Abandoned Virginia : Mausoleum with Burned Caskets and Human Bones
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- Nothing was touched, taken or disturbed while filming this video. This was filmed to show the state of the mausoleum at the Evergreen Cemetery.
For information on the cleanup of Evergreen Cemetery and it's history visit: evergreencemet...
This just gives me bad feelings. People should not be messing with graves. So sad to see someone's final resting place get messed with and desecrated. Shame on them.
The fact is that cemeteries aren't forever. There simply isn't enough available land for everyone to get a full body burial and have that space protected forever. In many countries bodies are removed after a few decades. The remains are then pooled together with others and the burial vault re-used. Cemeteries themselves fall into disuse and are disregarded. In my hometown many churches are losing members. As a result they are consolidating and selling buildings. Including buildings that at one time maintained graves. The remains are removed and condos are put up where the churches and cemeteries had been.
I understand what you're saying, but it doesn't make it right. Also there is a big difference between someone having to relocate remains in a respectful way, if absolutely necessary, compared to people going into a cemetery or mausoleum and causing damage to the property and it's contents just because they can and they feel like being destructive.
paintedbird I don't think anyone really wants to see destruction for the sake of destruction. But why such outrage over vandalism of the long dead who you never knew?
Sadly I think some people do want to destroy things just because they can. You see it happen all the time, all over the world, in all kinds of places, not just cemeteries. I wouldn't say I'm outraged over it, a little upset - sure, but it's more a feeling of sadness. That people can be so heartless and uncaring as to destroy a person's grave. To clarify, I don't have an issue with Brian filming this video. What bothers me is the graffiti and stuff you inside, people trashing things for no reason. That is what bothers me. But that's just me...
bad juju will get them eventually
So sad! Just imagine all of these loved ones whose family members believe they're at peace. Not the case at all. And why the hell would vandals spray paint caskets and open them? It doesn't get anymore disrespectful than that.
Looking for valuables
Awful what people do. There are no names there either?? Probably there are no Family members left,and people today would not know any of the dead there. Those are very old caskets and that mausoleum is very old too. Local authorities should just go in and remove all those caskets, and rip the place down. All these problems are from a time when massive amounts of expensive jewelry and items of worth were left on the deceased such as very expensive mink coats etc. That won't happen today.
I worked for a mortuary back in the day to help pay for College. It did not bother me. But what did bother me was some of the requests of items Families would want left on a body, or that "Funeral Homes" would try and get you to but a very high priced casket that was very tightly sealed to keep the dead looking beautiful forever. Not true.It turns into a pressure cooker that, with no air will eventually explode the lid right off, or blow the lid up,and open (even underground). And, I hate Mausoleums. Have you ever walked through one and the foul air of embalming fluid will almost knock you over. These places should be banned. A family crypt is even more accessible for thieves or vandalism. There are many bad people today, who have no regard or respect for anything, let alone a deceased's final resting place.
I am thinking of a green Funeral or cremation when my time comes. And no viewing.
I love your videos and try and watch them all. You do a great job. This should certainly be an eye opener for those even considering a mausoleum burial.
+Drew Martin I really do think they should just tear it down now. I imagine that no living family members seem to care about it enough to do something. I bet you saw some interesting things working in a mortuary. Thank you so much for checking out my videos :)
You know, back in the Pharaohs days in Egypt, and in other places during antiquity vandalism and grave robberies already happened. Nothing new here.
@@BrianSterowski Why tear it down ???? Leave it as is, it's a cool place.
The city wouldn't tear it down seeing as Evergreen is a historic cemetery. They are currently trying to get donations and volunteers to help clean restore the cemetery since it's fallen into such disrepair. If you are or you know anyone in the Richmond area that would want to help them you could check out their website. Seeing the dead being disrespected like this makes me so upset so I'll definitely be volunteering when I get the chance.
*Edit: I also agree with you Drew, the funeral industry is broken. It's disturbing see so many "wholesome family owned funeral homes" charge grieving families so much money for extra services that are unnecessary. I've seen families who have been forced to pay for embalming services in order for them to view the body even in the case of a direct cremation. It's sad and disturbing and that's one of the main reasons why I aspire to be a part of or own my own natural burial funeral home someday.
