MAUSOLEUM & BURIAL VAULTS - ABANDONED - Northeast Pa
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This mausoleum / graveyard is neglected / abandoned. People still pay respects to family interred here, but what happens now? Who owns this? IS SOMEONE HIDING IN THE BUILDING??? Watch this video to see it zoomed in and slowed down !!! What do you think?
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This is the kind of cemetery you expect to see from the 1800's, not from the 2000's
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One of those vaults was from 2010. That's a lot of neglect in just 9 years.
I was saying the same thing 2010 was not that long ago, that cemetery looks like it was abandoned 50 years ago🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️ It’s a sad 😔 shame
I'd pissed off if I paid all that money to bury a loved one in 2012 and the place looks like that 5 years later.
TheBlackKnight My thoughts exactly! How does a building deteriorate this badly in such a short amount of time. Surely it didn't look anything like this in 2012 when that person was entombed. If it was starting to look bad in 2012, why would anyone bury a family member there?
TheBlackKnight I'm sorry to hear that. That's awful!!
None of those are my family members. I've already decided to be cremated, and have my ashes scattered in the river of the city I was born.
TheBlackKnight ya it's not right but u won't care when ur dead and gone.we all do someday
"abandonment of a corpse" is a federal law so the owner of this property or establishment should be held accountable. If not it would fall back on the stat to relocate the remains to an active cemetery.
Exactly why I am going to be cremated and my ashes scattered. No family, no children. So what happens to my body isn't important, and there will be nothing left of me to worry anyone.
Amen to that.
robertm2000 I’m with you......I’m in the same boat and that’s fine with me. I’ll be cremated. Let it burn!
Salut Robert ;je trouve enfin l’Américain de base l’égoïste par excellence celui qui se fout de tout et qui ne va pas voter parce que cela ne sert à rien !.........
I'm with you Robert. Cremation. The only way to go.
Robert, I totally agree. The body is of zero use to anyone.
Wish the Veterans Org can be notified of the state of these heroes final resting place...what an insult
Lynn Marie Sawicke ,,,,,Why do they go on about bloody veterans as if the are special, they do a job and get paid, a truck driver has more chance of being killed,,
Don't confuse victims with hero's victims are losers ,,sad I know,, but Hero's are rare,,
William Redfern = butt hurt snowflake.
William Redfern go put your ass on the line you fucktard.
I am going to look into veterans affairs regarding this. Unfortunate that people died to allow Mr. Redfern the right to publicly pronounce his ignorance. I am a veteran, the daughter of a veteran, the wife of a veteran, the sister of a veteran, the niece, the granddaughter...your truck driver comment is abhorrent. I am sure if you were selfless enough to have served you would think differently. I am, however, ashamed you lack the common sense to keep your damn mouth shut regarding a topic you obviously haven’t the honor or understanding.
That's horribly sad. I've never seen a mausoleum that bad.
This is so sad and dishearten that it went to shambles like that.
Some of the markers showed people were interred as recently as 2010! That was only 7 years before the video was published! This place went to hell in 7 years! Sad!
One of the dates on that crypt was 2010. That place fell apart quickly. I'd be very upset if I was family.
Society is morally, spiritually bankrupt. Unspeakable vandals
It has been such forever..
Anita Ackerman What makes you think vandals had anything to do with this place?
Was that mausoleum decay from vandals or did the overhanging structure collapse?
This is an absolute disgrace😞
@1:50 There use to be casket there. It was removed. Look at the cement, you'll see the outline of the casket that once stood inside there and the rust from the metal leaving the mark.
The state of Pa. should be ashamed for allowing this to go on.
I live near Pittsburgh. I wonder if there is anything I could do to help get the states attention, although it probably wouldn't help much.
They don't care for the living why should they be concerned with non tax payers that cant vote?
I do QC for concrete and I have never seen concrete literally rot. The construction of this facility was not performed to any acceptable standard what so ever. The contractor that did this should be held accountable.
Too little slope on concrete roof. Ice dam and ice overload. Cheap construction.
