Hi Sue. I had been in the mortuary business and I can say this. The fluids and the stench are definitely coming from the crypts. I had seen it here in the USA but not nearly as much as in your video. I would assume they use mostly coffins and also alot were not embalmed. Even with embalming you can have coffin explosions if the mausoleum is not properly constructed. And by the looks of it with the age and size it wasn’t properly constructed. More goes into building than people think. Great video and thank you for taking us along !!
I was wondering if this could be the case here. It definitely was before as there are articles about it, but they were supposed to have cleaned it up, and there were flies there too
@@user-io6xw7zv5o hallo denk dat het vocht van insijpelend water komt ook al is het gerestaureerd het oudste gedeelte dateert van 1878 dat is ruim 150 jaar oud de laatste uitbreiding dateert van 1935
Caitlin Doughty from "Ask a Mortician" channel says it's all about "Drainage and vents" .. she even sings a song about drainage and vents. She is a brilliant advocate for natural burials, human composting (not like garbage), home funerals, unembalmed burials, etc and aquamation - which is the relatively new alternative to cremation that uses alkaline hydrolysis ( heated water ) to create the same product as cremains - or ashes - but is much more environmentally friendly. She has answered many of the questions people have about death, mortuary practices, and the various legal option we can choose when we pass away. She runs a not-for-profit mortuary, has written several books on death and dying, has toured the world to promote environmentally friendly end-of-life options, and I highly recommend her channel to anyone who is nearing the end of their life, or is close to someone who is - or if you're just interested in the processes of the mortuary sciences, human remains and different disposal methods. But she also covers much, much more - like mass human tragedies and natural disasters, and what becomes of the victims. She's incredibly likeable with a great sense of humour too! It will come for us all.
These type of mausoleums are a terrible idea. They decay and fall into ruin and there is no one to look after them. Modern mausoleums are the same. 100 years from now, NO ONE is going to be paying electricity bills or fixing a leaky roof. They will all fall into ruin. Six feet under is the only way to go.
I think they didn't expect the above "grates" that can spill rain water then you have raccoons, squirrels, moles, possums, or whatever. It's too old to be bodily fluids. Poor Simone, Jojo , Andre Marie, who didn't get the long life. Thank you for your dedication Sue.❤
Very sad to see it like this. There's online information saying it had a clean-up, as it was plaques by leaking caskets. it seems they haven't sorted out all the place
@@SerenitySueGraveyards So many died in the 30's & 40's. We have to remember WW1 & WW2. So many innocent people. The flies and the wet floor must be decom. Sad
@karriedartez1494 yes, that's so true, oh the flies were worse than the smell, bluebottles carry everything on their feet, I hate them, plus the puke on food yuk!!!!
Such a sad and depressing place to see the photos of those darlin little children 💔I know it wasn't in that condition when they were first interred but seeing it now😢so very sad,thankyou take care 🌷
Yet another reason for cremation I have seen this in other videos from all over sad to think of the destruction and loss not much of a final resting place I don't think I would want to be there or visit ,but you and GV do an upstanding job.
@@gailjohnson2795 and the massive waste of resources. The earth is no longer an endless frontier of riches. I am quite happy to become fertilizer for the tomatoes at the campus greenhouse. Buy me a bench on the fitness trail.
SO glad I buried my beloved parents, (they died within 5 months of each other in '21 + '22 ). A neglected mausoleum 100 yrs from now would break my heart. I'm glad they are fixing this one. The old photos are so beautiful. Thank you so much Sue xx Teresa 🇦🇺💖
Here in Toronto Canada 🇨🇦 where my Italian parents and grand parents are interned in a mausoleum it very CLEAN tidy well kept and revered and respected by staff and all who visit their beloved .Its only opened in the 70s its a huge place ..now it only permits platic or fsateen 💐 Upon funeral real flowers permitted but there after only fake 💐 permitted to prevennt tott and flies and odours
I definitely heard that bang and it sounded like it was coming from the crypt...👻 Maybe that's Fox poop? And it's always heartbreaking to see any children dying.. That definitely looks like leakage.. fantastic video Sue...
Watching all of these videos has convinced me that I will never be burried above ground or in any kind of crypt. I want to be in the ground and in contact with the earth instead of on a shelf, leaking all over the place.
Hi Sue and GV. The underground crypt must have been really lovely before things went wrong. The natural light coming through the skylights make it all look so bright,warm and light. Not dark and damp. Thank you so much for taking us on an interesting explore.God bless and lots of love❤❤
I couldn't go there by myself Sue. You are very brave. Thank you for making this video.Such a sad and dilapidated place...very creepy. And the poo is nasty too...
@@SerenitySueGraveyardsI don't know if you did wear a mask as a precaution when in there, but probably a good idea with all the toxic, poisonous odors and fumes.😢
There's one in Milan that is so freaking huge that you cannot see one end from the other. Each tunnel goes on for about a 1 km underground and there's about half a dozen of them. This is not including what's above ground.
OMG you really have to watch your step! That place is huge. It’s amazing how many people are interred there. So sad to see the little children. Thank you Sue 💖
Gives me thoughts of every horror movie I have ever seen. So depressive. I don't know if I would have had been able to walk around without having a panic attack. Great video
When there are no doors and radiating smells, animals in the area will be attracted. Where animals go animals go. If a person has been interred decades ago, there isn't anything to leak out of the caskets/coffins. There should be anything left. Being that this is a subterranean mausoleum, water is going to leak in.
