graves anymore and then we are left with graves in total disrepair which is very disrespectful to their loved ones..
@@michaelpaulson8747. It’s not that funny dude, I find it a lack of respect when you don’t visit your loved ones, and if that’s a sign of the times, you can keep it..
@@Shane-zx4ps so what about the grave of a distant ancestor, not even a photograph of them remains, perhaps no living relatives for generations. I see where youre coming from but the dead dont care. I think some people are religiously opposed to cremation though it is most definitely the most efficient way about it.
@@highclasswhitetrash9027. You’ve made a very good point, I’m just talking from in future thence, that cremation is the way forward because people I feel live busy lives with work and looking after children ect ect that they can do without looking after graves.
It’s sad that no matter how many times this place has been talked about, explored, and investigated, that nothing is happening. I think it shows disregard to our past and those who lived it.
It would be neat to see a massive community project where they adopt this cemetery and go in groups to clean it up and refurbish it. I know that isn’t likely to happen. But it would be cool to see it happen. 🤷♂️
That’s why I never understood putting bodies in buildings. If the building eventually falls apart or there’s a natural disaster, you wind up with a bunch of unburied bodies.
@@nploda1408, " Ancient humans did it. We can do it too." I disagree with that. Allow me to continue. Man can make a space shuttle with parts and math and timing so precise they can launch it into space, then land it like a plane. But man still cannot make a chair or table that is not lopsided.
"You shall know a nation by the way it treats its dead." Quote from a Greek philosopher, B. C. Used as a 1960s funeral home in the U. S. A. Well, folks? What's that say about us? I applaud the cemetery's volunteers who keep and maintain the grounds. Bless you. Obviously, a nation who is becoming less and less respectful of its LIVING...has even less time to care for its former bearers of Life's Flame. R. I. P. and dignity. Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca
We, the descendants of the Founding Fathers, are literally a conquered people right now. We are constantly told, "This isn't your country anymore" and they are right. We have a government that works for our detriment and to reduce our numbers by all means available. Our monuments are toppled, our ancestors graves are robbed and vandalized and we just sit here and take it.
How can we say "Rest In Peace" when these souls are being neglected and disrespected. There is no excuse to treat those who came before us this way. Very sad and disappointing. Thank you Chris and Lamont for shedding some light on those who can no longer speak.
I doubt if any of the dead care or know what the place looks like. But this is truly an ugly situation. The state should step and remove all remains from that mausoleum. That is just plain disgusting.
Not sure why there is such a hangup for using the term 'Souls.' Try instead to look at how terrible it is about what is happening at this cemetery and those who paid for these plots.
They are bodies. Believe me, they don’t care. If you believe what you believe, it’s the souls that matter and one would assume a soul is not permanently attached to a husk once it’s no longer used.
In America we are a very Mobile society, we’ll pick up and leave our route and head for other places and start over. No longer do we stay in the same town we were born in and have our children and then when we die our children stay there and the beat goes on places like New York, and New Jersey, where all of this neglect is going on is a simple matter of people no longer living to remember we have on average three children. Eventually, nobody remembers their grandparents or great grandparents, or where they were buried or anything else and they don’t really give a damn because that was then and we are so busy with now. So therefore the mausoleums crumble and Graves are not attended. So when all this happens, who is responsible the only people that are responsible are the government. Nobody else is going to step forward and donate to descendants that are not in their line. There have been several graveyards that have been completely moved. There is several companies that actually relocate cemeteries when a major highway or a freeway is coming through the center of a cemetery. Also in New Orleans and Louisiana graves have to be above the ground because of the water level so what they have been doing is building mausoleums and doing their best to relocate whatever Gravesleigh fine. I remember in Dallas watching a cemetery being marked off and one by one they would lower a device in and it would take up the entire grave, dirt and all and transported to the new area where the holes have been dug, and they would lower all that dirt and whatever is in it into the new home.
I live the next town over and I didn't know it existed.. horrible! The town needs to take care of that. So happy to see you with Lamont at large. Love his channels and yours! ❤️
I live in Denver and we have a cemetery called riverside that’s been abandoned and is at risk of ending up like this. It’s a shame because it was one of our states first cemeteries and a lot of people significant to the states history are buried there. I really with we treated and funded all cemeteries like public parks. I think the amount of abandoned cemeteries in this country reflects how hands off we are with death and how much we try to keep it out of sight and mind. Thanks for taking the time to explore these places.
There are some good things happening with Riverside, including national historic status. There is also a foundation that has been set up to fund restoration. A great way to help Riverside, is to participate in the tours they do, especially during the month of October. So much of our state history is there and it's nice to see others that care too.
I've seen cemeteries where the grass is dry and grass growing over the edges of ground headstones and thought that was bad but to dump rubbish on top of a grave is as revolting as it can get.
Here in ireland kids hang out drinking alcohol in the cemeterys and purposely destroying the gravestones. They dump rubbish over the graves. Total disrespect and disregard for everyones loved ones.
I have worked in cemetery restoration and archeology. Those caskets did not move themselves, this is grave robbing pure and simple, the makers of this vid could not bring themselves to admit that.All those empty vaults with the doors smashed in, no question.
Watching from Australia. This is heart breaking. The state/gov should have things in place so this never happens to privately owned cemeteries. The poor families of the deceased and the deceased themselves being treated this way. 😔
As a genealogist this makes me so sad. I have gone to my three and even four great grandparents graves many times. And I would be so devastated to find them like this.
The opposite of this is a group called the Ohio Mortuary Operational Response Team. When a disaster hits, like a flood, and caskets float out, the team does it’s best to identify and restore.
We had to have something like that locally after a hurricane and severe flooding of the bay. Unfortunately part of it was what I believe is called a “potters field” if I remember correctly, and so many of the graves were already unmarked. There was actually people who were going around taking bones. I kid you not. They were finding bones and instead of contacting the city or something, they took them home. When caught, they were like “yeah but it was the potters site side, not the modern one”. Like who the hell cares, those are still people! A lot of the ones on the potters side were in wooden boxes that had all decayed away from water damage and time. In fact there was a while were people weren’t allowed to walk around there because after the flood you could be walking then just fall into a grave where the wooden caskets had decayed away and collapsed inwards due to water damage. If I remember correctly the team that came in to our city to deal with it ended up having one grave plot for unidentifiable remains that had washed out, and placed a beautiful marble bench and marker (it could’ve been the city or something that placed the memorial). I liked how the marker itself displayed a multitude of religious symbols in case there were remains of people with multiple religions. And I believe it said something like “in this unified grave lay beloved mothers, fathers, sons and daughters” and some kind words. Most of the newer (mid to late 1900’s on) were in caskets or coffins that held up somewhat well after the flood, and were able to be re-buried with any markers placed back and repaired if needed. One thing we did learn....rubber gasket caskets are bullshit and people shouldn’t get scammed into paying for them. It was a big thing that literally none of the rubber gasket sealed caskets held up ANY better, and the rubber would actually rot away and created gaps, and did not do a damn thing to protect from moisture, bugs, etc. I remember a local article in the newspaper saying this and there being this big backlash and they had some funeral home owner say in the article “it’s pretty much known throughout the business that within the first winter and summer, the gaskets fall apart almost entirely. The second the ground freezes then thaws, they’re dried out and useless. It’s more paying for piece of mind and the false sense of protection for a loved one”. Yet so many people there had been scammed into buying them. And they’d done nothing.
This happens to most older cemeteries before the perpetual care fund was established. In the old days it was never needed, or thought of. The families usually lived close by and went there after church to cleanup the grave sites. As cemeteries tried to become big business and sell all the items the undertaker normally managed, they found that a cemetery couldnt produce enough income to cover its operating costs, and unfortunately, this is what happens.
@Womb Raider I'm glad I see people talk about the reality of taxation all over the place these days. People are realizing the truth. That taxation is literally theft/extortion and we are tax slaves.