After the large amount of money people pay to be laid to rest,,family sees this,,,,WHY hasn't someone stepped up to do something? Id be screeming 😡😡😡😡
At the beginning I thought the last deceased was probably interred over 150 yrs ago. I thought no one alive now was around when these people died, and then I see some died within the last 10 yrs. There is a cemetery in the small Massachusetts town I live in that goes back to 1760 and it's in better shape. This is sad.
Who are the owners of the cemetary? Somebody MUST be responsible!
This just breaks my heart!!! it is not like a 100 year old cemetery where no one is left to care for the family members ...Some of those interred in the mausoleum have only been there less then 8/9 years!!! This is not real far from where I live in Venango county..Just heart breaking!!! It looks like there is someone putting flowers on for the holidays... That is something these family members paid for when their loves ones were interred and it looks like that is still going on or was till a couple years ago.
it horrible, I feel so sad for the ppl who still go there to visit their loved ones :(
Well when I pass away there won't be anybody to care for me and I prepaid for myself and even got a mausoleum spot I hope and pray that they take care of it after I'm gone
@@beverlyromeo6199 I'll come visit you if you want. I'll even sing songs and tell you jokes to entertain you.
@@christopherbereznak1175 well that's very sweet of you not anytime soon I hope
I hope not. I'll even bring you balloons for your birthday.
Federal, State, and local funding should be made available for each and every cemetery for preservation and restoration!
Great idea!,, Thanks for watching
How disrespectful to these people...why aren't families stepping in....omg....heartbreaking...
Aahhh Wilkes-barre and nearby Scranton where I am from decrepit cemeteries, buildings, and lots and LOTS of pot holes in the roads. Have to wonder what the local govt is doing with our tax money sure not being used to fix up and maintain this area :(
Corruption is rampant in these parts. You better believe your tax money isn't being used appropriately. Doesn't get normal until you hit Montgomery County. Even that's a stretch but the people are highly educated there and the Mansions of the Main Line would take anyone's breath away. Money, big, old money there. Not like Central Pennsylvania - the land that time forgot. Old coal country.
Shameful, some of those people paid Thousands....
Absolutely Shameful!!!
People die and after some years no one is left to mourn them.
true and so very sad, this place is so creepy now :(
Not withstanding other factors. I think mausoleums are the worst idea for a body. Unless you are President of the United States ( Even President Grants tomb fell into decay and lots of money had to be raised to restore his final resting place )
What kind of community doesn't do something. No matter what, at the very least, communication to related parties should take care of this. This is a very high priority situation. If they can't make someone responsible, then they should remedy this!!
It’s certainly worth inquiry, but I wouldn’t get my hopes up. Abandonment and neglect seems to be commonplace these days. If you’re relocating, checking out the local cemeteries might be a good barometer of community concern.
Really sad that the place would fall into ruin like this, if i had loved ones buried there i would consider having their remains moved to another place.
rather be cremated and ashes scattered, than left somewhere like this, or buried in a wet damp hole
Yes Willy Nelson said it best. Roll me up. And smoke me. Sgt williams retired
This is beyond disgraceful. Where is the PA state Cemetery Commission?
Resting in Peace ?
If you think about it. At some point in the future,we all will end up in an abandoned mausoleum or grave yard. Everyone we know will have passed away and nobody will remember who we were. Our graves will fall into disrepair or be vandalized. I hate to think what they will do with our remains. Alot of perverse evil people in the world. Well, pleasant dreams.🙂💤
So we must cherish and enjoy every moment of our lifetime because nothing will bring with us after we died!😊
Thank you for showing this aweful cemetery, and taking the time to film it on a cold, rainy day. 😨. SMH the conditions.
Marjory Armstrong - 💜
Wow, just wow! I love this video, and it looks like I'll be loving your other videos as well! It is quite sad how this Cemetery has gone down. And yet, families still pay their respects. I love exploring old Cemeteries and old buildings. I look forward to more!
Thank you,,,
Most likely the cemetery company went bankrupt and the money for maintenance and everything dried up. This is a good example of “ nothing lasts forever “. Besides, when the cemetery gets full and no one is buying any plots or crypts, the cash flow must stop. This is an eventuality for all cemeteries. Only cremations can go on forever.