@Drew Martin The crypt belongs to the Braxton family, and they do have living kin.
Seems so sad to me that someone's resting place has been disturbed like that :(
rachellilly1 yeah :(
Amazing. I wonder what kind of marauder would bust in there and pilfer through the old caskets. So odd, this situation. Like grave robbers just busted through and wreaked havoc. Creepy.
Tony Lee Glenn who knows! I read that they broke in sometime in the late 70s and burned the remains.
+Tony Lee Glenn
Junkies looking for jewelry to pawn.
Brass fittings on a lot of caskets. Money for drugs. What I find really appalling is that no one has cleaned this up.
The black market is thriving on the sale of human skulls in particular, but all human bones are useful for occultists. Where do you think they're getting all the bones from!!
It's a known fact, that satanists will remove body parts for rituals. There was a artist here in North Carolina that would put enough of a skull in his artwork to see what it was.... He would never fess up to where the bones came from. Hell, I went to the Raleigh Flea Market at he fairgrounds one weekend a few years ago - and someone was selling a skull. Little inch wide hole on one side and a 5 inch hole on the other side - like they were shot in the head. I asked the seller if that was a Civil War skull and they walked away from me. It should be COMPLETELY illegal to sell body parts like that. Word to the wise, bodies that were embalmed during the civil war were embalmed with arsenic.... Do NOT touch them or have them in your home. Arsenic doesn't degrade over time.
Ok, so I WAS going to request a mausoleum for my burial because something about being underground with dirt all around me freaked me out so bad, but after I watched this...HELL NO!!!😳 I'm going to be taking me a dirt nap!!!! Seriously!!!😱Being cremated really bothers me too. Unless I can be sprinkled at Stevie Nicks house, then I'd reconsider!!!😍
Reminds me of a cemetery down the road from me. The town it belonged to doesn't exist anymore. The weird thing is that they pulled out a bunch of tombstones and made a road straight through the middle of the cemetery. They said many years ago that they moved the coffins to the graves, but that was discovered to be a lie when the road wore so thin that our vehicle fell into a casket under the road. (it was a dirt road, so erosion was bound to happen)
I feel like I'm the only one who even cares about it anymore. People will take their trucks and burn their tires on the property, so there is barely any grass on the area. I would try to fix the broken and sunk tombstones the best I can. Sadly, I can't save all of them. There is even trees growing into the graves! It saddens me.
+Vince the Deer That is a truly terrible story. May I ask what town that is?
Chad M "Cold Water" is what it was called.
WOW...Incredible. Great video. Thanks for sharing.
+Guppy Playhouse Thank you for watching :)
Great video! No talking...I felt like i was exploring it with you...Admired how you didn't mess with anything...It would take nerves of steel to go in a place like that
+rick endsley That's what I try to go for with my "abandoned" videos. I think it gives you more of a feeling of what it's like as I walk through there. Sometimes people say they want commentary but I get more positive feedback from people that say they enjoy hearing the footsteps and other noises as I explore :) Thanks for watching!!!
Once you leave this earth don't give this place a second thought. You soul/spirit lives on.
What a shame, to see how things have not been taken care of and people stealing from the dead.
As sad as this video is, this is being done in many places including Egypt, under the guise of archeology. Even those buried under the ground will someday be dug up, maybe as prime real estate to make room for development or for Historical/Archeological curiosity. Cremation and spreading of ashes is the only way to make sure nobody will find your remains.
Those caskets didn't last long for sure. There are old wooden ones that are older and in better shape.
That's terrible. I didn't know it was legal to abandon a cemetery or allow eternal resting places to be disturbed like this. Good information. People need to see this. The bigger the cemetery with wealthy interred and surviving families (the eternal care fees assure the continued success of the cemetery) THE BETTER. grr Should we let it stay legal to do to people?
+Last WhiteWoman that place is a mess. There was a group that volunteered to clean it up but the owner stopped them for some reason. Thanks for watching!
That's sad
Colleen Richman it is :(
Good video. Thanks
If anyone has ever questioned just why they need to purchase a burial vault for their loved ones, well here you go. Those coffins have been left to exposure but no t nearly as much exposure that they would get exposed to dirt and constant moisture from being 6' under. Look at how rusted through they were. Let's be real though unless they were the Ancient Pharos of Egypt our loved ones will be lucky to last 400 years undergrounds in a modern sealed burial vault with a casket liner.