These guys are great bringing attention to this issue. Its important to take care of our cemeteries because it shows we maintain civility. If we stop caring about cemeteries it shows we are devolving.
Private cemeteries don't really seem right but a lot of the public ones are full. We have both in my town and the one owned by the town has been full for a long time but it's still kept up and looks much better than the private one.
You are incredibly brave, both you and Lamont. Thank you for bringing this to the forefront. It is a very sad situation. I am even more convinced that I want to have my remains cremated and sprinkled in a field of wildflowers. The mausoleum is completely “shocking”. I just can’t believe that the government or state has not stepped in and taken over ownership with the goal of restoring beauty and respect.
Lamont the man! He’s a fun and interesting host and cemetery explorer who tells some sad and intriguing stories of countless people who have passed, and sadly murdered or killed.
That's why I want to be cremated, A Cemetery at the end of the day is STILL a business! And I don't want to be left like that if the Cemetery I'm in goes under hard times, I'm also a watcher and fan of Lamont as well! It was a surprise to be sure but a welcome one to see him in the video!
@@C.dieslevonankwek7 Well if you really love your wife and trust her and she feels the same way back she wouldn't, It's really important to make sure that somebody you trust and love will take care of your ashes.
Me too. I am donating then cremation, then into a tree for my sons yard. This is absolutely horrible. Think of how much people payed for those burials and then to be left to this
@@flyneco22 That's because most people are too stupid to learn from History. It's not a question of Old-fashioned values; it's about respect, and decency.
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I clicked the link to Fascinating Graveyards, but the site only had one video called Who Are The Tall Whites, and it seemed to be about aliens. Does he have a second channel?
i think you have his old account. i am a subscriber of his and he uses his Lamont at Large account. i have a separate link in comments to his actually used channel
I dig Lamonts stuff he does some interesting stuff. All the money wasted by our government and they can't take care of this is PATHETIC. Thanks for sharing brother. God Bless
The Middle East is PRIVATE also, didn’t stop them from occupying someone else’s territory for the past twenty years for military contractors to make $$$.
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That's heart wrenching. I grew up in Albion NY and worked at Mt Albion cemetery summers. It was registered as an national landmark in 1970. We had a lot of traffic thru there that summer.
Such an existentially depressing and reveling tour ashes to ashes dust to dust thanks for taking the time and effort and being brave enough to share :-)
It's absurd to think people would have life insurance, and have family members spend thousands of dollars, $12,000 to say the least, just to end up having garbage dumped on you. I'm all for cremation, or eco-burial.
I would love to become a tree. :) Of course, I hope I'm on land where the tree and the area surrounding it is given a very long chance to live beyond me.
I read something years ago about a judge ordering the destruction of mausoleum records. That's just a fresh new level of asinine. How on earth is it productive to destroy records, some of which might hold interest for genealogists or historians? Even if there was some kind of obscure reason that made sense on some level, the greater good would surely dictate that historical material should be preserved. Maybe sealing the records would have made a little more sense? That judge should be disciplined in some way-- make him (or her) help with the mausoleum cleaning process. .. or destroy all of his (or her) birth, employment and retirement-related documents. Wouldn't that be fun?
They probably have no family left or atleast most don't care, they probably want to build some fancy apartment complex or condos. Or heck maybe even a Starbucks. My husband does infrastructure and they have many graves or reminences of them deep in the ground. Like 1600s 1700s graves. Mainly Jewish people. Which doesn't surprise me Jewish were the first settlers and they have tried to hide those facts for 200 years.
Usually, when a judge, or other entity, seals records; it is to protect the guilty, from being found out. There are exceptions, but I would guess, 90 percent of the time, this is the case. On the other hand; in cases of spousal abuse, for example; the restraining order, or sealing, of the plaintiff's whereabouts; is not enforced, and the plaintiff is murdered. Our Court System needs some major reforms. There are many justice projects going on, but not nearly enough.
Man, this is crazy, my first job was groundskeeping a my local Catholic cemetery, because hey, if you are Catholic like me, working for the Diocese is a natural place to look. The old Catholic Cemetery in the area does not have an active staff, but we still went down there to make sure everything is presentable. People are buried there.
What a damn shame! If I lived in that area, I would personally take on the task as caretaker. I buried my teenage son in 2020, and visit his grave several times a day. I would be very upset to see any of my loved ones being disrespected like that.
I love the judges logic here... Families are going to get upset when they find their loved ones crypt destroyed, so let's obliterate the records so that way they can't find them. No records= no body= no problem.
The farmers in my area first destroyed the Indian mounds and didn't get jailed. Now they plow up regular cemeteries and plant crops. Anything for a dime. They're uber rich and can't be touched. Big corporate farms coming soon will take out the little towns and the relatives in currently used cemeteries. If you are cremated, you become farm dirt.
I always felt that a "private" cemetery was a bad idea. You sell a plot for a one time fixed price (no further income generated) and after the children of the deceased are themselves gone there will not be anyone to really check up on the graves. Eventually it seems that it is an economic failure waiting to happen.
@@David-eu1ms that's how it is here in the Philippines especially within the National Capital Region but most likely it happens within Public cemeteries. When I visited the grave of a friend I saw the skulls of the evicted corpse and it's so depressing.
There are places in Europe where the "evicted" bones are placed in a mass ossuary. Ghoulish photos of these ossuaries can be found online. Of course, the identity of the deceased is lost when that happens.
Extremely sad.. Perhaps is one of the reasons that I have told my family that I want to be cremated. People have lost respect for the living much less they gonna care for the dead. Thank you for bringing us so many stories and videos. Greetings from California 🇺🇲
@@label1877 If someone took this on I’ll be the first to donate what I can. I’d also be willing to donate my time, just a bit of a logistical issue since I live in Las Vegas.
@@OGStinkywizzleteats governments are shit they need us we don’t need them it wouldn’t be no government without people. If only people actually realize this though but at this stage in time and history it’s probably too late. Governments around the world have their citizens in chokeholds.
this is so sad.. This is the very reason to why I'm getting cremated when I die.. I dont want a grave or crypt to linger for years when I become obscure and unknown to everyone..
I agree with you. This is the reason why I want to be cremated. The thought of my body let alone after I die to be ugly and in disgusting environment is out of the question. I worked to hard to make my life better not to end up like this.
Explain how cremation is any different than being put in the ground. You're put into a urn or a nice wooden box only to probably get lost by future family members or thrown into a landfill of some sort...
The same thing has happened to the cemetery where my grandfather is buried. His is located in Pennsylvania. It is a very small cemetery that you can hardly tell there are graves under all the grass. Family members of mine and another of a deceased go to keep a little section clean. The office building is destroyed with garbage everywhere. The mausoleum roof has caved in and there is no access. We have for many years wanted to move my grandfather to a family plot and are unable to do so.
This is beyond reprehensible I believe to everybody that has the misfortune of viewing this!!! It is truly heartbreaking beyond belief and the state of Rhode Island should be ashamed and publicly called out for it. The state of RI should take the necessary steps immediately as in yesterday to rectify this untenable situation at the crumbling mausoleum and also the entire graveyard needs to be cleaned up and put on a monthly maintenance and landscaping schedule.
Your OUTRAGE and indignation are commendable. Please provide YOUR ADDRESS so we can come collect YOUR donation to help pay for this clean up you demand. Face it. The CASH to clean and maintain these places has to come from SOMEWHERE - not just the Taxpayer.
I agree. I hate when the one guy said how people who could do something about this just point fingers, and blame each other. It's too bad that they let the place continue to turn into a dump, rather than coming together to do something about it.