This is so sad... Are these buildings allowed to be abandoned if
they still have people's remains in them? I would have thought
there would be some kind of public health rulings for situations
like this?
I think if I had a relative buried there, I'd make sure it was on the
front page of every newspaper..
Nature Girl It's not a matter of it being allowed. Abandonment just happens unfortunately sometimes. Owners die.
Creep
that's awful....made me incredibly sad & horrified all at once!!!! state should be all over making sure it's fixed & addressed immediately!!!!! I'm in Maine but I'm going to contact the authorities in your state and show this to as many people as possible!!!! terrible conditions and the families of these people who are laid to rest there must be livid & so upset about the unexcusable conditions!!! bless all those who are laid to rest there! no rest or peace in that horrible dump!!!! awful and sad ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Seven months have passed since you made this comment. How did it go with Pennsylvania?
Have you heard anything
I like the idea of being buried in a shroud or wicker basket and put in the ground near a tree. No embalming so I decompose naturally and become part of the tree.
Hmm tree hugger🤗🤔
Then years later, after you became part the tree, its chopped down for mutiple consumer uses! Thats a wonderous idea!
I'd choose to have my rotten corpse fed to a redwood sequoia giant. That way yes, I Am The Tree! 🌲🌳🌴🌵
As a cemetery owner and manager here is some possible reasons why this happened. In some cases unscrupulous managers steal the money from the organization. On another note in most cases in older cemeteries grandad bought eight graves for fifty dollars. Many plots were sold like this. In 1940 this accounted for something in perpetual care however this is 2019. One percent interest on invested funds barely buys gas for mowers let alone maintenance costs. Some cemeteries also incur property taxes by the municipalities. A season of mowing in summer, which can get outrageous when there is a lot of rain followed by hot sunny days which Pa had a lot of. Then there’s winter maintenance. A major portion of cemeteries use the money from funerals as operating expense. Traditional burials are declining to cremation so When a cemetery charges $900 interment fees for a cremation and family members complain it’s expensive to dig a small hole one has to stop and think do you want the grass mowed and the grounds maintained. Another thing that happens is lawsuits incurred by cemeteries sometimes which are for frivolous reasons. I don’t know where this cemetery is located but this is an insight into some problems faced by cemeteries as they are very expensive to maintain.
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Hi Mike that is so true about previous sales not keeping a cemetery financially in operating order….
Oh my Goodness! Such disrespectfulness! How deplorable!!!! I'm Soo sorry for these people & their families.
Think of all the money the families pay to have their love ones memorialized. In a few short years people may not know a cemetery was here except for the mausoleums which may be leveled. This is why you may not want to entomb anyone with valubles such as jewelry.
This breaks my heart. So very very sad.
It's a shame how this place looks and cant believe is abandoned and loves ones still there
There's a black grave yard about 1000ft from my house in the woods around 30 people buried there all of them sunk in and have rock for head stone and there's 2 that have a stone
This breaks my heart.
When I was here it was one of the most saddest feelings I have ever had, seeing it in person is way tougher on you than just seeing the video
Yes, it is... Thanks for watching,,
This is terribly sad. Thank you for bringing attention to it.
I don't know who owns this but they should be jailed for desicration or neglect
yes ,,,,,,,
some company probably took the money and ran.
That was really fucked up, the city or state should have stepped in... Smh
Would have went with you on that trip in a heart beat ! I've cleaned up many cemeteries....
Them open tombs are likely from family members who had their loved ones moved to another mausoleum that's kept up with.
All that money famlies spent to have their loved ones in a beautiful place and no this. It breaks my heart. I swear if my family member was in thst place i would second mortgage my home to have them moved. Very sad. The state should pay for the upkeep or pay to have them moved. Worlds gone mad. Cant even respect the dead.
The sad truth is that a cemetery is real estate that has to be managed and maintained. This brings to mind a valuable point that nothing is forever. When the end of the family line comes for so many cemetery “residents,” there is no one left to make sure the graveyard is maintained in its entirety. This looks like abandoned property. Perhaps, before investing in burial space, it would be wise to check out the business background and ongoing management operations.