I think 'Serenity Sue' is a great name for your channel. I often put one of your videos on while I'm on the xbox or doing something else in the room. It's nice to have something to break the silence that I don't have to intensely follow and concentrate on. I just get to hear your lovely soothing accent and pay attention at the bits I'm most interested in. And as I've said before, the respect and revery you have for the departed is very admirable. I'd like to think when I've been laying in the ground for 150 years, somebody like yourself might stop for a moment to read my name and just remember that I was a person too once. Not even sure how I found your channel, but I'm very glad I did. Thanks Sue.
Wow Sue! What a walk today. 4000 burials and Find a Grave only lists 117 graves and 6 of them are famous. I would have a field day in there with genealogy!!! I love looking at the portraits, they are so vivid and bring them to life. I almost feel like I know them. Thank you for sharing! ❤
Yes indeed horrific conditions, yet you can blame the embalming people. Had to be the preparation done fast , but also using less. Whoever and whatever this country is responsible too for not responding to these awful conditions. Another reason I rather be cremated the cost was too high and these family members weren't taken care of properly . Perhaps no one wanted to take over or those responsible are dead. Thank you for showing us this video .
This place a few years ago was given over four million euros to clean it up. Now, unless only part of the crypt was cleaned or what I don't know, to me in areas it's worse than others
I can't imagine the smell down there, and it seems to go on forever. It will take va long time to fix it up, but there does seem to be some family that comes to visit by the number of flowers on the floor or sconces on the wall. The poor little one are hard to see. Thank you for all you do, Sue, to record and honor these people who are there.
Oh mercy. It is distressing thinking of those who rest there are in horrible conditions. The children always make me so sad & very grateful that were healthy and that modern medicine kept them that way. Sue you are a better person than I am. The smell the flies body fluids & animal droppings would have me running out faster than I went in. Your videos are interesting & always hold my attention. You take me places i will never be able to go. I'm grateful for your hard work ❤
I hope you’re now rested. Thank you for this adventure, my great-grandparents (maternal) were from Belgium, French-speaking so I found this particularly interesting. Greetings from Texas, USA.
Thank you. Yes, it took me two days to recover. Lack of sleep eventually catches up on you. Yes, most speak French and English here, a little Felmish, a little Dutch and a little German too. I was actually amazed at their English, and they spoke it so well.
Was about to comment that this mausoleum was possibly constructed before standards in vault drainage were established, or likely enforced. Really sad to see a place which should be peaceful for departed and visitors alike in such a biohazardous state. I'm amazed Brussels allowed it to stay open despite the putrefaction that's leaking from the vaults.
Oh my goodness!! What a mess!! The smell down there must've been UNBEARABLE, Sue, especially with the weather being so warm!! This crypt DEFINITELY needs a good clean up!! I can imagine that its current state would discourage family members from visiting their interred loved ones!! Thank you for soldiering on through the heat and stench to share this FASCINATING place with us, Sue!! XXXX 🤗💕💙💞❤👍👏
Considering the government spent so much money already on a clean-up, it seems it's beginning to deteriorate again, I think the smell was from whatever animal is using it as a toilet
Heartbreaking to say the least. Sue if i was in here exploring you'd and others would be my guide because i would be 😱 scared beyond scared to walk in here alone. NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO TAKE IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO TAKE📿🙏✝️⛪️🤲
Hi Sue , looks like dogs and other type of animals leaving thier waste there what a shame 😔 and the leaking caskets 😢 poor little Simone and Georgia may they RIP 🙏
It looks like maybe cat or racoon droppings. Thank you for showing us the place. Blessings to you. I feel so sad for the dignity of the deceased in there. I hope they continue to repair what needs to be done . Back to its former glory. I am so sorry its been left to deteriorate like that.
Hello Serenity Sue, What an interesting place. The photos were beautiful and heart breaking . I hope they can clean that place up. The bell tolling was very eerie. Love your Videos. Be safe. jean Crosby Nashville TN USA
The escaping liquid is rainwater, which penetrates through the ceiling of the building. Some of the deceased have been resting there for a hundred years. Which coffin is supposed to leak there.
There were several with the marks of casket failure. Yes, there is water on the ground, too, but that's not the ones you see it on the niche, coming from the above. They have spent 4.5 million on repairs, and it's online if you search it. Honestly, they have either not finished or only part was fixed. The flies (bluebottles) are a sure sign of something not right here.
It is sad to see this place in this condition. It needs a good cleaning, again. Someone needs to figure out a way to keep rain 🌧 water and animals out, as much as possible. Interesting crypt though, the photographs were amazing! I heard the loud bang as well. Awesome video, thank you very much for sharing this with us Sue. Have a great week ahead 😀
This might sound strange, but the notion of a mausoleum burial is romantic, as depicted by the double photo frames connecting both spouses, or housing a family. However, after watching various cemetery clips, and the various problems with such a burial, it's not for me. I cannot imagine bringing flowers to a loved one and having to walk through that. People should not be exposed to that. I also bet those interred there never thought this could be a reality. Thanks Sue, for the insight. ❤
I Just love these old crypts, although 😬 they tend to get a bit messy. 🤧.... This cemetery reminds me of Highgate beautiful tombs. Wonderful video sue. I'm still around just been busy lol. I watch yalls videos every chance I get. Take care guys God bless.❤
Hi sue Steve from England. Just viewed yours and GV'S. Heard a noises, marvellous to see the photos of the buried. What an amazing place. A few young ones God bless them. Heard something like an old man talking. GV is it sorry about the old. Amazing place Sue, it would take a few days to look round. Nothing to forgive Sue. Great as ever.