Thank you guys!!!! I am so thankful that my husband & I will be interned in the National Cemetery Wall in AZ, actually my husband is already there waiting for me!!! When we went back to visit, they had just put the engraved cover on it & we couldn't find it, than my daughter said it's here mom!!! I walked over & sort of got a real shock, my name, rank, branch of the military I served & birth date were engraved on the top, my husband's on the bottom!!! I told my daughter I wasn't dead yet (like she didn't know that fact). But for someone who was never in the military she explained that since I was the Veteran naturally my name would be 1st & my husband who had polio & couldn't get in the service would be on the bottom. Boy, that took a load off my mind - I thought I had died & they forgot to tell me!!!!! 🤣. Sorry, my husband & I always had humor in our life's, that's the reason we were married for 47 years ago 💔. Please, it really makes a different to your loved ones if they can visit & talk with you, so find out in advance if the cemetery is privately owned, so what happened to those poor family's won't happen to your's!!!
@@beverlyarcher546 a real white Christian conservative won't write that judgement. I mean, a Bible reading dude who sometimes speak in tongues when praying.
That is so sad & disgusting!!! Thank you gentlemen for bringing this to our attention! May God bless you 🙏 all & the family's of their loved ones! So sad 😞
@@cannibalbunnygirl you should be. I'm a paranormal investigator and one of my cardinal rules that I talk about in my book, is NEVER take anything away from an investigation site. Remember those cute hitchhiking ghosts in Disneyworld's Haunted Mansion? ... Well, crazy as it sounds, there is actually some basis in reality for that.
@@BGEntertainmentGroup I'm sure there is. There's a graveyard in my city, one area is fenced off as all the gravestones from an old cemetery were piled up next to each other, no spaces more than a finger apart. City Hall said when they renovated the old church area in the 1910s they moved the bones to the new cemetery as well as the markers. The old church ground is in the current shopping area and has always had bad vibes, always felt uneasy there, there's benches and stuff but nobody ever wants to hang around, not even the addicts. They had to dig up the old church ground again to renovate a few years ago, guess what? Past the first few feet....skeletons everywhere.
That is horrifying. Cemeteries advertise that they will care for the graves in perpetuity. Are there typically out clauses, like all bets are off in case of zombie apocalypse or deaths of the owners themselves? This seems to be an older cemetery, so maybe they didn’t contract that way, continual maintenance. The silence in that mausoleum was oppressive, haunting even.
@@Starlitwarrior No, not unless there’s a gathering or burial ceremony where the family asks for music. But I think Amy meant that the silence in a deteriorated mausoleum is haunting; more eerie than peaceful.
@@thihal123 No, I miswrote what I meant. I should’ve phrased that sentence better. I was being a bit sarcastic. It’s never occurred to me that a cemetery would or could be owned by private people and left to decay upon their deaths. Cemeteries usually do contract to take care of your grave in perpetuity. Im unsure if there are exceptions to that in the contract you sign, like in case of the zombie apocalypse all bets are off.
Indeed, Lamont is the man when it comes to cemeteries. An observation...the cemetery should have had to pay property taxes. If taxes aren't paid believe the county takes the property and sells it at a lien sale. Sounds like that didn't happen. Sounds like the county may actually now own the cemetery. In that case, it would be up to the county to clean the place up.
Most states exempt cemeteries from paying property taxes. Also, most states have laws concerning the upkeep of cemeteries. This is called a perpetual or endowment care fee. I do not know how well this is regulated. My guess is the law is enforced when a complaint is made. Probably by that time, the cemetery is in such neglect, not much can be done by the state. (Should the state confiscate the cemetery, it would be tax dollars used for maintenance.) The money for this maintenance fee may be long gone along with the owner.
And NOBODY is going to buy a used cemetary at auction! the whole idea of a privately owned cemetary is ridiculous, no family survives long enough and has enough consecutive offspring who even WANT to run a cemetary business the rest of their lives to be able to ensure the place stays perpetual, the only one who can is the CITY.
Rhode island has bern going downhill since Y2000 Nafta,sent all theur manufacturing like jewelry overseas, huge tax base loss, many RIers work in massachusetts or connecticut
@@HobbyOrganist it probably depends. it's a business like anything else and changes ownership, it's not necessarily a business you hand down any more than, say, a small diner. i want to say some countries you never actually own the plot, you just rent it for a certain period of time. anyway, there has to be a profit potential for someone to buy *any* business.
I'm a lover of cemeteries. I want to end up in one that has been beautifully overtaken by nature. I find the cemeteries that look like golf courses to be very unappealing. But this cemetery is just heartbreaking. Such disrespect by people dumping trash there.
When I clicked this to watch, I was pleasantly surprised to see Lamont! I love his channels and now yours. This has been one of the worst abandoned cemeteries I've seen since I've been watching these kinds of videos. We're supposed to treat the dead with respect, and that's not happening here at all. It's truly disgusting what the city has let happen here. The city can give you a ticket if you don't cut your grass, but they'll just let this cemetery become full of weeds and garbage? Very disturbing.
When a society looses respect for the dead it's a sure sign our days on earth are few ....if we can't have respect for those souls then respect for the living is at an all time low Thanks for caring guys. It means a lot respect
Actually I believe it’s due to improper ventilation.gasses from decomposition can blow the door off if there’s no way for gasses to escape. Have seen videos of leaking mausoleums (decomp fluid) from improperly sealed and ventilated spots and it’s awful
Constant reminder how quickly we will be forgotten...
We die twice. Once when our time comes and again when our name is no longer spoken. God bless
@@midsouthirish1680 Agreed. Enjoy your life while you still have it.
@@bloodyapril6392 😉
Yup. 100%. We ain't gonna be remembered after a few years being gone.
Amazing quickly. I noticed this when my mother dead and I looked around the cemetery and found known faces in the photos, forgotten by relatives.
It’s one thing when cemeteries are no longer tended to and the land starts reverting back to its natural state. It’s a whole ‘nother story when cemeteries are disrespected by people dumping trash. It’s disgraceful enough dumping trash illegally but to dump it on top of persons who were once part of your community - unforgivable.
I totally agree! Look at that mess. Probably ppl using it to get high, and God knows what else. If thatz so, who in the world would want to get high in a graveyard. Scary & depressing!
So sad n disheartening
Did you just say 'nother?
@@BourbonInhibitions I've always wondered when and where that came into common use. I first heard Luke Skywalker tell his Uncle Owen, who didn't want him to go "join up" until he'd brought in more income, "But that's a _whole n'other year!"_ What's wrong with "another whole year" or whatever?
@@Ephemeral2023 The thing that drives me NUTZ is the way almost everyone misuses the word, "decimate." It has a specific meaning, based on the Roman system of counting. It means, simply, to destroy _ten percent_ of something. If Roman legions had too much trouble with conquered populations, the leader would have all the males above a certain age lined up, then yell, "Decimate!" and the legionnaires would kill _every tenth man._ IIRC, they also used it on their own troops who'd misbehaved badly. But lexicographers are probably including it in dictionaries and thesauruses as I type.
I personally love going out on my days off from work to go clean my local cemeteries of trash, debris, and to even clean headstones of those who no longer have family to visit them. Bringing everyone a flower is very important to me. I hope one day someone will do the same for me and make sure my grave doesn't go buried, covered, and forgotten
Idk why I haven’t thought about doing this at my local cemetery. I think I shall start, thank you!
@littlemikeymyers0 I wouldn't know who is or isn't a criminal. I am not there to research the dead or search anyone while I am doing my work. I just do this as a hobby, not to respect anyone who is a criminal like that. By the end of the day, as long as I can make a difference even if it isn't a lot, I feel good in the end. I could never respect anyone who would do such heinous crimes
They won't, trust me.
Thank you for your kindness and respect.
is there any possible legal trouble about cleaning and stuff? my worst nightmare is trying to explain to a police officer through tears im cleaning headstones because im sad that no one else does
So very sad that all these people who have died are being treated with so little respect. I truly hope that something can be done to tidy and preserve this place.
"Tidy up"? Are you kidding? There's a hell of a lot more to this than tidying up.
Sadly enough, I'm just coming across this video and am beyond shock and madness as at this particular cemetery, I do have 2 family members that were in that cemetery, buried in the 80's, I've never had a chance to visit there graves but after seeing this action will be taken. Thank you for posting this video.