I am part of the volunteer crew that is helping to reclaim East End Cemetery, which is next to Evergreen, location of the Braxton crypt. (The cleanup effort started at Evergreen but was discontinued when a dispute arose with Evergreen's owner.) I have visited the crypt many times, but I have chosen not to enter. To do so would be to continue a long series of desecrations. To enter, poke around, and in the process disturb articles within the crypt for the sake of a few minutes of video, as you did, and then to offer no context in the body of your work, is deeply disrespectful and inhumane. This is tragedy porn. The people laid to rest their matter. Their stories, their humanity account for more than this grisly series of clips.
It looks like some of the bodies have been removed
Yes, removed and burned, more than 40 years ago.
This looks like an abandoned mausoleum where all the human remains were removed long ago. They were probably removed by family to re-inter someplace else. Some of the coffins were left behind but no bodies. Those bones are much too big to be human. I suspect they are from some slaughtered animal like a cow, placed there as a joke. If the mausoleum was no longer going to be maintained, the families would have been informed and asked to relocate their loved ones. Cool and creepy, but not quite as creepy as some people are thinking.
All the coffins empty or were some occupied?
That’s just crazy, why are these places not taken better care of?
It’s hard to believe that someone would have nerve and the lack of moral center to defile someone’s final resting place. 100 million in gold couldn’t make me do such an awful thing. It’s just horrible and mean spirited and a real asshole thing to do. Luckily there is a thing called Karma, a real happening. Anyone that doubts the existence of it will find out the hard way.
Peace
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One would think that the county where this mausoleum is located would take care of the building. I get tired of hearing its due to a lack of money; where does all our property tax money go? I'm sure every county could squeeze out a few thousand dollars each year to at least keep these buildings from falling over! It's disgraceful.
The county doesn't own the mausoleums. Property tax? Well why don't you skip on over to your local town/city hall and get a copy of the yearly budget. It's free. Read it cover to cover. Then you will not have to wonder about where your tax dollars go.
Imagine those people, if their families were still alive, how disrespectful. I cannot believe this.
One of the disadvantages of a mausoleum entombment.the threat of one day having your Crypt desecrated
Or abandoned
I concur with your sentiment 100%
Australia.
The people who did that bought themselves a whole lot of baaaad baaaad karma
Karma Wishes it were 1/10 the size of The One Whom we all will face when we die!
Some people actually love the idea of a haunting but bones are mainly for black magic and hexing, nectcromancing and so on
Whatever the bones are for, whoever did this is asking for trouble. And they should get it
@@95KIPPIE more like on their knees, begging for it
I've had friends who have chosen to be encrypted in a similar mausoleum because they wanted to be above ground. Before they passed, I warned them not to do so because given enough time, they will be exposed to the elements above ground which are much more destructive than even those below ground. But they went through with their plans. What is really disturbing about this video is that even though those caskets are obviously decaying big time and obviously also the human remains; these caskets do not appear to be that old. They are definitely from the modern age, at most 50 to 75 years old. If this is what can happen within a lifetime, what is the point of even putting a person in a casket at all?
As a Christian myself, I am not to concerned on how I am buried. Like anything on earth my body will eventually decay. I want a viewing in a cheap casket (please take any organs or tissue you can) then they can put me in a retort and turn me to carbon. For my spirit will be with the Lord because of his mercy (not my works)/ I find it a waste of money to spend thousands of dollars on a deluxe casket. BTW anyone who tried to sell you a air tight cakset is scamming you. When its air tight the gasses will build up and damage the casket. Not trying to be graphic, but it is true.
I was wondering how old those caskets might be.
You know as someone who has preplanned and purchased my EOL internment. I start to wonder if even being buried with casket is the best option. Now they have started offering green burials. no casket just cloth.
Nothing last’s forever…Whoever did that is pure evil…
Moisture still gets in and body fluids eventually will cause the wood to rot.
When dude stuck his head/camera up inside the coffin, I was like " AWW, HELL NAW " !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@psyjager I started to watch that, and when they took out the guys head, I shut it off thinking these sick fucks should have been hit by a bolt of lightening at that moment!! Disgusting
What a shame it's in such bad shape. Great video Brian.