Well I'm going to day that the wet spots now are all water as those niches are far too old to be fresh decomp leaking. This place was in far worse shape before they spent 4.5 million euros on cleaning it up. Modern mausoleums have an access to the niches and they will open the coffin lids a crack to allow gasses to vent and bodies to dry out. Unfortunately it very expensive to get repairs done on these enormous old underground crypts it can run into the millions. The stone working skills required it's hard to find stone masons to do it as well.
These underground vaults are creepy yet sad due to the condition of some of the vaults. The little childrens photos touch my heart. There are many uncovered and empty vaults. Were the caskets with bodies removed and buried elsewhere due to problems with leakage? I've heard stories of such problems in this country in some cemetery vaults but probably rare since most are embalmed at well known funeral homes.
Very, very well done Sue! This certainly qualifies as Reality TV. For a moment I thought those feces were racoon. About the right size and those critters can get into anything, anywhere. But one question. Ummm....We got lots of em here in the U.S. (Michigan) and Canada. Are there racoons wild in Brussels?
Arent they supposed to be embalmed to be in a mausoleum? In the US they have to be so the bodies dont leak. Thats deff alot of body fluid leaking out! The cemetery itself is just gorgeous! Thank u Sue for another great video!
I would never want to be interred in some hole in the wall of ANY mausoleum! I don't care how new it is ... one day it will also look like this. No thank you... Aquamation sounds pretty good to me : )
I remember when camping as a kid in SFrance with family, visiting hillside villages in F and NSpain and briefly viewing graveyards there abouts and where folks were interred in 'walls', with b+w fitos in front, but these places were out in the open air, unlike these dead pile cesspits, leaking out, etc....
I've seen recently a video of the same cript made by an other youtuber. He dit not mention any fies of odour problpm nor any leakage. In his video I also did not see any fluids on the flour. It is hoever correct to say that Belgium had more rain than usual the past 8 months. Also there are for I know no doors to close the cript, so cats dogs and foxes can enter as easily as you can
Maybe he didn't research what happened here, or look at the old fluids that stained the niches..clearly there is water in the Floor, I'm not talking about that. Did he mention the smell from the poo all over the place?? It's a fact, 4.5 million euro was spent trying to clean this place up, guess they didn't do a good job, if you watched my video you will hear and see flies pass my camera, also the smell was poo everywhere, I did not state it was from the niches
Over 4,000 people here?! Wow, she said it smells down there....I can only imagine how foul....with that many dead bodies in that mausoleum. Not to mention the visible body fluids leaking into the grounds beneath all of the crypts 🤢. So sad its not better taken care of. May all these souls rest in peace. 🙏🏻
Jeez Sue that little girl Jojo rest in peace is pic of me at 5.Thst gave me the creeps.I’ve watched it a few times.Weird.Great video Thanku.Wonder if it’s cats or foxes
That crypt is a disgrace, lovely pictures sue, but it will never be able to be maintained. One thing i learned which is very difficult is try to not become attached emotionally to the pictures of the children which is always difficult. Such a long time ago, and long gone, but its hard.
It is hard Tom, you feel for that moment a sadness, a sadness for their families and for their shirt lives too. The crypt needs daily cleaning to keep it right, they've spent a lot of money to get it right and all I see is dirty water, smells and flies, what a pity
I think it’s the roof leaking down into the vaults or whatever they’re called, then the water picks up particles of everything that is in there and continues on down until it finds a place to leak out.
Hi Sue you deserve a medal for going down there. I should think the poo is from foxes the smell is horrible I know because my dogs love to roll in it yes disgusting I know it’s always straight home and bath time. So sad the little children buried in there bless them.
There are fresh flowers down there, meaning family members still visit this place. Imagine having to see your family's final resting place in these conditions.
Oh I couldn't cope walking down there seeing the state of the place to visit my family. I mean they pay enough money to at least have the animal poo removed, sweets out etc
Places like this only further secures my decision. Place me far away from town where wildlife and microbes can feast and obtain at least some of the energy I have spent my life consuming. I wish to return my available energy to the planet upon my passing, not become what I have seen during my time working for a grave service.
Very interesting! The pictures are great. The pictures of the children are sad to see 😢. Well, in the ground I go😂. Mausoleum are ok , but all this drainage and not being kept up. Is not good!! Thanks Sue!
I just wouldn't even want to be put to rest in a place so disrespectful to the dead, the bodies are leaking out of there resting place. 😢 How many soul's in there are not at rest, and the 1,000's that don't know there way out. Places like this just doesn't sit right in my comfort zone, back in the 1800's the people that placed there loved one in there. I'm sure wouldn't have parted with there ££, Had they known what it was going to look like now. I'd rather be cast out to sea than lie amongst what I see, great 👍 job Sue love Tricia 🇬🇧 xx
*_HOW CAN YOU WALK THROUGH THAT WITHOUT PASSING OUT!!_* More so, I pray you are highly disinfecting your boots the moment you leave, those pathogens are VERY dangerous to others and animals. This is disgusting. This is why I will NEVER be buried or put into a mausoleum!
I just don't understand who would think that laying their loved ones to rest in a place like this was a good idea. Beautiful as it may be in its own way, it's also incredibly creepy and isolating and I can't imagine it would have felt much different even in better repair decades ago. A little (or a lot) frightening to go visit mom and dad, or one's child, alone through hundreds of meters of maze-like, echoey, solitary corridors underground. I don't understand this.