Damn! I hope you get there!
Posting here is about the only action you’ll take. Who do u think you’re kidding??
You didn’t care the last 20+ years what goes on there. Keep trucking you don’t owe that cemetery anything
I hope you will and hope you get some answers! I'm behind you 100%.
Please updatewhen you can
@@kevinhofer4922 not visiting doesn't mean not caring. He may not have been close with them and was under the impression that they were at rest in a dignified grave. But knowing that they might be under trash is a different matter entirely.
The ground keeping could be done by county jail inmates, maybe in exchange for an early release.
Community service too. Instead of early release, maybe hours worked goes to pay fines or restitution
Agree
@@annettewise3622 good idea!
That makes too much sense especially for a northern state
To show them where it's easy to rob graves?
I couldn't imagine disrespecting someone's grave like that.
May be callous but they're dead. They don't care.
For the dead who are still waiting to say goodbye. For those souls forgotten, you sir, are a champion of good will.
Your visit and your video must have made some of those souls happier.
This scenario plays out in hundreds of graveyard and cemeteries across our country. Bless your heart. I would be challenged to set foot there. Thank you
and know that you are doing some good.
"Show me your cemetery and I'll know the character of your community...." Benjamin Franklin
This needs pinning everywhere.
My town has a beautiful cemetery, The people not so much.
Pöwer $tatiön ?
Amen
Exactly
This really does break my heart. This is someone's mum,dad, brother, sister,child etc why on earth is nothing being done about it. Well done to you guys for trying to get something sorted. Sending positive thoughts from the UK X
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@@Here.now123 that's a great way to look at it but I still wouldn't be happy if it was a member of my family and friends. I too believe that death is not the end only a part of the journey. When I was 29 I was diagnosed with cervical cancer. I had to have surgery and while I was on the operating table I died for a few minutes. I've never felt anything like it. It was serene like a newborn baby being held for the first time by its mother. I no longer fear death and look forward to the next chapter. ☺️
@@Here.now123 I did when it happened but it was more about the fact I had cervical cancer at such a young age!!
Because a corpse doesn't feel anything
Nothings being done about it because like he said it will cost TWO MILLION dollars to at least to solve the problem. Are you throwing your money at the place?
Looks like a great way to bring the community together for a great cause.
You’re right, but I’m pretty sure they don’t care especially after 20 years.
What a great idea! I hope they can get some help cleaning it up. If I lived around there I'd love to help.
Good luck with that! People want it done for them. It is difficult to get high school students to do their community service hours for graduation. Our community has like 40 hours or four years of school, years ago it was 80, but generally Seniors are still grappling to get their hours in time claiming that they are too busy even though their and parents and grandparents are still working 40+ hours a week, taking care of seniors, doing the grocery shopping and food preparation, laundry, maintaining the house and yard, pets, plus maintaining the schedule of the child’s activities, etc.‼️
The Mount Moriah cemetery in Philly was abandoned for many years & now there are at least two groups helping to keep it clean.
The people who cared got there loved ones out now that it's been 20 years
This is a tragic story! Wonderful to see Lamont!!!! Shout out for him and you for getting together!!!! Thank you so much for all you do! Be safe out there!!
And he has such a wonderful voice!
I can’t believe someone was buried there as recently as 2002. The place is in complete ruins, so sad.
It was the private owner that got entombed there. Inside job, you might say.
And I think he said plots were still for sale...weird
And I think he said plots were still for sale...weird
A crying shame, such a waste.
In the photos there was a NEW GRAVE. I'm surprised that no one has mentioned it.
It's sad to see any grave in this condition, but it's beyond sad to see a WW2 veteran's gravesite be disrespected like this.
So a non ww2 veterans are not equally sad to be treated like this you say?
Always gotta be that one dumbass. ^^
@ djkasdjkasdjdjdj- what’s it like to be so stupid? Please elaborate.
@@djkasdjkasdjdjdj
pathetic comment way to troll for no reason
Why? These people are dead they don't care. Ur body is just vessel at some point ur spirit needs to detach so it can grow
When I was a senior in high school we had senior rake day. Something like this would be great for them to help with.
Unless the volunteer effort continues.otherwise, it's a bandaid approach.
These are not words I'm throwing out but if I lived nearby I would absolutely go there daily spend the rest of my life cleaning that place up and keeping it clean to the best of my ability.. 😔🙏🏼
but someone would have to absolutely help or do something with that mausoleum
This is just saddening to the core.
@@sunshinesunshine94 I’d definitely help out but I live in California. 😢 this is so sad.
@@sunshinesunshine94 It's just so sad . I worked as a volunteer cemetery worker/ gardener for several years in a little village in Kent UK . The local council provided any equipment needed , lawn mowers and stuff like that . This video is quite heartbreaking 😢
I agree... I remember in the 70s I was a teenager and it was just a common thing to hear about-- Boy Scouts- Girl Scouts-- just groups of young people-- from school and churches would help people with things like mowing the lawn things like this just helping their communities-- mowing cleaning up garbage-- this is so sad to see... and I know from experience-- there is just nobody that wants to help anymore I don't know if it's cuz of lawsuits or what- but it's just so sad-- and I would think the city would get in there and do something because of the casket sitting out...?? I didn't think you could just leave those buildings open... this is just got to be heartbreaking for the families who have their loved ones there...
Lamont is an amazing human. So respectful. Also this is so sad
That is absolutely horrible and heartbreaking for the loved ones still inside. It's time for Rhode Island to step up and get this taken care of
Trust me it won't happen. I've live in RI my entire life but so many old time residents are leaving the state because within 10 years there will be at least 40 % of the people will be illegals as its a sanctuary capitol city in a sanctuary state. No regard for immigration laws at all. This is what happens in every city ruled by democrats for any length of time. Look at chicago, detroit, baltimore, portland, etc. 70 years of DEM rule
AMEN!!!!!
Rhode Island is totally corrupt and partially run by the mafia.
My grandmother's family name is Williams and she has lineage directly to Sir Roger Williams who discovered RI....
She was born in 1900 and died in 1978...good thing as she'd be furious about it, and luckily she's buried in Minnesota.
@@oldsilverdrew2471 And full of Puerto Ricans. "If it ain't bolted down, it'll disappear "(state motto)
To be honest, this is the reason I see cremation as the best solution to this problem, I feel spreading your loved ones ashes in their favorite place or bring their ashes to your home, let’s be honest, after a few generations people don’t bother visiting graves anymore and then we are left with graves in total disrepair which is very disrespectful to their loved ones..
grave in disrepair is not disrespectful it is a sign of the times and life being ever changing lol 😆
@@michaelpaulson8747. It’s not that funny dude, I find it a lack of respect when you don’t visit your loved ones, and if that’s a sign of the times, you can keep it..
@@Shane-zx4ps so what about the grave of a distant ancestor, not even a photograph of them remains, perhaps no living relatives for generations. I see where youre coming from but the dead dont care.
I think some people are religiously opposed to cremation though it is most definitely the most efficient way about it.
@@highclasswhitetrash9027. You’ve made a very good point, I’m just talking from in future thence, that cremation is the way forward because people I feel live busy lives with work and looking after children ect ect that they can do without looking after graves.
That's what I told my Family, I want to be cremated and have my ashes spread into the Gulf of Mexico....
It’s sad that no matter how many times this place has been talked about, explored, and investigated, that nothing is happening. I think it shows disregard to our past and those who lived it.
It would be neat to see a massive community project where they adopt this cemetery and go in groups to clean it up and refurbish it. I know that isn’t likely to happen. But it would be cool to see it happen. 🤷♂️
That’s why I never understood putting bodies in buildings. If the building eventually falls apart or there’s a natural disaster, you wind up with a bunch of unburied bodies.
If people want to continue to be entombed in a communal mausoleum, they need to be built to survive the ages. Ancient humans did it. We can do it too.