+Explore With Us Thank you!!! :)
Ewu
The one thing I wonder about is the shape of these caskets in, rusted, holes in them, the lids popped open or, no lid at all, who would want to steal a dead, decaying, rotting body from a casket like this? And folks, this also goes to show you that even though you are sent off incase inside a metal casket, just like an old car sitting in a junkyard, the metal begins to weaken and disintegrate, as you have all seen. You kinda wonder, or pretty much already know, that the body that's inside it has more or less has already been pretty much disintegrated. Very sad, as we all know that this is whare we all will be going in the future, even the scriptures of the Bible has pointed that out. We all, rich and poor, are in a terrible state of despair, and there is nothing now at the moment that we can do to change any of this.
great video, shame the grave robbers got there first, what scum is out there, the level of vandalism here is unreal
Should never let a place like this get in such a state.
eaglevp nope, and from what I've read it's been like this since the 70s. Thanks for watching!
***** I believe small groups have tried to clean it up, but it's just too much to do.
Tania Spivey that's what I've heard. For some reason they were stopped and now clean up the East End cemetery instead.
***** Dispute with the owner (private cemetery) from what I remember... It's ridiculous, and shameful to say the least!
Tania Spivey that's a shame :(
That is sad and disturbing. I definitely want to be buried. If some stupid kids want to play with my skull, they should have to work really hard to do so.
+dbruce9035 thanks for watching!
Amen!
+Nightbird
That's all just hocus-pocus horseshit. Graves are simply a waste of real estate. How does it make any sense to assign a piece of land to a dead person forever and ever, putting him in a steel casket inside a concrete vault that stays around for centuries? Eventually, people will forget about that person and that grave will fall into disrepair. But you're right about one thing, cremation is far preferable. Or natural burial, where the body is just wrapped in a simple cloth or perhaps even composted to allow for faster decomposition.
+dbruce9035 Well, I prefer the fire! Be burned and send away in the air.
Marcos Garcia
That's right! Ashes to ashes baby..dust to dust! (◕‿-)
Nice video. Unfortunately, it show the lack of decency in mankind. Grave robbers. Hope Karma caught them.
Amy Shawcroft Exactly! Thanks for watching!
It will,have no doubt.
Graffiti on coffins is pure evil - is nothing sacred any more!?!?
The graffiti was the least worrisome.
Caskets that have been emptied is far worse to me than a bit of paint.
People don't care about anything or value anything anymore everything is disposable.
Nope.
This is so shameful to any religion. I see a whole crap load of Bad Karma for whoever did this going down every generation until they either fix it or apologize or return what was stolen. Nobody just opens up coffins for no reason. They must have had some kind of money or were buried with rings or valuables. Nobody has respect for anything anymore not even the Dead. Like one person said everything is disposable to people nowadays whether it's animals ,humans, or the dead. They take their trash and throw it inside the donation bins or plain throw it on the side of the road. People need to wake up and have some morals about themselves. One thing you NEVER do is mess with the Dead. You want to talk about malevolent Spirits there you go. Every one of them will be searching and hunting for whoever did this to their bodies and final resting place. Where did our morals and standards go to in society? I'd love to know that. It seems over the last 10 years they've just gone out the window. Nobody cares to open a door for someone who is handicapped. They can't bother themselves to an extra 2 minutes with helping someone less fortunate into a door. All they have to do is open the door they don't have to touch the person if they're a germaphobe. It's like people have forgotten how to be human and have lost all humanity and compassion. Including the ones who steal your mail or packages. This is why everybody has cameras now. Smh this is so sad and sickening to see.
People are unreal and have no respect for the dead. I cannot believe what people did to these coffins.
it was you who did it.. wasn't it! :P
The dead are dead they don't care. You can disrespect their descents, but not the dead.
Hell no it wasn't me! I can't even imagine going into a crumbling tomb. Cemeteries creep me out.
Wait til you see them in third world countries. People who are very poor tend to live in cemeteries and would sometimes vandalize the dead's tombs just so they could store themselves there for sleeping and shelter. I even watched a documentary in the Philippines long ago where poor kids even play with bones which were taken away from their tombs and coffins by poor adults.