Judging from the skylights that crypt isn't that far below ground. I think all that water you see has sifted down from above. Most those crypts are so old that there is nothing left inside but bones, if that. So the water flowed, however slowly over them and out onto the floor. Yeah, I'm sure it smells bad.
Yes the water on the floor is just that, the discoloured marking on the niches was leaking from the bodies, it was in a very bad state years ago, so they got 4.5 million euros to repair them, looks like it wasn't completed in certain areas.
Hi Sue. I had been in the mortuary business and I can say this. The fluids and the stench are definitely coming from the crypts. I had seen it here in the USA but not nearly as much as in your video. I would assume they use mostly coffins and also alot were not embalmed. Even with embalming you can have coffin explosions if the mausoleum is not properly constructed. And by the looks of it with the age and size it wasn’t properly constructed. More goes into building than people think. Great video and thank you for taking us along !!
I was wondering if this could be the case here. It definitely was before as there are articles about it, but they were supposed to have cleaned it up, and there were flies there too
@@user-io6xw7zv5o hallo denk dat het vocht van insijpelend water komt ook al is het gerestaureerd het oudste gedeelte dateert van 1878 dat is ruim 150 jaar oud de laatste uitbreiding dateert van 1935
Caitlin Doughty from "Ask a Mortician" channel says it's all about "Drainage and vents" .. she even sings a song about drainage and vents. She is a brilliant advocate for natural burials, human composting (not like garbage), home funerals, unembalmed burials, etc and aquamation - which is the relatively new alternative to cremation that uses alkaline hydrolysis ( heated water ) to create the same product as cremains - or ashes - but is much more environmentally friendly. She has answered many of the questions people have about death, mortuary practices, and the various legal option we can choose when we pass away. She runs a not-for-profit mortuary, has written several books on death and dying, has toured the world to promote environmentally friendly end-of-life options, and I highly recommend her channel to anyone who is nearing the end of their life, or is close to someone who is - or if you're just interested in the processes of the mortuary sciences, human remains and different disposal methods. But she also covers much, much more - like mass human tragedies and natural disasters, and what becomes of the victims. She's incredibly likeable with a great sense of humour too! It will come for us all.
@@j.whiteoak6408 I watched every video she put out. Her Kennedy assassination vid was very interesting.
@@j.whiteoak6408 yeah I love her channel !!!!!!❣️
These type of mausoleums are a terrible idea. They decay and fall into ruin and there is no one to look after them. Modern mausoleums are the same. 100 years from now, NO ONE is going to be paying electricity bills or fixing a leaky roof. They will all fall into ruin. Six feet under is the only way to go.
@@monicapushkin3274 Just gotta warm up the oven...came into this world with nothing,leave with nothing......no worries Mon !
So true
Not to mention cremation.
@@tmmaston I'm not against the types of mausoleums where the crypts are for the urns of ashes. But the video here....well it speaks for itself
Note: I consider the ancient stone family vaults in a different category. My comment refers to large structures with 100s of interments.
The children’s pictures just breaks my heart. 😁🐶
Mine too 💔
I think they didn't expect the above "grates" that can spill rain water then you have raccoons, squirrels, moles, possums, or whatever. It's too old to be bodily fluids. Poor Simone, Jojo , Andre Marie, who didn't get the long life. Thank you for your dedication Sue.❤
Very sad to see it like this. There's online information saying it had a clean-up, as it was plaques by leaking caskets. it seems they haven't sorted out all the place
@@SerenitySueGraveyards
So many died in the 30's & 40's. We have to remember WW1 & WW2. So many innocent people.
The flies and the wet floor must be decom. Sad
@karriedartez1494 yes, that's so true, oh the flies were worse than the smell, bluebottles carry everything on their feet, I hate them, plus the puke on food yuk!!!!
Unfortunately there are no Possums in Europe . 😉
For metal caskets it can take decades until corrosion gets through it. What is inside could not dry up.
Such a sad and depressing place to see the photos of those darlin little children 💔I know it wasn't in that condition when they were first interred but seeing it now😢so very sad,thankyou take care 🌷
Yes, it says they did a huge clean-up as caskets had failed, but there is still a huge problem. I'm not sure it's cats or foxes, but it smelt terrible
What an utterly horrible place to lie for eternity!
Yes, I certainly would not want this as my final resting place
Yet another reason for cremation I have seen this in other videos from all over sad to think of the destruction and loss not much of a final resting place I don't think I would want to be there or visit ,but you and GV do an upstanding job.
No, I've smelled that before, it was the animal poo everywhere
@@gailjohnson2795 and the massive waste of resources. The earth is no longer an endless frontier of riches. I am quite happy to become fertilizer for the tomatoes at the campus greenhouse. Buy me a bench on the fitness trail.
Nice to see husband and wife together, amazing place love it
Thanks ❤️
Think it'd feel claustrophobic, if any thoughts were left to be had.
Happen being allowed to blow in the wind would be better, all said n done....