Some folks are grossed out by burial. My almost mother-in-law was like that. She *hated* worms, slugs, & other creepy-crawlies.
MIND BLOWN
Actually to save room.
@@nploda1408, " Ancient humans did it. We can do it too." I disagree with that. Allow me to continue. Man can make a space shuttle with parts and math and timing so precise they can launch it into space, then land it like a plane. But man still cannot make a chair or table that is not lopsided.
We love Lamont's work! It's cool when you see your favorite folks working together!
Two favorites collab again! Good jobs guys! So sad to see that way especially for the loved ones of them still here.
"You shall know a nation by the way it treats its dead." Quote from a Greek philosopher, B. C. Used as a 1960s funeral home in the U. S. A. Well, folks? What's that say about us? I applaud the cemetery's volunteers who keep and maintain the grounds. Bless you. Obviously, a nation who is becoming less and less respectful of its LIVING...has even less time to care for its former bearers of Life's Flame. R. I. P. and dignity. Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca
We, the descendants of the Founding Fathers, are literally a conquered people right now. We are constantly told, "This isn't your country anymore" and they are right. We have a government that works for our detriment and to reduce our numbers by all means available. Our monuments are toppled, our ancestors graves are robbed and vandalized and we just sit here and take it.
@arminiusdergrosse what monuments are being toppled??? And what graves are being robbed?? This comment is very much delusional
How can we say "Rest In Peace" when these souls are being neglected and disrespected. There is no excuse to treat those who came before us this way. Very sad and disappointing. Thank you Chris and Lamont for shedding some light on those who can no longer speak.
They're not in the graves. Only the body they shed.
I doubt if any of the dead care or know what the place looks like.
But this is truly an ugly situation. The state should step and remove all remains from that mausoleum. That is just plain disgusting.
"These souls" that you speak of are long departed. What you are seeing is what returns to the earth form whence it came.
Not sure why there is such a hangup for using the term 'Souls.' Try instead to look at how terrible it is about what is happening at this cemetery and those who paid for these plots.
Souls don’t stay with the body
This is beyond heartbreaking. Those poor souls can’t be resting in peace. Hopefully someone will step up & do something.
They are bodies. Believe me, they don’t care. If you believe what you believe, it’s the souls that matter and one would assume a soul is not permanently attached to a husk once it’s no longer used.
@Matt Taylor no, maybe not but if that was a family member of mine or someone I cared about I would be upset..
Lol
Don't care what you think, it's still disrespectful
They’re not in there Julie, only their bodies are. “Rest in peace” is just something people say, death is peace regardless of where they lie.
Lamont at large, love him so respectful and great narrations and back stories on his channel!❤️
He's awesome his black Bigalow channel hes a wild man
@@kylephillip6433 like two different people
@@GameTime-yj6qv right I like his split personalities lol
In America we are a very Mobile society, we’ll pick up and leave our route and head for other places and start over. No longer do we stay in the same town we were born in and have our children and then when we die our children stay there and the beat goes on places like New York, and New Jersey, where all of this neglect is going on is a simple matter of people no longer living to remember we have on average three children. Eventually, nobody remembers their grandparents or great grandparents, or where they were buried or anything else and they don’t really give a damn because that was then and we are so busy with now. So therefore the mausoleums crumble and Graves are not attended. So when all this happens, who is responsible the only people that are responsible are the government. Nobody else is going to step forward and donate to descendants that are not in their line. There have been several graveyards that have been completely moved. There is several companies that actually relocate cemeteries when a major highway or a freeway is coming through the center of a cemetery. Also in New Orleans and Louisiana graves have to be above the ground because of the water level so what they have been doing is building mausoleums and doing their best to relocate whatever Gravesleigh fine. I remember in Dallas watching a cemetery being marked off and one by one they would lower a device in and it would take up the entire grave, dirt and all and transported to the new area where the holes have been dug, and they would lower all that dirt and whatever is in it into the new home.
I live the next town over and I didn't know it existed.. horrible! The town needs to take care of that. So happy to see you with Lamont at large. Love his channels and yours! ❤️
I live in Denver and we have a cemetery called riverside that’s been abandoned and is at risk of ending up like this. It’s a shame because it was one of our states first cemeteries and a lot of people significant to the states history are buried there. I really with we treated and funded all cemeteries like public parks. I think the amount of abandoned cemeteries in this country reflects how hands off we are with death and how much we try to keep it out of sight and mind. Thanks for taking the time to explore these places.
That’s so sad. I used to live in Denver.
There are some good things happening with Riverside, including national historic status. There is also a foundation that has been set up to fund restoration. A great way to help Riverside, is to participate in the tours they do, especially during the month of October. So much of our state history is there and it's nice to see others that care too.
@@bellememorie Amazing! Thanks for the info!
I agree western culture is so afraid and dissociative when it comes to death this is what ends up happening.
I've seen cemeteries where the grass is dry and grass growing over the edges of ground headstones and thought that was bad but to dump rubbish on top of a grave is as revolting as it can get.
KARMA☝☝
Here in ireland kids hang out drinking alcohol in the cemeterys and purposely destroying the gravestones. They dump rubbish over the graves. Total disrespect and disregard for everyones loved ones.
@@mshaw6836 I'll believe that. No brains at all.
@@mshaw6836 Then the community needs to do something about it. Get started!
This is unfathomable! It breaks my heart! Lamont and Chris are my favorite UA-camrs and a wonderful colaboration!
I watch Lamont's channel whenever I find it. I love his descriptions and sensitive way of handling death.
This was a extremely sad story. I just hope there will be a happy ending someday.
Me, too. How many are still in this place, still. Just hope it gets put back the way it ought to look.
IF YOU ARE MUSLIM ☪️ THEN YOU GO TO HEAVEN
The happy ending is if you repent and ask Jesus Christ into your heart you will forever in Paradise
@@jojogirl8202 Amen. Christ Jesus is Lord.
@@OPKING-kj8dy Nonsense. Come to Jesus.
I can’t believe there’s just a random coffin lying about open…absolutely terrible! 😞😢 let them rest in peace ☮️
You do know that when your coffin collapses in the ground a new one is placed on top? Unless your loved ones keep paying for the spot.
Bloody shocking hey. 😰
@@Wings_of_foam that’s not how it works in America. You own the plot forever here. We don’t do rentals
I have worked in cemetery restoration and archeology. Those caskets did not move themselves, this is grave robbing pure and simple, the makers of this vid could not bring themselves to admit that.All those empty vaults with the doors smashed in, no question.
@@502BluePilgrim what are they robbing? corpse?
The opening to these videos has been getting even better every time it's such crisp quality and I feel like I'm right there walking through with you.
The quality is so good, I can even smell the dead bodies.
Watching from Australia. This is heart breaking. The state/gov should have things in place so this never happens to privately owned cemeteries. The poor families of the deceased and the deceased themselves being treated this way. 😔
As a genealogist this makes me so sad. I have gone to my three and even four great grandparents graves many times. And I would be so devastated to find them like this.
So do they talk to you,
or just lay there listening?
Hysterical!
@@TahoeJones why???
@@r.f.736 :
If things are as usual, you believe in afterlife and ghosts. That is why.
@@TahoeJones Being so disrespectful says a lot about your character or lack thereof.
@@zrp8y23 :
I find it impossible to respect an overpriced box full of dusty bones.
The opposite of this is a group called the Ohio Mortuary Operational Response Team. When a disaster hits, like a flood, and caskets float out, the team does it’s best to identify and restore.