Girl you are brave.... I visited 2 abandoned cemeteries in Jacksonville FL today.... I was afraid I’d slip into a hole.... the land had shifted so much some caskets were above grown literally. Graves were unmarked but indentation in the ground led me to believe a grave was there. There was a pink casket totally above ground.. it was not in a vault!!!
PINK !!!!,,, wow,,, did you get a picture?,, I never saw a pink one before,,,
"OMG!!!!, Does the city own this cemetery???, if so, the families should sue, this is absolutely disgraceful to the souls who are resting there, there is no reason for this at all!!!!!, and sadly, this happens all over the world"!!!! 😢😳😡
Not only has the families paid to lay their loved ones at rest. Then they are disrespect their loved ones. The court need to do something about this now not years and years and still don't do anything in the end. Horrible horrible and someone need to step up and get this taken care of!!!
Something should have been done years ago,,,, sad situation,,, The families could move their loved ones,,, but it will cost them,,,, $$$,,,,
Uh, you're someone.
Yes it is a disgrace. One would think that the county or state would step in and do something about it. This is not acceptable.
The condition of that sight is disgraceful
Looks like the perpetual care wasn't perpetual.
Ad Mirer the should be responsible, they should never have allowed this to happen. What a shame. That is so disrespectful to a loved one.
Another reason why I’ll never be above ground.
I agree. Thanks for watching
This is so heartbreaking😢💔
My great grandparents and several other relatives are in a cemetery that was Abandoned and I couldn’t get anyone to do anything about it😢
Spooky stuff. You have a new subscriber!
Sad world we live in, sad country, no respect for the dead!
This is terrible! How the hell did this mausoleum fall apart???? Somebody has to be responsible! 💔💔💔😫
Thank you for being so respectful
This is why I would rather be in the ground. It's not safe to be buried above ground. I wouldn't feel safe buried there.
This is why you bury in the ground.
Nah nigga, cremation is the way to do it.
Not in New Orleans though! The water table is so high, that the only solution is to use table top graves. Otherwise the caskets are unlikely to stay put for very long.
@@rthelionheart Mom is portable now. She goes wherever the fam goes.
The tubs are vault liners for burials
I burst into tears watching this....😔
It is a shame i live in the UK, i just want to go there, remove the over growth, de-clutter the place. re-build and fix the place and look after what has been disrespectfully left and neglected!
Looks like it's time to respectfully remove those people. Sad deal. Looks like the cemetery's abandoned also. Or the caretakers lawn mower is broken. Those are fairly recent burials to look this bad.
I noticed there was an instruction book on how to use Lotus. I believe that was database software that people used in the mid 1980's. However, some people were placed there as recently as 2010.
Thanks for making the video. No one should be forgotten like this after they pass.
You are right, this is really sad. People should not be allowed to abandon something like this.
I don't know anything about the laws of Pennsylvania, where this video was taken, but most states -- California certainly -- maintain trust funds or insurance provisions for perpetual maintenance of cemeteries and mausoleums. Authorities can and do step in when a facility becomes insolvent. This is sometimes administered by a state commission or agency, and if that's the case in PA then that agency should be notified about this terrible situation. If there is no such thing in PA, then concerned folks should raise hell with the County Board of Supervisors -- or whatever county elected officials are called in that state -- demanding action. (Or the city or town council if it's their jurisdiction). The bodies in the mausoleum should be removed to another facility until a new on-site facility can be built and the remainder of the cemetery should be repaired and start getting some regular maintenance. If I had a family member there, I'd be furious over this.
Why can't they get inmates from the county jail to work on this and clean it up? Evidently it is owned by someone if there was a sale of the property why are they not being fined? There is simply no excuse for this!
That's a great idea,,,, or use the people that have to do community service because they got DUI,,,,
They'd say it was cruel or unusual punishment or that it's against their own religious beliefs! Anything to make excuses to avoid such good intentions!