SO glad I buried my beloved parents, (they died within 5 months of each other in '21 + '22 ). A neglected mausoleum 100 yrs from now would break my heart. I'm glad they are fixing this one. The old photos are so beautiful. Thank you so much Sue xx Teresa 🇦🇺💖
Ahh only 5 mths apart, that must have been a really hard time to go through, guess one couldn't live without the other x x
Here in Toronto Canada 🇨🇦 where my Italian parents and grand parents are interned in a mausoleum it very CLEAN tidy well kept and revered and respected by staff and all who visit their beloved .Its only opened in the 70s its a huge place ..now it only permits platic or fsateen 💐
Upon funeral real flowers permitted but there after only fake 💐 permitted to prevennt tott and flies and odours
Thanks so much ❤️
I would be furious if I was a loved one who had paid a ton of money for my family member to be buried here only for it to turn out like this.
Me too
This was awesome Gorgeous cemetery! Thanks for braving the heat and the "conditions" underground.
It was a little bit cooler now there but it does feel very strange down there, eerie and then I heard bangs..which was strange
I definitely heard that bang and it sounded like it was coming from the crypt...👻 Maybe that's Fox poop? And it's always heartbreaking to see any children dying.. That definitely looks like leakage.. fantastic video Sue...
That bang frightened me but I kept going. I thought I was hearing things lol dirty fox poop, yuk!! Yes, the babies are just so sad
I thought it looked like fox poop, would also explain really strong smell too.
Watching all of these videos has convinced me that I will never be burried above ground or in any kind of crypt. I want to be in the ground and in contact with the earth instead of on a shelf, leaking all over the place.
Yes, I'll go into the ground too, if you're embalmed, you shouldn't leak anyway
Hi Sue and GV. The underground crypt must have been really lovely before things went wrong. The natural light coming through the skylights make it all look so bright,warm and light. Not dark and damp. Thank you so much for taking us on an interesting explore.God bless and lots of love❤❤
I'm sure it was Belinda but just look at it now, very sad state
yeah agree the natural light is lovely, it must have been a beautiful place when it was first built
@@SerenitySueGraveyards Yes Sue very sad indeed❤
I couldn't go there by myself Sue. You are very brave. Thank you for making this video.Such a sad and dilapidated place...very creepy. And the poo is nasty too...
Thanks so much
Must have been a great relief to walk out of the crypt. I certainly felt it for you! Thank you so much for the tour.
Yes out into the fresh air
@@SerenitySueGraveyardsI don't know if you did wear a mask as a precaution when in there, but probably a good idea with all the toxic, poisonous odors and fumes.😢
That mausoleum is immense! Thank you Sue.
You are so welcome!
There's one in Milan that is so freaking huge that you cannot see one end from the other. Each tunnel goes on for about a 1 km underground and there's about half a dozen of them.
This is not including what's above ground.
OMG you really have to watch your step! That place is huge. It’s amazing how many people are interred there. So sad to see the little children. Thank you Sue 💖
The children's photos made me sad. To think they are inside those niches and this place is not a nice place for them to rest
Gives me thoughts of every horror movie I have ever seen. So depressive. I don't know if I would have had been able to walk around without having a panic attack. Great video
Yes, some parts were nice and clean and others damp, leaking and smelled terrible, it was the bluebottles flying about that I couldn't handle
When there are no doors and radiating smells, animals in the area will be attracted. Where animals go animals go.
If a person has been interred decades ago, there isn't anything to leak out of the caskets/coffins. There should be anything left.
Being that this is a subterranean mausoleum, water is going to leak in.
Oh yes, you can see the water but there's also signs of old casket failure on the niches themselves selves
I think 'Serenity Sue' is a great name for your channel. I often put one of your videos on while I'm on the xbox or doing something else in the room. It's nice to have something to break the silence that I don't have to intensely follow and concentrate on. I just get to hear your lovely soothing accent and pay attention at the bits I'm most interested in.
And as I've said before, the respect and revery you have for the departed is very admirable. I'd like to think when I've been laying in the ground for 150 years, somebody like yourself might stop for a moment to read my name and just remember that I was a person too once.
Not even sure how I found your channel, but I'm very glad I did. Thanks Sue.
Thank you so much, if I can remember them for a moment, I feel like I've done a good job
I've seen a couple of other videos where obvious bodily liquid from the coffins at other cemeteries was escaping. It's so sad... 😢
Oh it's awful, gas builds up and leaks
Wow Sue! What a walk today. 4000 burials and Find a Grave only lists 117 graves and 6 of them are famous. I would have a field day in there with genealogy!!! I love looking at the portraits, they are so vivid and bring them to life. I almost feel like I know them. Thank you for sharing! ❤
You're welcome
That place is huge! So sad. TY for sharing.
You're welcome
Yes indeed horrific conditions, yet you can blame the embalming people. Had to be the preparation done fast , but also using less. Whoever and whatever this country is responsible too for not responding to these awful conditions. Another reason I rather be cremated the cost was too high and these family members weren't taken care of properly . Perhaps no one wanted to take over or those responsible are dead. Thank you for showing us this video .
This place a few years ago was given over four million euros to clean it up. Now, unless only part of the crypt was cleaned or what I don't know, to me in areas it's worse than others
It might be safe to say the money didnt get used as expected it was to be.@SerenitySueGraveyards
There's no future for this type of mausoleum burial, terrible idea. thanks Sue smashing video xx
You're welcome
I can't imagine the smell down there, and it seems to go on forever. It will take va long time to fix it up, but there does seem to be some family that comes to visit by the number of flowers on the floor or sconces on the wall. The poor little one are hard to see. Thank you for all you do, Sue, to record and honor these people who are there.
Thanks so much ❤️
Nice decomp 😮 Flies and decomp go together. Ugh.