We had to have something like that locally after a hurricane and severe flooding of the bay. Unfortunately part of it was what I believe is called a “potters field” if I remember correctly, and so many of the graves were already unmarked. There was actually people who were going around taking bones. I kid you not. They were finding bones and instead of contacting the city or something, they took them home. When caught, they were like “yeah but it was the potters site side, not the modern one”. Like who the hell cares, those are still people! A lot of the ones on the potters side were in wooden boxes that had all decayed away from water damage and time. In fact there was a while were people weren’t allowed to walk around there because after the flood you could be walking then just fall into a grave where the wooden caskets had decayed away and collapsed inwards due to water damage. If I remember correctly the team that came in to our city to deal with it ended up having one grave plot for unidentifiable remains that had washed out, and placed a beautiful marble bench and marker (it could’ve been the city or something that placed the memorial). I liked how the marker itself displayed a multitude of religious symbols in case there were remains of people with multiple religions. And I believe it said something like “in this unified grave lay beloved mothers, fathers, sons and daughters” and some kind words. Most of the newer (mid to late 1900’s on) were in caskets or coffins that held up somewhat well after the flood, and were able to be re-buried with any markers placed back and repaired if needed. One thing we did learn....rubber gasket caskets are bullshit and people shouldn’t get scammed into paying for them. It was a big thing that literally none of the rubber gasket sealed caskets held up ANY better, and the rubber would actually rot away and created gaps, and did not do a damn thing to protect from moisture, bugs, etc. I remember a local article in the newspaper saying this and there being this big backlash and they had some funeral home owner say in the article “it’s pretty much known throughout the business that within the first winter and summer, the gaskets fall apart almost entirely. The second the ground freezes then thaws, they’re dried out and useless. It’s more paying for piece of mind and the false sense of protection for a loved one”. Yet so many people there had been scammed into buying them. And they’d done nothing.
Lamont is the best!
As far as the cemetery goes,,,its such a shame.
RIP all who are buried there !
I love watching you and Lamont together. You guys make a good team!!!
This happens to most older cemeteries before the perpetual care fund was established. In the old days it was never needed, or thought of. The families usually lived close by and went there after church to cleanup the grave sites. As cemeteries tried to become big business and sell all the items the undertaker normally managed, they found that a cemetery couldnt produce enough income to cover its operating costs, and unfortunately, this is what happens.
I call it Tardisalism , because some things are painfully obvious. Yet people feel a strong need to push in that direction.
As far as I can tell: it is called:capitalism
And is one reason graves, headstones, vaults, etc, are so high
My hometown. This is a pretty big subject in the news right now. Also, great job on the Station Nightclub Fire. Enjoy all your videos
If you're buried in that county it should be a county problem period unless the county has no pride and respect for its citizens
Amen🙏👋
@Womb Raider I'm glad I see people talk about the reality of taxation all over the place these days. People are realizing the truth. That taxation is literally theft/extortion and we are tax slaves.
Think anything will be done?
Eventually yeah, but these things take time and lots of legal red tape is in the way.
These guys are great bringing attention to this issue. Its important to take care of our cemeteries because it shows we maintain civility. If we stop caring about cemeteries it shows we are devolving.
The ransacked caskets- wouldn't that be a health hazard if they're open?
Good to see Lamont again, keep doing your thing with Graves, peace out!
Come on!!!!!!
Someone’s got to be accountable for this!!!
Disgustingly sad!
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Owners died
Private cemeteries don't really seem right but a lot of the public ones are full. We have both in my town and the one owned by the town has been full for a long time but it's still kept up and looks much better than the private one.
Why don't you take responsibility for it all? You're as good as the next person. Why does everyone think someone else should?
@@jonathansimmonds5784 Exactly!
Totally with sap jbl’s comment. People laid to rest and nothing should ever happen with them. But there are so many things wrong, here. So sad.
Our country is chest deep in selfishness and degeneracy. Morals out the window! This is disgusting.
American "exceptionalism' and 'rigged individualism' for you.
Welcome to bidens America
@@magyarbluey8406 this was happening before Biden was in office. Obviously you’re too young to realize that.
@@magyarbluey8406 grow up. This has nothing to do with Politics
@@magyarbluey8406 how did Biden do this? Stupid opinion
You are incredibly brave, both you and Lamont. Thank you for bringing this to the forefront. It is a very sad situation. I am even more convinced that I want to have my remains cremated and sprinkled in a field of wildflowers. The mausoleum is completely “shocking”. I just can’t believe that the government or state has not stepped in and taken over ownership with the goal of restoring beauty and respect.
Lamont the man! He’s a fun and interesting host and cemetery explorer who tells some sad and intriguing stories of countless people who have passed, and sadly murdered or killed.
I watch Lamont. He is a very caring and compassionate and respectful of those who have passed on .
So glad to see Lamont.
That's why I want to be cremated, A Cemetery at the end of the day is STILL a business! And I don't want to be left like that if the Cemetery I'm in goes under hard times, I'm also a watcher and fan of Lamont as well! It was a surprise to be sure but a welcome one to see him in the video!
I'm thinking the same, just cremate me and set me on the mantle or my wife might flush me....who knows
@@C.dieslevonankwek7 Well if you really love your wife and trust her and she feels the same way back she wouldn't, It's really important to make sure that somebody you trust and love will take care of your ashes.
Roll me up and Smoke me.,,✌🏼😊
I’m being cremated paid for it already
Me too. I am donating then cremation, then into a tree for my sons yard. This is absolutely horrible. Think of how much people payed for those burials and then to be left to this
That is so sad. I am happy to see that you were respectful and did not show the insides of the caskets.
New subbie after seeing you on Lamont at Large for Channon Christian and Chris Newsom case. Excited to see your material! -Rose
That is so sad, shame on everyone involved in letting it get like that 🙏
Yes, shame on those owners for dying without family members to take over.
@@badeugenecops4741 how true! Lol!!
@@yooper2186 u dont get it.
This is not funny
@@badeugenecops4741 u dont get it
When people no longer respect the Living, who’s to expect them to give a rip about the dead? Time to get back to some old time upbringings.
Yeah, right. Like that's ever going to happen again.
Very. Well. Said. Hahaha
keep noticing a trend. "my generation is awesome and the next one sucks". old crusty people delusions.
@@flyneco22 That's because most people are too stupid to learn from History. It's not a question of Old-fashioned values; it's about respect, and decency.
See my comment, above, it's about respect, and decency; two values that sadly, have become lacking.
Give Fascinating graveyard a follow - ua-cam.com/channels/2SGDsrg4M_T-WCU3_XTxlg.html
BTW Lamont's main channel is here - ua-cam.com/channels/YAHn-t3kbQzDc2C4AD3kmA.html
I clicked the link to Fascinating Graveyards, but the site only had one video called Who Are The Tall Whites, and it seemed to be about aliens. Does he have a second channel?
i think you have his old account. i am a subscriber of his and he uses his Lamont at Large account. i have a separate link in comments to his actually used channel
Is this the correct link? There's only one video from 2 years ago on the channel.
Lamont at Large is the correct acct
@@jessicamessicak Thank you.
Thank you lamont and Chris it breaks my heart for the departed seeing this is awful
This is beyond sad to me to see the condition of this old cemetery. Thank you for this video and the respect you have for the ones buried there.
Chris is great to see you team up with Lamont. Cheers y'all.
I dig Lamonts stuff he does some interesting stuff. All the money wasted by our government and they can't take care of this is PATHETIC. Thanks for sharing brother. God Bless
It's a PRIVATE cemetery. Not the government's problem.
@@Etaoinshrdlu69 There's plenty of private companies that the government waste much more money on.
The Middle East is PRIVATE also, didn’t stop them from occupying someone else’s territory for the past twenty years for military contractors to make $$$.
Love Lamont's videos !
Thanks for sharing this with us .
Good luck with all this and may the souls Rest In Peace .
God bless everyone .
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Are you complaining we send too much money to Israel?!?!!
The dead rest when they took their last breath. We prop them up and preserve them like they still are living. The soul that animated the clay is gone!
I enjoy your videos, simple and straight to the point without any flashy edits! That goes with Lamont's videos as well
That's heart wrenching. I grew up in Albion NY and worked at Mt Albion cemetery summers. It was registered as an national landmark in 1970. We had a lot of traffic thru there that summer.