Ive heard of dead being robbed and abandoned. No respect. This needs TLC big time done by careing people
Thanks for sharing. Great video. Greets and new friend from the Netherlands 🇱🇺👍🏼
Prisoners should be made to at least clean and maintain the grounds
i got a hold on the va....... sense there is an ABANDONED veteran's grave there .....Albin P Remsky Sr. US ARMY WW2 could not see the date he was born .. but passed on march 30th 1993 ..... this is so disrespectful to him and his service for our country ....... this makes me sick .....and very sad that his grave be left like that ...... god help me im about to blow the hell up .... im so pissed .
Heart breaking for the families
It's disgusting how these people were memorialized. Shame on the caretakers.
The entire cemetery has been neglected. How sad. Hopefully, someone can make contact with someone who can rectify this situation as soon as possible. I would be on the phone right away to see what I could do with family there or not.
This is beyond sad :(
Those aren't tubs, they're burial vault covers. When the coffin is put in the ground those heavy plastic covers go over the coffin so the dirt doesn't collapse the coffin under that weight.
They also do concrete covers, but since the 2000s they've used heavy plastics or casebook fiber and I've seen fiber glass reinforced too.
Look at some of those dates 2010 wasn't that long ago, it's amazing how quickly nature takes everything back over
I can't believe this is legal....grave robbers probably slid bodies out looking for gold on the dead. How awful! And...where are the dead ones taken out of the crypts? Looked like an earthquake hit the place. If I had a loved one, I would raise a stink till hell freezes over !
Some of the deceased were likely exhumed and buried elsewhere by their families.
angelfirelite---Grave robbing in not legal and even if the robbers got caught who do police notify? Cemetery is abandon so you cannot notify the officials. How do you track down the family of the deceased?
@@ebenezermarley---That is what I think too. If a cemetery is not cared for who will care if you relocate a body?
These owners need to be regulated or help do things better. Or have volunteers go in and dress or clean up these abandoned places. Be respectful to the deceased. So sad
Wilkes-Barre such a shithole 🤣 I'm about 15 minutes up the cross valley and didnt know about this, gonna go check it out , thank you!
Thats for I call RESPECT.thanks ladie.God will take care of you and your people.
There is no respect for the living, never mind for the dead.
I wonder how those places are regulated by the state. It would be interesting to find out what happened to the owner of the place. It seems like a privately owned cemetery. Some of the families must be trying to get grievances resolved and/or loved ones moved. The in-ground burials should be in good shape, with just lawn care being needed. The building and mausoleum look beyond repair. I wonder how many people prepaid for the mausoleum or burial space and can’t use it now. I wonder if the empty spaces in the mausoleum are from people moving their dead elsewhere. A public record search could answer some questions, for sure! The dead should be able to Rest In Peace and their families should sleep peacefully at night, too! Many must be very upset about this situation... ❤️❤️❤️
yes, the families are upset,,, This has been in the court system for a couple years now,,, but hopefully the families will be able to find resolution...
Wow something needs to be done!!!
Some of the death dates were 2000 how could it go to crap like that so fast .Greedy funeral people trying to make a quick buck.Just a dirty shame
Some death dates were in 2010,,, sad,,,
I’m Mexico the families are responsible for the upkeep of graves. They don’t have the big sharee mosoleums tho. Families may have private mosoleums, crypts or graves. They fall into disrepair once all the descendants have gone. It’s very sad to see.
Cemeteries should be like Parks the way the are cared for and protected
Cemeteries should be grandfathered out and bannedm
I'm glad someone takes the time to look over these kind of things. I wasn't able to bury my parents so I have their ashes. But what happens one day when I'm no longer here
how on earth did it get to be left like that that is just so nasty who on earth is responsible for it sad beyond words
Wow this is very disrespectful of the dead I live Lancaster County pa
I am very saddened to see the horrible condition of that mausoleum, and the desecration of the vaults....Please be careful in these old abandoned places young lady...you should have been wearing gloves to handle all that old stuff, especially those co-enzymes. So very, very sad. How is it that the families of the loved ones have never seen this mess?
The families have seen,,,, this has been on the news several times,,, can't understand why something can't be done...
Thanks for the advice / concern about the gloves,,, Point well taken,,,, ( is that your horse?,, I used to have 2 and loved it )
Thanks for the video. Very sad those are someones loved ones.
Not plastic tubs liners this must be more private thank you for the visit you have done a wonderful job 😎