The place definitely needs some work-cleaning, for sure. Thanks, Sue. 💚💚
They were buzzing around me, I could hear them and I think I captured one on video, say they are bluebottles, yuk
@@SerenitySueGraveyards calliphora vomitoria …that last part of their name says it all!
It does 😱
Oh mercy. It is distressing thinking of those who rest there are in horrible conditions. The children always make me so sad & very grateful that were healthy and that modern medicine kept them that way. Sue you are a better person than I am. The smell the flies body fluids & animal droppings would have me running out faster than I went in. Your videos are interesting & always hold my attention. You take me places i will never be able to go. I'm grateful for your hard work ❤
Thank you so much, I appreciate it
I hope you’re now rested. Thank you for this adventure, my great-grandparents (maternal) were from Belgium, French-speaking so I found this particularly interesting. Greetings from Texas, USA.
Thank you. Yes, it took me two days to recover. Lack of sleep eventually catches up on you. Yes, most speak French and English here, a little Felmish, a little Dutch and a little German too. I was actually amazed at their English, and they spoke it so well.
cremation is looking better all the while. .. thanks for the tour👻
Any time!
Amazing tour.
Thank you.
Didn’t expect to go on a mausoleum tour this Sunday evening.
Glad you enjoyed it!
You did a great job, Sue! You and GV always give us the best videos.
Thank you so much!
Was about to comment that this mausoleum was possibly constructed before standards in vault drainage were established, or likely enforced. Really sad to see a place which should be peaceful for departed and visitors alike in such a biohazardous state. I'm amazed Brussels allowed it to stay open despite the putrefaction that's leaking from the vaults.
Me too, I know they were granted a lot of money to repair the area, but it seems it's not finished or it's an ongoing problem
From what I've read online, they originally allowed wood coffins in the crypt, which weren't suitable for a crypt.
Definitely not, that's gona explode
Oh my goodness!! What a mess!! The smell down there must've been UNBEARABLE, Sue, especially with the weather being so warm!!
This crypt DEFINITELY needs a good clean up!! I can imagine that its current state would discourage family members from visiting their interred loved ones!!
Thank you for soldiering on through the heat and stench to share this FASCINATING place with us, Sue!! XXXX 🤗💕💙💞❤👍👏
Considering the government spent so much money already on a clean-up, it seems it's beginning to deteriorate again, I think the smell was from whatever animal is using it as a toilet
@@SerenitySueGraveyards Maybe a cat or a fox, Sue?!🤔🐱🦊
@nadiabrook7871 Yes, I thought Cat, but now I'm thinking Fox
Heartbreaking to say the least. Sue if i was in here exploring you'd and others would be my guide because i would be 😱 scared beyond scared to walk in here alone. NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO TAKE IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO TAKE📿🙏✝️⛪️🤲
Thank you ❤️
Hi Sue , looks like dogs and other type of animals leaving thier waste there what a shame 😔 and the leaking caskets 😢 poor little Simone and Georgia may they RIP 🙏
Thanks Julia, it's grim down there
Beautiful cemetery. It's a shame about the condition inside the crypt.
Thank you, part two to follow
It looks like maybe cat or racoon droppings. Thank you for showing us the place. Blessings to you. I feel so sad for the dignity of the deceased in there. I hope they continue to repair what needs to be done . Back to its former glory. I am so sorry its been left to deteriorate like that.
Thanks, Philip. I think it's foxes, no raccoons here. I doubt it's locked up at night as there are no gates into the crypt
Hello Serenity Sue, What an interesting place. The photos were beautiful and heart breaking . I hope they can clean that place up. The bell tolling was very eerie. Love your Videos. Be safe. jean Crosby Nashville TN USA
I hope so too Jean
Thank you for taking us with you x
You're welcome 😊
Those children been deceased longer than they were alive.
That's so true, may they rest in peace
Great video Sue thank you so much for sharing.
You are so welcome Joel
The escaping liquid is rainwater, which penetrates through the ceiling of the building. Some of the deceased have been resting there for a hundred years. Which coffin is supposed to leak there.
There were several with the marks of casket failure. Yes, there is water on the ground, too, but that's not the ones you see it on the niche, coming from the above. They have spent 4.5 million on repairs, and it's online if you search it. Honestly, they have either not finished or only part was fixed. The flies (bluebottles) are a sure sign of something not right here.
It smell like a (moldy )old cellar .Those water pools is actually rainwater leaking through, not body fluids.
Yes the water is rain, I'm not talking about the clear water though
It is sad to see this place in this condition. It needs a good cleaning, again. Someone needs to figure out a way to keep rain 🌧 water and animals out, as much as possible. Interesting crypt though, the photographs were amazing!
I heard the loud bang as well.
Awesome video, thank you very much for sharing this with us Sue.
Have a great week ahead 😀
Thanks Michael
@@SerenitySueGraveyards You are very much welcome! Thank you very much for getting back to me.
This might sound strange, but the notion of a mausoleum burial is romantic, as depicted by the double photo frames connecting both spouses, or housing a family. However, after watching various cemetery clips, and the various problems with such a burial, it's not for me. I cannot imagine bringing flowers to a loved one and having to walk through that. People should not be exposed to that. I also bet those interred there never thought this could be a reality. Thanks Sue, for the insight. ❤
I Just love these old crypts, although 😬 they tend to get a bit messy. 🤧....
This cemetery reminds me of Highgate beautiful tombs.