Such an existentially depressing and reveling tour ashes to ashes dust to dust thanks for taking the time and effort and being brave enough to share :-)
GOD IS REAL, AND ONE DAY, YOU WILL BELIEVE
God rest their SOULS..
I'm freaking mad.....horrible....so sad
Very sad omg what a situation. Poor souls. Thank you
Lamont for your precious time. God bless you Lamont.
It's absurd to think people would have life insurance, and have family members spend thousands of dollars, $12,000 to say the least, just to end up having garbage dumped on you. I'm all for cremation, or eco-burial.
I would love to become a tree. :) Of course, I hope I'm on land where the tree and the area surrounding it is given a very long chance to live beyond me.
@@shgnamaste7730 My luck I'd be a tree in a dog park ha ha
I agree, cremation is the best option
Return to Earth from where we came.
they'll be liquefying folks b4 u know it, dumping them dn the sewer 4 a few thousands
@mlunaesq1 soon liquid to liquid
I read something years ago about a judge ordering the destruction of mausoleum records. That's just a fresh new level of asinine. How on earth is it productive to destroy records, some of which might hold interest for genealogists or historians? Even if there was some kind of obscure reason that made sense on some level, the greater good would surely dictate that historical material should be preserved. Maybe sealing the records would have made a little more sense? That judge should be disciplined in some way-- make him (or her) help with the mausoleum cleaning process. .. or destroy all of his (or her) birth, employment and retirement-related documents. Wouldn't that be fun?
They probably have no family left or atleast most don't care, they probably want to build some fancy apartment complex or condos. Or heck maybe even a Starbucks. My husband does infrastructure and they have many graves or reminences of them deep in the ground. Like 1600s 1700s graves. Mainly Jewish people. Which doesn't surprise me Jewish were the first settlers and they have tried to hide those facts for 200 years.
Usually, when a judge, or other entity, seals records; it is to protect the guilty, from being found out. There are exceptions, but I would guess, 90 percent of the time, this is the case. On the other hand; in cases of spousal abuse, for example; the restraining order, or sealing, of the plaintiff's whereabouts; is not enforced, and the plaintiff is murdered. Our Court System needs some major reforms. There are many justice projects going on, but not nearly enough.
@@woodulike2know391 Factually incorrect. Jewish arrived at the colonies in the 1650, over 40 years after the 13 colonies were founded.
Judge probably had secrets that he wanted destroyed with those records
Maybe because they are still voting.
1:20 "Owners died" That says it all. Cemeteries should be governed by a board of directors. Not by one or two people.
Or at least written somewhere if not passed down it should be given to the city/state
I live in New York. Our laws actually require a trust to be set up, so maintenance costs will be self-sustaining.
I think its natural for graves to be forgotten over time, i find it beautiful to be forgotten among the grass and weeds.
How sad! I cannot imagine how this is going on. I cannot believe that the state shuts their eyes to such horrific conditions to the deceased.😢
Man, this is crazy, my first job was groundskeeping a my local Catholic cemetery, because hey, if you are Catholic like me, working for the Diocese is a natural place to look. The old Catholic Cemetery in the area does not have an active staff, but we still went down there to make sure everything is presentable. People are buried there.
What a damn shame! If I lived in that area, I would personally take on the task as caretaker. I buried my teenage son in 2020, and visit his grave several times a day. I would be very upset to see any of my loved ones being disrespected like that.
Cremation is the best bet for eternal rest. So sorry for the loss of your child, I cannot imagine how you must feel.
@@3713msg Thank you. Knowing I'll be with him again some day is all that gets me through the day.
@@kennydemartini2169 you will see him again good bless you
Me too! I was thinking the same
You will be reunited one glorious day! May God bless & comfort you. Praying for you this morning
Impressed by the appearance of the abandoned graveyard
Good duo. Good cause. Keep it up gentleman. Always fascinating. When you both went to the dam with (2 workers buried in the wall) was awesome
I love the judges logic here...
Families are going to get upset when they find their loved ones crypt destroyed, so let's obliterate the records so that way they can't find them. No records= no body= no problem.
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The farmers in my area first destroyed the Indian mounds and didn't get jailed. Now they plow up regular cemeteries and plant crops. Anything for a dime. They're uber rich and can't be touched. Big corporate farms coming soon will take out the little towns and the relatives in currently used cemeteries. If you are cremated, you become farm dirt.
Judges are just protectors of criminals and crooks now a days..
Same method for getting of the hook for murder.
Mhm ... check all the Judge’s past cases !!!
I always felt that a "private" cemetery was a bad idea. You sell a plot for a one time fixed price (no further income generated) and after the children of the deceased are themselves gone there will not be anyone to really check up on the graves. Eventually it seems that it is an economic failure waiting to happen.
Most are funded by trusts. This one was established before the current laws came about
In some countries people have to keep paying rent on the grave or else to corpse is evicted.
@@David-eu1ms that's how it is here in the Philippines especially within the National Capital Region but most likely it happens within Public cemeteries. When I visited the grave of a friend I saw the skulls of the evicted corpse and it's so depressing.
There are places in Europe where the "evicted" bones are placed in a mass ossuary. Ghoulish photos of these ossuaries can be found online. Of course, the identity of the deceased is lost when that happens.
@@samcabrera2316 what the fuck
Extremely sad.. Perhaps is one of the reasons that I have told my family that I want to be cremated. People have lost respect for the living much less they gonna care for the dead. Thank you for bringing us so many stories and videos. Greetings from California 🇺🇲
Many cities are built on cemetaries.
When silence speaks louder than words... oppressive and heartbreaking.
How very true , couldn’t agree with you more.
The saddest is that this is a private cemetery and the authority s has no control.
This place needs a dedicated hero and a huge fundraiser campaign.
That would be a temporary solution but it's needed.
@@label1877 If someone took this on I’ll be the first to donate what I can. I’d also be willing to donate my time, just a bit of a logistical issue since I live in Las Vegas.
I am glad that in Western Australia all graveyards are under control of the state cemeteries board. So there is no chance of this happening.
I've been watching the news regarding covid restrictions in Australia. Pretty horrific how the Australian government is treating it's citizens.
Because governments never screw anything up 😉🙃
You mean the seperate country... Western of Australia...
@@OGStinkywizzleteats governments are shit they need us we don’t need them it wouldn’t be no government without people. If only people actually realize this though but at this stage in time and history it’s probably too late. Governments around the world have their citizens in chokeholds.
This is beyond mind blowing....I've never ever seen such neglect and disregard for the deceased. Never ever would you see this in Australia!
this is so sad.. This is the very reason to why I'm getting cremated when I die.. I dont want a grave or crypt to linger for years when I become obscure and unknown to everyone..
Forever and ever that's scary. Nope, when I'm dead I'm done never knew I was here.
@dipper When you're embalmed your there for a long time.
I agree with you. This is the reason why I want to be cremated. The thought of my body let alone after I die to be ugly and in disgusting environment is out of the question. I worked to hard to make my life better not to end up like this.
Yeah, this video is a strong argument for cremation.
Explain how cremation is any different than being put in the ground. You're put into a urn or a nice wooden box only to probably get lost by future family members or thrown into a landfill of some sort...
The same thing has happened to the cemetery where my grandfather is buried. His is located in Pennsylvania. It is a very small cemetery that you can hardly tell there are graves under all the grass. Family members of mine and another of a deceased go to keep a little section clean. The office building is destroyed with garbage everywhere. The mausoleum roof has caved in and there is no access. We have for many years wanted to move my grandfather to a family plot and are unable to do so.
This is beyond reprehensible I believe to everybody that has the misfortune of viewing this!!! It is truly heartbreaking beyond belief and the state of Rhode Island should be ashamed and publicly called out for it. The state of RI should take the necessary steps immediately as in yesterday to rectify this untenable situation at the crumbling mausoleum and also the entire graveyard needs to be cleaned up and put on a monthly maintenance and landscaping schedule.