Are you by any chance from the UK? as a very good program with Karl Pilkington was on exploring death customs across the world and the way they opened that tomb in the Philippines and threw the remains after 5 yrs in a carrier bag was surreal..Then 5 minutes later another person was put i it.I really felt for the families who actually lived inside the cemetery and they were actually renting part of a mausoleum as a house to live in..A city where the dead and living literally co-exist.Wow people nowadays can't live together even when they are alive...lol.
this is some creepy stuff!!!!!
+Exploring With Josh yes it is! Some sick people have taken most of the bones over the years. Just watched one of your videos recently! Good stuff on your channel! :)
thanks brian i like yours too!
Exploring With Josh Thank you :)
Nothing creepy about it, people just like you and me laid to rest after their life was done, along comes some asshole with nothing else to do (because he or they don't have a job) break in and damage the place!!
Ask yourself, what if your grandparents were buried there, would you think it creepy, or would you be pissed off about it like I am!! Because trust me if I ever catch someone destroying graves of any kind I'm going to shoot their ass full of rock salt!!
It's a gift that keeps on giving, their ass will burn like fire and for a long time after they won't forget the lesson they learned!!
My great grandmother did it on the regular, she taught them young fellas to mind their manners and their Mama's or she blasted them!! LMAO
In Canada if you are caught violating a grave or tampering with it they can lock you up for a long time "Indignity to human remains" cemeteries up here must be maintained. Damaged crypts, graves or headstones must be repaired quickly.
In italy too. Is called "vilipendio di cadavere" that can be translated with desrespect of a deceased.
Crypts are rare in Canada, it's in the ground and done! That's the way it should be, to avoid things like the mess in this video.
My family has a cemetery near Lake Romeo. The church was built in 1912 by my 2x great grandfather. The nearby lake is named for him. Once a year we get together to clean things up & concentrate on repairs. The church got a new tin roof last year. We take pride in our family history. The stories we tell. Well, you can imagine. My 2x great-grandfather was 6'4". He built his own coffin. After 20 years or so he decided to check it out to see if he was going to fit. He put on a few pounds & got stuck in his coffin. He cried for help and my great uncles responded. Getting him out of there. He made the adjustments and has been residing in it comfortably since 1956. A few months shy of his 50th anniversary. Spent 30 yrs farming in the states before immigrating to Canada in 1907. Brought most of his family with him. Left behind 3 grown daughters who were married and had kids of their own. My family takes pride in their roots. We honor those who went before us.
@@veronamartin5285 that was nice
@@cashkarti We were supposed to have a family reunion nearby last August long weekend but Covid-19 postponed it. We had over 900 people respond. There is a hall near the Cemetery called Romeo, Tiger Lilly, Glenistor Hall. He donated part of his land to the community so other families could always access the lake for water and fish. Therfore the Hall has part of his name. He ended up selling his land during the 40's when WW11 Broke our. He donated the money to the war effort & bought a smaller piece of land for himself as a widower. He left big boots to fill. Larger than life, a real man's man, looked after his family of 13 (3 lost in childbirth) and his neighbors. He treated everyone equal. I grew up on hardwork and dedication. I know my family history and tell younger generations. They need to know where they came from & how proud they should be. I know I am.
Geez that's messed up! It's sad people do that to the dead.
Think you mean to the bodies.They are not the people the people has be resurrected and returned home.We don't need a body in heaven.
+TSpider Keeper huh
Brian H
When our time on earth is done we leave our body behind.Which is buried so the bodies are basically returning to earth dust
Dude are you crazy? its disrespectful to graffiti someones coffin!
Why would he mean to say -bodies? He said the dead, they are dead. That's a fact
Junkies probably broke into that place to look for jewelry to sell.
+Louis Laszlo I didn't think of that...probably so!
@@BrianSterowski
It's much more likely to be robbed for the human skulls than for jewels. Occultists will pay a lot of money for the skulls and long bones in particular. This is an excellent video that explains too well why mausoleums should be abolished completely. The "5% of the sale" law for the perpetual endowment of a mausoleum clearly isn't being adhered to as there's currently hundreds of mausoleum facilities in the YSA which are or are about to be abandoned along with the human remains inside. The local government may step in and lock them up, but that's when the skull hunters and bone robbers break in. How many times does this scenario need to be repeated before owners and managers of mausoleums become much more accountable for their actions?