Wonderful video sue. I'm still around just been busy lol. I watch yalls videos every chance I get. Take care guys God bless.❤
Thank you so much ❤️
Oh what a crypt in such bad shape. Who could fix it or is it a loss cause? Wow more pictures too. Thanks for the video. .
Thanks Sally, it needs work and fast
Thank you for having to go through that stuff❤ But it was a nice place❤ Hope they finish it❤
I hope so too
Sue your videos are awesome and very informative, thanks for your efforts 👍🏻
Glad you like them!
Hi sue Steve from England. Just viewed yours and GV'S. Heard a noises, marvellous to see the photos of the buried. What an amazing place. A few young ones God bless them. Heard something like an old man talking. GV is it sorry about the old. Amazing place Sue, it would take a few days to look round. Nothing to forgive Sue. Great as ever.
Thanks a million Steve, it might have been GV in another area
That’s creepy as hell Sue, looks like cats live in their, the smell of poo and whatever’s running from the tombs must be so intense xx
It was basically really bad in one area, the rest not so bad
What an amazing place. So sad that it still needs so much to improve it - and keep the animals out! Thank you Sue.
I totally agree!
Considering the age of most of the burials, the leakage is more than likely water from above the crypt and not coffin leakage.
The water on the ground is like rain water, but the stuff on the niches is from old leaking coffins. There probably from years ago
Great video. That mausoleum is like a house of horrors!! Hard to see such horrible final resting places. Shocking! ❤🇨🇦
It is bad but it must have been beautiful years ago before all the problems started
What a huge place,very sad about the young children,no chance to experience life,May they R.I.P,safe travels ,god bless,🙏🙏🙏👋👋🇦🇺
Thanks Peter ❤️
Such beautiful architecture for a cemetery.
It is
Well I'm going to day that the wet spots now are all water as those niches are far too old to be fresh decomp leaking.
This place was in far worse shape before they spent 4.5 million euros on cleaning it up.
Modern mausoleums have an access to the niches and they will open the coffin lids a crack to allow gasses to vent and bodies to dry out.
Unfortunately it very expensive to get repairs done on these enormous old underground crypts it can run into the millions.
The stone working skills required it's hard to find stone masons to do it as well.
Yes a few years ago 4.5 million euros was spent. Why can't they clean it, sweep it even, the smell is awful
Beautiful cemetery. I’m betting most of the moisture in the crypt is from surface water seeping down. Thanks for sharing your visit.
Yes, you can see the fresh water, it's clear but the area with flies and that smelled bad was the worst part, seems that area needs some care
There are some very old Graves in the High Amana Cemetery in High Amana Iowa.
Thanks
I think the neighborhood cats are pooping down there.
I think it's foxes but I'm not sure
Thank You Sue!
It's a very beautiful cemetery and interesting underground crypt. ❤👍😀👍
It really is! Part 2 will show the cemetery, it's so beautiful
I might have carried a bit of flowers ...
many places to leave one ...
a nother great video Sue
Thanks
😢❤ thanks for the video and story hope they can get repair started
Me too
This was really sad.😢
They need to finish their clean up, they seem to have missed areas here
These underground vaults are creepy yet sad due to the condition of some of the vaults. The little childrens photos touch my heart. There are many uncovered and empty vaults. Were the caskets with bodies removed and buried elsewhere due to problems with leakage? I've heard stories of such problems in this country in some cemetery vaults but probably rare since most are embalmed at well known funeral homes.
Some are removed after their lease is up, if family don't pay for continued lease, they get removed, I actually don't like that at all
I appreciate your compassion❤
Thank you ❤️
Very, very well done Sue! This certainly qualifies as Reality TV. For a moment I thought those feces were racoon. About the right size and those critters can get into anything, anywhere. But one question. Ummm....We got lots of em here in the U.S. (Michigan) and Canada. Are there racoons wild in Brussels?
As far as I know they don't, maybe it's foxes
@@SerenitySueGraveyards There are lots of raccoons in Germany , I think they are all over continental Europe now . 😕
Arent they supposed to be embalmed to be in a mausoleum? In the US they have to be so the bodies
dont leak. Thats deff alot of body fluid leaking out! The cemetery itself is just gorgeous! Thank u Sue
for another great video!
Maybe years ago they weren't, I don't know to be honest
I would never want to be interred in some hole in the wall of ANY mausoleum! I don't care how new it is ... one day it will also look like this. No thank you... Aquamation sounds pretty good to me : )
That's so true
I remember when camping as a kid in SFrance with family, visiting hillside villages in F and NSpain and briefly viewing graveyards there abouts and where folks were interred in 'walls', with b+w fitos in front, but these places were out in the open air, unlike these dead pile cesspits, leaking out, etc....
So true
I've seen recently a video of the same cript made by an other youtuber. He dit not mention any fies of odour problpm nor any leakage. In his video I also did not see any fluids on the flour. It is hoever correct to say that Belgium had more rain than usual the past 8 months. Also there are for I know no doors to close the cript, so cats dogs and foxes can enter as easily as you can
Maybe he didn't research what happened here, or look at the old fluids that stained the niches..clearly there is water in the Floor, I'm not talking about that. Did he mention the smell from the poo all over the place?? It's a fact, 4.5 million euro was spent trying to clean this place up, guess they didn't do a good job, if you watched my video you will hear and see flies pass my camera, also the smell was poo everywhere, I did not state it was from the niches
Over 4,000 people here?! Wow, she said it smells down there....I can only imagine how foul....with that many dead bodies in that mausoleum. Not to mention the visible body fluids leaking into the grounds beneath all of the crypts 🤢. So sad its not better taken care of. May all these souls rest in peace. 🙏🏻
I think it was fox poop that smelled bad
Jeez Sue that little girl Jojo rest in peace is pic of me at 5.Thst gave me the creeps.I’ve watched it a few times.Weird.Great video Thanku.Wonder if it’s cats or foxes
I think it's fox, so smelly, no way does she, now that would creep you out
@@SerenitySueGraveyards think it’s the hair cut.Everyone has a twin somewhere x
That crypt is a disgrace, lovely pictures sue, but it will never be able to be maintained. One thing i learned which is very difficult is try to not become attached emotionally to the pictures of the children which is always difficult. Such a long time ago, and long gone, but its hard.
