I found this regarding zippers: "The product debuted at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, but it didn't have much success. The modern zipper was eventually designed in 1913 by Gideon Sundback. He worked at the Universal Fastener Company in Hoboken, New Jersey. Sundback received a patent for his “Separable Fastener” in 1917." I'm leaning heavily towards a stolen purse dump. If that purse was buried with someone in an old mausoleum, there would be mold and discoloration as the body goes through the putrefaction process and stains the coffin fabrics and anything inside and the zipper would be extremely rusty or rusted away. If you Google "antique purse 1800s" the images show purses that fasten at the top with a snap. The red one there is tightly stitched and the zipper is on the side like a side pocket for a modern purse. I think it was pushed through the window/vent on the backside that had the tree branch in it. The location of the purse bears this out from looking where it landed.
@@SerenitySueGraveyards @SMLE, I respectfully disagree and doubt it's a stolen purse. I reckon the purse was left (with coins in) by a relative many years or generations later (laid by the coffin). Some of us Irish Catholics do such things. I doubt we will ever know. Best wishes SMLE. Great video Sue, thank you.
That was brilliant seeing the video.. took me a few tries to sit and watch from start to finish.. definitely worth watching.. Happy Christmas Sue and to your family and of course Cathal
Thank you for this series of tours,sad about the condition of some mauseleums,May they all R.I.P.Merry Christmas to you,GV and Ollie,take care god bless,🙏🙏👍👍👋🇦🇺
@@SerenitySueGraveyards your so worth it for what you do for us Sue, just wish it could have been more! But will address that whenever possible! Bless you! Xxxxxl
Thank you for this video, Sue. It's sad to see all the vandalization in these beautiful tombs. But you are giving them respect by remembering them. Thank you for all you do, and in some cases endangering your own life by exploring some dangerously crumbling mausoleums. Merry Christmas to you and GV and all your families.
Great video Sue. It would be great if we had charity type groups who could monitor some of these places and clean them up inside. I guess it would be difficult with the bones everywhere so sad to see. 😢
It was so good to see these again. Such great history and insight into the Mausoleums and vaults, which I have always found so fascinating. Thank you for all of your hard work Sue. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a fantastic 2025, God bless ❤Teresa 🇦🇺♥
Thank you Sue for taking us to some amazing graveyards and cemeteries this year. I love what you and GV do. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
Dear Sue and GV. Thank you for all your videos this year. I wish you both well over the Christmas season and a prosperous 2025. Regards Marianne (South Africa)
I would like to personally thank you very much for sharing these awesome videos. You are so kind and respectful when it comes to your investigations of these places that mostly have been forgotten for so many years. I hope you have an opportunity to be able to do all the exploring that you wish to accomplish.
Thanks for all the effort you always put into your videos... this compilation of 2024 had some amazing pieces and like you said the cost of building these grand structures would have cost a fortune ... it's sad to see the state some of them are in so thank you from Aussie pete stay safe... Merry Christmas and a happy new year from Australia to you all in Ireland.
Thank you Sue and GV for all your hard work this year bringing us fabulous videos..Have yo say my favourite has to be 'The Castle' mausoleum..Looking forward to more videos next year..Love you both ❤ 😘
Great to have you back Sue…not seen you for a while!!! I love you two together…between you both you have the answers!!! Always interesting the places you visit+you are always very respectful in how you investigate…looking forward to what you will bring in 2025!!! X🙃❤️🙏🏻✝️
Stumbled on to your channel while browsing my feed on Christmas day here in the states. What a wonderful surprise present . I'll check all the boxes on my way out. Hope you enjoy Boxing Day.
Sue and GV, its been one hell of a year!! I have enjoyed spending some precious time watching your Channels!! Excellent content throughout. Gratitude and Well Wishes. ❤❤❤
I really enjoyed this video Sue but sad to see the state of the remains in the mausoleums. Glad you didn’t fall on that wet grass when you went to look in the huge mausoleum. If I don’t catch you before Christmas, all the best to you and GV and many thanks for your videos. Xxx
I HIGHLY recommend TWO books, both by Caitlyn Doughty, an alternative funeral director in California. 1. Smoke gets in Your Eyes. AAAAAND 2. From Here to Eternity (looks at AMAZING customs around the world!)