J. Whiteoak $600-$900 for a skull !!!!!!
@Trey Stephens Halloween decorations
@Trey Stephens black magic mainly
Grave robbers? Jeeze, you can't even get peace when you're dead! Cremation for me.
+Jacob Marley
You ppl act like your getting injured somehow if someone kicks you dead ass bone around in 100 yrs. Wtf?
I can see explaining it to a 3 yr. old, but I suspect you're at least 4, maybe 5 by now, but hey, maybe you take the short bus, I don't know. BECAUSE YOU'RE ONE OF THE FUCKING WHINERS!
blah blah blah, what a dolt.
+John Smith What a bitch you are...
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That's not an abandoned mausoleum.
That's called a DESECRATED mausoleum.
The shit people do never ceases to amaze me.
Yes, there's nothing wrong with taking a look inside of any building that's decayed itself "open"... But, when some creep actually breaks into some poor bastard's box to take the remains, that to me says they weren't raised right.
Anyhow.... Cheers to you.
Be safe exploring.
Incredible! This is one of the best abandoned videos I've seen in a long time. It was short, but worth it. I also enjoy watching Dan Bell's abandoned mall series, looking forward to some more of those.
I don't see why people are so upset, you did nothing disrespectful. People go into cemeteries all the time and take pictures and video. This is a great education piece, it shows what happens when a burial ground is left to rot. If the living don't take care of the dead, this is what happens.....Very nicely done, thank you for sharing.
+Tumaramarie Steinbach Thank you!!! :-)
+Tumaramarie Steinbach Which is it, then? Educational or disrespectful? Almost every comment on this video expresses disgust at how people have no disrespect for the mausoleum and have recklessly broken into the coffin over many years. However, you state THIS particular instance is an "educational piece." What makes this video so different than previous break-ins? Maybe we can look at cemetery laws to get clarification, the state government office might be interested in this video.
"If the living don't take care of the dead, this is what happens...." Perhaps a better education can be had by helping to restore the mausoleum and learn WHY the cemetery is in this state to begin with. The commenter below is right, this was done only to get a "cool" video. Other than it's rotting (duh? don't all graves rot at various degrees? this isn't something unique), I personally haven't learned anything more about this place from watching this video.
I do not see how this could be legal? I mean if people paid for these crypts then they should be taken care of. People in the area should donate time to fix these.
It is bad enough to have to let your loved ones go, but to see people playing around with their remains is just sickening. These vandals deserve a severe punishment in my opinion
You wonder what makes people desecrate a tomb like this. Graffiti on the coffin, coffin pulled out and emptied. Why...to have a human skull or a few bones? I hope they got haunted by who ever's tomb this was. LOL
+Robert “oldfoxbob” Hersh-geer it blows my mind as well...thanks for watching!
Fantastic, Brian!! So surreal.
This is Dan Bell. Thanks Dan! :)
Keep disturbing the peace in this realm and maybe your peace will be disrupted as well.
+David Thompson I would be praying for peace for all those that were interred there as well as any family members stillalive.
How old is this place?
My dad passed 3 weeks ago, I am so happy that we did not put him a mausoleum.
pearlsnaredrummer77 Thank You
Sorry to say this but a lot of human bodies begin to mold and smell after a few weeks, they do not dry and shrink, like we are taught to believe. These grave robbers are asking for some dangerous disease. Where are the authorities when all this is going on? Sounds to me like to some one wants to be selective in their line of business!
Mausoleums should be outlawed, they are trouble waiting top happen one day, they will always fall into disrepair eventually.
My corpse is going to the Body Farm on the campus of University of Tennessee I know people be looking at me but maybe they will learn something
My spouse and I have decided to give our remains to a company that will disassemble them and sell the parts like joints to medical schools and the like who do research into things like diabetes, cancer, arthritis, Alzheimer's and a plethora of other uses, none of which may include transplantation! They are then cremated and the ashes returned to whoever wants them at home. No cost to us and they get used for something worthwhile. I have diabetes and arthritis and Fibromyalgia. To think my body could help find a cure to any of them would be amazing.
and friend please learn about islam its good religion it tell u all things
moonshinegrrl hey me too. ill see you there.
he dosent want to. he likes his terrorist religion
What company is that? I would be interested in contacting them for myself. Thanks for doing the right thing!