It is hard Tom, you feel for that moment a sadness, a sadness for their families and for their shirt lives too. The crypt needs daily cleaning to keep it right, they've spent a lot of money to get it right and all I see is dirty water, smells and flies, what a pity
@@SerenitySueGraveyards i hope they can sort it out, but when they stack like that they allways seem to fail, like many american crypts xx
@tomhirons7475 yes, that's so true
I think it’s the roof leaking down into the vaults or whatever they’re called, then the water picks up particles of everything that is in there and continues on down until it finds a place to leak out.
Terrible condition
Creepy photos. I cant help but wonder how their lives were back then.
I love the photos but it does make you think, what happened
After WW1, Belgium was given money to rebuild their economy. This wasn’t done after WW2, so these places were cared for without many funds.
Few years ago it was so bad they were given 4.5 million to clean them up
Mausoleums should be designed with drainage systems in the niches and the floors.
Yes, they should, this place could be beautiful
Hi Sue you deserve a medal for going down there. I should think the poo is from foxes the smell is horrible I know because my dogs love to roll in it yes disgusting I know it’s always straight home and bath time. So sad the little children buried in there bless them.
That's what I think too, yuk the smell is bad.
There are fresh flowers down there, meaning family members still visit this place. Imagine having to see your family's final resting place in these conditions.
Oh I couldn't cope walking down there seeing the state of the place to visit my family. I mean they pay enough money to at least have the animal poo removed, sweets out etc
Wow! I would love visit this place! Awesome video 👍
@@fightingspiritparanormal2396 thanks ❤️
Sue, at 13:37 it sounded like a man was talking I played it back several times
That may have been GV doing a video at the other end
great job sue but awful conditions for you
Yes, it definitely wasn't a nice experience like I thought it would be
Thumbs up Big like 👍 👌.
Thank you! Cheers!
Places like this only further secures my decision. Place me far away from town where wildlife and microbes can feast and obtain at least some of the energy I have spent my life consuming. I wish to return my available energy to the planet upon my passing, not become what I have seen during my time working for a grave service.
Thank you ❤️ I want to be buried where there's tress and wildlife, not in a cement city
It’s weird that they haven’t blocked whatever animal goes down there.
It is strange or at least clean it up, there was plenty of caretakers above ground
Beautiful Sue
Thank you! 😊
Such a shame thst the place has not been maintained.
It really is
3:15 I'd never go there by myself.its the living that scare ya
Yes, I've had a few living encounters that scared me more
Very interesting! The pictures are great. The pictures of the children are sad to see 😢. Well, in the ground I go😂. Mausoleum are ok , but all this drainage and not being kept up. Is not good!! Thanks Sue!
Thanks Liz x x x
That is a very large cemetery.😲
I'll have a video of the top part soon, much nicer and beautifully kept
@@SerenitySueGraveyards yea yea, lower areas have that classic 80’s film vibe. Even the lighting?👻
I just wouldn't even want to be put to rest in a place so disrespectful to the dead, the bodies are leaking out of there resting place. 😢
How many soul's in there are not at rest, and the 1,000's that don't know there way out.
Places like this just doesn't sit right in my comfort zone, back in the 1800's the people that placed there loved one in there.
I'm sure wouldn't have parted with there ££,
Had they known what it was going to look like now.
I'd rather be cast out to sea than lie amongst what I see, great 👍 job Sue love Tricia 🇬🇧 xx
So true, thanks Tricia
*_HOW CAN YOU WALK THROUGH THAT WITHOUT PASSING OUT!!_* More so, I pray you are highly disinfecting your boots the moment you leave, those pathogens are VERY dangerous to others and animals. This is disgusting. This is why I will NEVER be buried or put into a mausoleum!
I actually binned my runners, after I finished the cemetery up top
I just don't understand who would think that laying their loved ones to rest in a place like this was a good idea. Beautiful as it may be in its own way, it's also incredibly creepy and isolating and I can't imagine it would have felt much different even in better repair decades ago. A little (or a lot) frightening to go visit mom and dad, or one's child, alone through hundreds of meters of maze-like, echoey, solitary corridors underground. I don't understand this.
You see the new ones today in America, beautiful but will they too end up like this
Judging from the skylights that crypt isn't that far below ground. I think all that water you see has sifted down from above. Most those crypts are so old that there is nothing left inside but bones, if that. So the water flowed, however slowly over them and out onto the floor. Yeah, I'm sure it smells bad.
Yes the water on the floor is just that, the discoloured marking on the niches was leaking from the bodies, it was in a very bad state years ago, so they got 4.5 million euros to repair them, looks like it wasn't completed in certain areas.
CREMATION IS SOOOO CLEAN
So true