The “statues” at 20;35 was a depiction of the crucifixion. Another great video Sue. Makes me even more determined to get buried when my time comes. Keep up the good work and thank you
The colors are vibrant in the one. Blue, purple, bright green. Or am I the only one seeing it? These videos are so beautiful, and I appreciate the respect you show.
hi sue. i really enjoyed watching this video. i m amazed with human remains . i m fascinated my own skeleton. Every deceased person needs peaceful resting place. It breaks my heart to see Broken coffins. they should be protected. may these souls rest in peace
It’s been a great year with you and GV, thanks for taking us. With out you guys I wouldn’t get to see most of this . Merry Christmas 🎄 and a happy new year from Australia 🐨💗the head less corpse with the stripped shirt is still my favourite, it’s like the torso is hollow. Very strange .
It is always nice to go back and see the places that I might have forgotten. I love the opening of the video with the snow on the ground - beautiful. Many older crypts with a history that we cannot be sure of what took place. A great reminder of the past year Sue. I like this format! ♥️☘️
My thought on that purse in. The crypt, I believe it was stolen & tossed thru that rectangular opening in the back, that opening is what the purse is closest to. I would go back & try to retrieve it with some long handled grabbers. It probably has an ID in it & that is why it was thrown in there. Would be an interesting find.
Hello, I enjoyed the video, that was creepy the last place you looked at underground. I noticed another area where there was coffin failure and you could see where the liquids ran down the front and some dripped from the bottom. That is nasty to look at. Thanks for sharing this video. Take care.
I'm a retired Funeral Director, human remains and or bones don't bother me, now, a dancing skeleton in the middle of a cemetery or graveyard, now, that would shock me.
It’s nice to reminisce about prior adventures, and it shows all the dedication and hard work you two have put into your videos. God bless you both and merry Christmas to you all, OT.
Hey Sue! The Zipper was invented in 1892 to 1893. The little purse looks like it might have been pushed through the little opening on the back of the tomb, like your friend said, probably from a purse snatching. Maybe?
Hello from Germany. Thanks for your Videos from the Last Places...I Wish you and your Partner all the best for the XMass days and all the best for the New Year then in 2025. Stay healthy everybody and i Wish you also a Teleskope Cam😉🍀😊
I have a snake cam lol, it's no good unfortunately, there is a video here on the channel showing the quality. Thanks very much, wishing you a happy healthy Christmas and New Year ❤️🎄🎅
Thank you for this recap of some very beautiful and interesting vaults. Some you would never know to be underground hallways. Curious how they even got them down those curved stairs. 😮 Merry Christmas guys!!
That zipper tells me it’s more modern. The modern zipper which that is, was created in 1917. These graves are much older than that. The oldest zipper was created in 1851, but it didn’t look anything like that.
I'm a bit of a "human remain" myself... I appreciate the efforts put to allow us to see these amazing places. The inscription in french at 42:26 says "Jean-François Goethals, spouse of Lady Hortense Roch Born in Anderlecht march 28 1878, died in Bruxelles December 8 1936." It seems to have a lot of people from belgium in the mausoleum.
Oh, Bless you Sue & GV for the many bumpy, wet, overgrown cemeteries you have made your way through so that we can get a glimpse of history!…not to mention an occasional “sit down” in wet,mucky grass! With each video you do- So many questions gallop through my head! Why did these families bury their loved ones in mausoleums…in wood coffins ( which were the only material available unless they used stone)…knowing that they would disintegrate over time and knowing that family members would not be around to do upkeep? It’s amazing to see the intricate headstones and crosses,etc used to honor a family member who has passed-but unless someone is buried in the ground to become one with the soil-how does it make sense to make these elaborate towering monuments only to see them fall apart or become unreadable??
@SerenitySueGraveyards love the history of Ireland and it warms my heart reading the history of the people who lived here on the stones all the best from roscommon 👍
I love when you are together. What one doesn't know, the other does. Thank you. USA, Michigan
YES AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING OF THE HISTORY THEY BRING TO US WITH RESPECT .
Thank you Angel
Thanks Dawn
TH-cam is only allowing me replies and blocking comments ATM Great video from the pair of you. PS see if you can use the comment function on videos 😃
Hey, I’m from Michigan too!
I found this regarding zippers: "The product debuted at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, but it didn't have much success. The modern zipper was eventually designed in 1913 by Gideon Sundback. He worked at the Universal Fastener Company in Hoboken, New Jersey. Sundback received a patent for his “Separable Fastener” in 1917."
I'm leaning heavily towards a stolen purse dump. If that purse was buried with someone in an old mausoleum, there would be mold and discoloration as the body goes through the putrefaction process and stains the coffin fabrics and anything inside and the zipper would be extremely rusty or rusted away. If you Google "antique purse 1800s" the images show purses that fasten at the top with a snap. The red one there is tightly stitched and the zipper is on the side like a side pocket for a modern purse. I think it was pushed through the window/vent on the backside that had the tree branch in it. The location of the purse bears this out from looking where it landed.