Since the recession, many places like this have gone out of business. In most states the law states that the families should remove the remains in these situations. Judging by the age of the caskets (rusting and totally deteriorated) the next of kin were probably never found, hence forgotten about. But still this is something that should be brought to a local news channel. This is just crazy.
cremate me and scatter my ashes for the part that is me will no longer be on this plane
I'm happy to read that efforts are being made to clean up the burial grounds. Wish I could help out in some way. Prayers will made for our brothers and sisters.
I must say, you have a lot of boldness and courage to enter into the grave site itself and apart from the fragments of human bones was that human hair too shown in the footage?
It's a wig I believe
Some of those caskets must be very old , they are rusted , and coming apart! Why hasn't something been done before? Greed, and indifference. Clean up the place , using local prisoners.[ Men, and women] repair the mausoleams!, Make a moatlike ditch at each end of the road. This should work, and needs checked irregullary!
We claim to be such a proud country loving our past, but this proves otherwise!
Wow doesn't get much more extreme than this! Great job!
AbandonedSC Thank you :)
Brian Sterowski
Can we ask where this was so it can be reported? Also, I'm trying to keep track of the number and whereabouts of abandoned/crumbling mausoleums in the USA in defense of my debate argument that mausoleums are not a permanent solution for the disposal of our dead. People are selling vaults for$200,000 in some of the prestige mausoleums around the country!! These places are enormous, but I believe that privately owned mausoleums should be completely outlawed and only municipal cemeteries allowed because people abuse the funds promised for perpetual endowment, and when they go bust they just walk away ... you can't make MORE money from dead people, and unless they build em like the Pyramids, no building is going to last more than 200 years in a cold climate that has to deal with Summer temperatures as well. Duhh!!
I do not understand and am glad that I don't understand doing something so disgusting and despicable. Not only that it must have taken a lot of work and time to go through stone and to move those coffins. I doubt it was worth the effort if the vandals/thieves were looking for jewelry as the jewelry worn by the deceased during the viewing is often removed. Imagine some coming to visit family graves and finding this horror. As someone said below, I'm being cremated. I already have the paperwork done.
Andrew Brendan From what I understand the mausoleum was first broken into sometime during the 1970s and the remains were set on fire. They have fixed it several times but people keep busting it open :(
+Brian Sterowski omg not right that the living is like that for shame.:(
I can’t believe that the relatives of the dead didn’t relocate them when this place closed that probably would’ve been 35-40 years ago but still.
IT'S. a shame, all we go through while alive, That there's a possibility you will be dissturbed,..while Resting peaceful. .THANK YOU AGAIN. BRIAN.
Wow.. My grandma is getting put in one of these next week I don't want people disturbing her in her need of rest
how disrespectful all broken into even in the UK its not that bad coffin sprayed with paint how awful be afraid for my soul doing that just shocking
My GOD, I would be DEVASTATED if it was 1 of my family or friends remains left behind !!!!!
We need more people like you to explore things like this. Education for curious minds. Great Job!
+Zade “absolutedaz” Al-Sayegh Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!!!
I mean no disrespect to anybody at all. But why do people insist in preserving a dead person's body? Why not simply discard it? It is an empty husk with no value at all? Why the casket, vault, head stone? I see no logic in this. After I am dead, I will not know the difference. I have told my boss and my neighbour that if I am ever found dead, just do the minimal required for legal disposal. If they can get away with throwing the carcass in a dumpster, so be it. Throw me out in a, forest and let the raccoons, coyotes, rats, mice, slime fungus, black mold, maggots and other insect larva feast upon my rancid remains. Let the putrid flesh melt from my bones and it fertilise the weeds that grow beside me. The festering intrails can become a haven for microbes, boring insects, and worms. When the bloated carcass swells to twice my normal size and bursts into a soup-like pestilente mess, the vultures can fly down and fill their gullet on the rest as they wade through the pus released from the carcass explosion. I might as well feed the wildlife upon my death.
Why people they put dead bodies in mausoleums and caskets?this all wasting resources for nothing.
I agree. I want to be roasted.