Absolutely. This is so sad
Your OUTRAGE and indignation are commendable.
Please provide YOUR ADDRESS so we can come collect YOUR donation to help pay for this clean up you demand.
Face it. The CASH to clean and maintain these places has to come from SOMEWHERE - not just the Taxpayer.
@@PaintmanJohn I don't live in Rhode Island but if I did I wouldn't mind a portion of my taxes to go towards maintaining this cemetery.
@@PaintmanJohn Who's to pay for it other than the taxpayer? It's the normal route taken everywhere else on the planet.
I agree. I hate when the one guy said how people who could do something about this just point fingers, and blame each other. It's too bad that they let the place continue to turn into a dump, rather than coming together to do something about it.
Thank you guys!!!! I am so thankful that my husband & I will be interned in the National Cemetery Wall in AZ, actually my husband is already there waiting for me!!! When we went back to visit, they had just put the engraved cover on it & we couldn't find it, than my daughter said it's here mom!!! I walked over & sort of got a real shock, my name, rank, branch of the military I served & birth date were engraved on the top, my husband's on the bottom!!! I told my daughter I wasn't dead yet (like she didn't know that fact). But for someone who was never in the military she explained that since I was the Veteran naturally my name would be 1st & my husband who had polio & couldn't get in the service would be on the bottom. Boy, that took a load off my mind - I thought I had died & they forgot to tell me!!!!! 🤣. Sorry, my husband & I always had humor in our life's, that's the reason we were married for 47 years ago 💔. Please, it really makes a different to your loved ones if they can visit & talk with you, so find out in advance if the cemetery is privately owned, so what happened to those poor family's won't happen to your's!!!
For a judge to order the records destroyed is just insane!!
Something stinks about that judgement
Definitely a democrat judge since democrats love destroying or rewriting history
I wouldn't say it's insane, or even hard to believe for that matter. They destroyed it to wipe their hands of responsibility.
@@beverlyarcher546 a real white Christian conservative won't write that judgement.
I mean, a Bible reading dude who sometimes speak in tongues when praying.
@@adaytoremember225 Umm and that's why it's Insane people seem to forget they will die one day ...smh
If someone knows a lot about graves, is Lamont. Great to see him there!!!👍🏻😇
Great video...
Lamont at Large! Love his channel
This is so heartbreaking and disrespectful. I'm glad Lamont was there with you.
That is so sad & disgusting!!! Thank you gentlemen for bringing this to our attention! May God bless you 🙏 all & the family's of their loved ones! So sad 😞
That is an absolute tragedy. And I can tell you that the bad juju that is now attached to those who desecrated that mausoleum is off the charts.
There is no juju
@@thebeasters guess again. Spiritual attachment is a thing. Especially in situations like this.
Yeah, I mean I'm macabre and pretty into creepy stuff but grave robbery....that's pushing it. I've always been superstitious about that stuff
@@cannibalbunnygirl you should be. I'm a paranormal investigator and one of my cardinal rules that I talk about in my book, is NEVER take anything away from an investigation site. Remember those cute hitchhiking ghosts in Disneyworld's Haunted Mansion? ... Well, crazy as it sounds, there is actually some basis in reality for that.
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I'm sure there is. There's a graveyard in my city, one area is fenced off as all the gravestones from an old cemetery were piled up next to each other, no spaces more than a finger apart.
City Hall said when they renovated the old church area in the 1910s they moved the bones to the new cemetery as well as the markers.
The old church ground is in the current shopping area and has always had bad vibes, always felt uneasy there, there's benches and stuff but nobody ever wants to hang around, not even the addicts.
They had to dig up the old church ground again to renovate a few years ago, guess what? Past the first few feet....skeletons everywhere.
That is horrifying. Cemeteries advertise that they will care for the graves in perpetuity. Are there typically out clauses, like all bets are off in case of zombie apocalypse or deaths of the owners themselves? This seems to be an older cemetery, so maybe they didn’t contract that way, continual maintenance. The silence in that mausoleum was oppressive, haunting even.
Do they usually have sound in a mausoleum? Like hymns or something?
@@Starlitwarrior No, not unless there’s a gathering or burial ceremony where the family asks for music. But I think Amy meant that the silence in a deteriorated mausoleum is haunting; more eerie than peaceful.
Do some cemeteries really advertise that they take care of the graves until the owners die? That would make a very short RIP.
@@thihal123 No, I miswrote what I meant. I should’ve phrased that sentence better. I was being a bit sarcastic. It’s never occurred to me that a cemetery would or could be owned by private people and left to decay upon their deaths. Cemeteries usually do contract to take care of your grave in perpetuity. Im unsure if there are exceptions to that in the contract you sign, like in case of the zombie apocalypse all bets are off.
@@sciencepuptheamericanjoe5812 Yes, that’s exactly what I meant.
Indeed, Lamont is the man when it comes to cemeteries. An observation...the cemetery should have had to pay property taxes. If taxes aren't paid believe the county takes the property and sells it at a lien sale. Sounds like that didn't happen. Sounds like the county may actually now own the cemetery. In that case, it would be up to the county to clean the place up.
Most states exempt cemeteries from paying property taxes. Also, most states have laws concerning the upkeep of cemeteries. This is called a perpetual or endowment care fee. I do not know how well this is regulated. My guess is the law is enforced when a complaint is made. Probably by that time, the cemetery is in such neglect, not much can be done by the state. (Should the state confiscate the cemetery, it would be tax dollars used for maintenance.) The money for this maintenance fee may be long gone along with the owner.
And NOBODY is going to buy a used cemetary at auction! the whole idea of a privately owned cemetary is ridiculous, no family survives long enough and has enough consecutive offspring who even WANT to run a cemetary business the rest of their lives to be able to ensure the place stays perpetual, the only one who can is the CITY.
What's the point of having to pay taxes, when it could go to maintenance??? Why filter money through the government that's going to waste it anyway???
Rhode island has bern going downhill since Y2000 Nafta,sent all theur manufacturing like jewelry overseas, huge tax base loss, many RIers work in massachusetts or connecticut
@@HobbyOrganist it probably depends. it's a business like anything else and changes ownership, it's not necessarily a business you hand down any more than, say, a small diner. i want to say some countries you never actually own the plot, you just rent it for a certain period of time. anyway, there has to be a profit potential for someone to buy *any* business.
I'm a lover of cemeteries. I want to end up in one that has been beautifully overtaken by nature. I find the cemeteries that look like golf courses to be very unappealing. But this cemetery is just heartbreaking. Such disrespect by people dumping trash there.
Very sad that a cemetery has become so forgotten.
When I clicked this to watch, I was pleasantly surprised to see Lamont! I love his channels and now yours. This has been one of the worst abandoned cemeteries I've seen since I've been watching these kinds of videos. We're supposed to treat the dead with respect, and that's not happening here at all. It's truly disgusting what the city has let happen here. The city can give you a ticket if you don't cut your grass, but they'll just let this cemetery become full of weeds and garbage? Very disturbing.
When a society looses respect for the dead it's a sure sign our days on earth are few ....if we can't have respect for those souls then respect for the living is at an all time low
Thanks for caring guys. It means a lot respect
I’ve went to a one before it made me cry seeing my dead family’s graves .
In Iowa where I lived, the cemeteries are owned by the cities. They do the upkeep on them.
Your guest is Lamont at Large - I enjoy his channel as well. Seeing those vaults open in the mausoleum is just awful, caskets just laying about.
I have heard if these mausoleums don't keep the perfect temperature then the caskets can explode and push out of the walls...That's so sad...
Actually I believe it’s due to improper ventilation.gasses from decomposition can blow the door off if there’s no way for gasses to escape. Have seen videos of leaking mausoleums (decomp fluid) from improperly sealed and ventilated spots and it’s awful
So excited to see my friend Lamont, big hi ya from So Carolina!!