Thank you for this
Regarding the purse, you can imagine all sorts of things being disposed in crypts as well as things being stored temporarily
@@SerenitySueGraveyards @SMLE, I respectfully disagree and doubt it's a stolen purse. I reckon the purse was left (with coins in) by a relative many years or generations later (laid by the coffin). Some of us Irish Catholics do such things. I doubt we will ever know. Best wishes SMLE. Great video Sue, thank you.
Some great finds and locations. Let's hope 2025 is even better
That was great Sue some very good footage there, when you went down into that crypt and said "hello" can you imagine if someone answered you?! 😂😂👻👻
I'm always waiting for.someone to.pop up in front of her canmra!!
I'd of run lol
@@SerenitySueGraveyards
😂
I’d need to change me bloomers!
Lol , yes you'd have to change your britches for sure
That was brilliant seeing the video.. took me a few tries to sit and watch from start to finish.. definitely worth watching.. Happy Christmas Sue and to your family and of course Cathal
Thanks Mark, happy Christmas
Just found your channel and I am hooked! Amazing footage and information!
Thank you so much 💓
This was awesome! You two have certainly taken us to amazing places. Thank you, Sue ❤
Agree!
Thanks toms, appreciate it
Thanks Liz ❤️
Fabulous compilation Sue. So glad I found your channel last year, carry on the great work 👍🏻🇮🇪🇬🇧
Thank you so much!
Thank you for this series of tours,sad about the condition of some mauseleums,May they all R.I.P.Merry Christmas to you,GV and Ollie,take care god bless,🙏🙏👍👍👋🇦🇺
Same to you!
Thanks
Thanks so much Helen, really appreciate it 💗
@@SerenitySueGraveyards your so worth it for what you do for us Sue, just wish it could have been more! But will address that whenever possible! Bless you! Xxxxxl
Thanks!
Thank you so much Patricia, really appreciate your donation 😊
Thank you sue and your husband for all the great videos keep em coming and we will keep on watching.
Thanks so much
Thank you for this video, Sue. It's sad to see all the vandalization in these beautiful tombs. But you are giving them respect by remembering them. Thank you for all you do, and in some cases endangering your own life by exploring some dangerously crumbling mausoleums. Merry Christmas to you and GV and all your families.
Thank you, you too 😘
Very 😎 cool but sad 😔 Thank you for sharing God bless y'all
I love watching your videos
Thanks very much ❤️
Thank you guys, for all the great videos throughout the year, keeping the memories of all those people alive.
You're most welcome 🙏
an awesome compilation thankyou so much sue - love and blessings x
Thank you ❤️
Great video Sue. It would be great if we had charity type groups who could monitor some of these places and clean them up inside. I guess it would be difficult with the bones everywhere so sad to see. 😢
That would be a great idea
It was so good to see these again. Such great history and insight into the Mausoleums and vaults, which I have always found so fascinating. Thank you for all of your hard work Sue. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a fantastic 2025, God bless ❤Teresa 🇦🇺♥
God Bless 🙌
Always a pleasure thankyou so much for sharing all your amazing adventures,best wishes to yourself GV & family 🫶🎄
Good to hear your voice! Joyce USA
Thank you ❤️
outstanding video guys thank you both Sue your crazy nothing phases you climbing in to places grateful !
Thanks so much
Thanks!
Thanks a million Liz, really appreciate it 💗
Thank you Sue for taking us to some amazing graveyards and cemeteries this year. I love what you and GV do. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
Thanks Pamela, many happy returns
An excellent look back at the past year. It has gone by so fast. Both of you have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 🎄🎉
Same to you 🥰
Love this compilation and appreciate the research that you and GV put into finding these graves. Very professional
Much appreciated!
Great video clips Sue,nice GV was there,especially on the first clip,very slippery😊
Glad you enjoyed it
Thankyou for the lovely grave yards and cript that you visit and the views from inside cript
My pleasure 🙏
Dear Sue and GV. Thank you for all your videos this year. I wish you both well over the Christmas season and a prosperous 2025. Regards Marianne (South Africa)
Thank you, many happy returns ❤️
I would like to personally thank you very much for sharing these awesome videos. You are so kind and respectful when it comes to your investigations of these places that mostly have been forgotten for so many years. I hope you have an opportunity to be able to do all the exploring that you wish to accomplish.
Thanks so much ❤️
@@SerenitySueGraveyards
You are absolutely welcome friend.
@@SerenitySueGraveyards
You are absolutely welcome friend
Great compilation! You both have taken us to so many historic and interesting places
Marry Christmas and love to you both🎅🏻
Thank you! You too!