Victorian era cemeteries were designed like parks with lots of art, mausoleums etc... Many are still cherished and will continue to be as long as they exist. Far different than modern internments.
That is just horrible. Those poor departed souls. People should be ashamed to mistreat the dead like that.
That had to be done by grave robbers. Thanks for the video.
+lidsman2221 thank you for watching!
did anyone report that to the police department maybe the city can move those Graves to somewhere else that's horrible that someone would break in and they would have to use a sledgehammer something to break into that like that that is awful you can't even rest in peace
It's in a historic cemetery so the best they could do it try to restore it. At least the city is currently trying to raise funds and recruit volunteers to help clean up and repair it.
Wow this is disturbing, the government should past some sort of protection laws
Great !!
This is what happens when cemeteries are run as for profit businesses rather than public goods. They get neglected and abandoned when the business, inevitably, fails. Often these cemeteries only last a few decades before neglected. This is particularly true for mausoleums which require constant upkeep and maintenance.
Do you no how old this mausoleum is?
It's sad what happened to this burial place.
That is a sacred place and people are vandalizing it .... always remember. God is watching!
How awful, so much for Rest In Peace Or until some idiots decide to rob the grave. Cool video, thanks for the upload
swampmammytheone Not much left to rob :( Thanks for watching!
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Looks like it was robbed long before you got there
swampmammytheone in the late 70s it was broken into and the remains were burned. The skulls were still there as of last year, but someone must have taken them recently.
Sorcerer's take the bones and do black magick with them... Basically...
What goes up must come down. This is exactly the reason I purchased ground burial plots in my family cemetery, and will be cremated before being buried.
Why do people feel the need to vandalize mausoleums? It's barbaric, and if you believe in karma, about the worst thing in the world to do...
This is so Heartbreaking..Why would people desecrate these remains.
- common grave robbers.
rickster348 x
To much trouble just get buried are cremated too much work and money to deal with all ideas are not good ones.
Cremation for me
Cremate me... this creepy af
ppl fowl
Wow...I am speechless.... Thanks for the video.
James G thank you for taking the time to watch!
James G Hiu
Who breaks into a Mausoleum!??! Have you no respect? Disgusting. Totally disgusting.
+James Kice I didn't break in! The mausoleum was broken into sometime in the late 70s or early 80s and the remains were set on fire. They have fixed it numerous times and someone always busts it open again. The entire cemetery is in horrible shape.
My apologies Brian, Thanks for the clarification. I do enjoy your videos!
James Kice It's ok! Thanks James!
The cemetery went bankrupt and abandoned back in the 80s I read online
Never could understand why any culture would want to warehouse dead bodies
WHY YOU GOT TO TAKE THE CLOTHES OFF OF THEM..?
Necrophilia..??
On second thought... Don't answer that question.
Be nice if the state and a church could relocate the bodies so they can rest peacefully.
So so sad
Diehl Elkin thanks for watching!
Cremation and a Bios Urn. Only way to desecrate me then is cut my tree down.
Can't the deceased and their descendants have any peace and respect without people continuously *climbing into* this mausoleum to take pictures/videos? There are nearly 60 acres of additional neglect at this cemetery. And, filming human remains? Come on, man. Let's not add to the further desecration of this tomb. Abandon Virginia is better than this.
Why did you watch the video ????
Just did a preplanning for a funeral and all I can say is cremation and a box to put me in on the mantle.
Wow brilliant, how do you find all these locations... amazing ! Thumbs up ! :)
+Drone Girl a lot of time spent searching online :)
What hope is there for the living when we cannot respect the dead?
i was expecting a jumpscare, but it didn't happen.
This mausoleum is very old . This maybe from centuries past .
People can't leave nothing alone, not even the dead can rest.
Sadly this place fell into desolation, loved ones ether forgot or died off, then vandals & grave robbers with no respect for the dead come in & destroy! Those kind of people need to be locked up
how horrific for any family members of those people. something to think about... these places require "forever" maintenance, and when they are full, there is no one left to pay for it... cemeteries are not different. .... cremate me.... it's cheaper, and it's forever. I hope these people that broke in here are haunted by what they did..
The camera work is terrible, please get a gimbal .
Thank God we have more respect for Mausoleums in the UK.
those don't even look that old. its amazing how quickly things can be forgotten.