Merry christmas Gv and Sue ! Thanks for the review
Thanks very much, same to you
Thanks for all the effort you always put into your videos... this compilation of 2024 had some amazing pieces and like you said the cost of building these grand structures would have cost a fortune ... it's sad to see the state some of them are in so thank you from Aussie pete stay safe... Merry Christmas and a happy new year from Australia to you all in Ireland.
Many thanks!
Lovely highlights. Thank you.
Very welcome Kate
Thank you Sue and GV for all your hard work this year bringing us fabulous videos..Have yo say my favourite has to be 'The Castle' mausoleum..Looking forward to more videos next year..Love you both ❤ 😘
Thank you ❤️
Great to have you back Sue…not seen you for a while!!! I love you two together…between you both you have the answers!!! Always interesting the places you visit+you are always very respectful in how you investigate…looking forward to what you will bring in 2025!!! X🙃❤️🙏🏻✝️
@@SharonHigham-jj6by thanks Sharon, I'm always here ❤️
Stumbled on to your channel while browsing my feed on Christmas day here in the states. What a wonderful surprise present . I'll check all the boxes on my way out. Hope you enjoy Boxing Day.
@dondawson2174 thank you so much, really appreciate it, 🙏
That was a great collection, amazed at the crypt at the end. Happy Holidays everyone.
Happy holidays!
I LOVE your videos, Sue and GV.😊 YOU ARE SOOOOO RESPECTFUL! Even when the mausoleums are torn apart.
Thanks so much ❤️
Hey Sue , Jeff here from across the pond 🇨🇦. Gonna check out your video and looking forward to another wee video.
Thank you ❤️
Great as always. So sad, Sue. I wish you all a very merry Christmas. Love from Africa 🌍. 🎄
Happy Christmas Yvonne 🎄
Blessings happy new year from sunny Florida USA 🇺🇸
Wow!! Great video Sue...hi GV!!! I want to go in there and wash that tile up 😂. Thanks so much for bringing us on this great adventure ❤!
You are so welcome!
Sue and GV, its been one hell of a year!! I have enjoyed spending some precious time watching your Channels!!
Excellent content throughout.
Gratitude and Well Wishes. ❤❤❤
Much appreciated!
I really enjoyed this video Sue but sad to see the state of the remains in the mausoleums. Glad you didn’t fall on that wet grass when you went to look in the huge mausoleum. If I don’t catch you before Christmas, all the best to you and GV and many thanks for your videos. Xxx
Thank you, many happy returns
I HIGHLY recommend TWO books, both by Caitlyn Doughty, an alternative funeral director in California.
1. Smoke gets in Your Eyes. AAAAAND
2. From Here to Eternity (looks at AMAZING customs around the world!)
Thank you
The “statues” at 20;35 was a depiction of the crucifixion. Another great video Sue. Makes me even more determined to get buried when my time comes. Keep up the good work and thank you
Yes! Thank you!
Great video Sue. Merry Christmas from The United States. 🎄
Many happy returns 😊
Merry Christmas to you Sue & GV too.🌲🌲🌲
Happy Christmas 🎄
Always you give us amazing videos and go the extra miles for the best videos. We appreciate you both. I.watch GV VIDEOS TOO..
LOVE YOU BOTH!!
Our pleasure, thank you 😊
Thanks for taking us along on your adventures.
Always welcome 🙏
Interesting video 😊. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻.
Thanks Joel
The colors are vibrant in the one. Blue, purple, bright green. Or am I the only one seeing it? These videos are so beautiful, and I appreciate the respect you show.
Thank you so much 💓
Great compilation! Merry Christmas Sue 🎄
Thank you! You too!
Another awesome video. Thanx Sue. You both Be safe please.
Thank you, I will
Love this video Sue. Blessings.
Thank you so much!
Always love your videos 💜
Thank you so much!!
Thanks Sue (and GV). What interesting finds from this past year! Especially the intact coffins.
Glad you enjoyed it Sheryl 😊
I am amazed myself Sue, very good video.😊
Thank you so much Linda 💓
I am looking forward to see what you discover in 2025! Wishing you and GV a merry Christmas & happy New Year. God bless you both!
Same to you!
Marry Chrismas to all of you Great Video I remember those crypts from you guys video before great work putting them all together have a great day
Thank you, you too
hi sue. i really enjoyed watching this video. i m amazed with human remains . i m fascinated my own skeleton. Every deceased person needs peaceful resting place. It breaks my heart to see Broken coffins. they should be protected. may these souls rest in peace
Thanks ❤️
It’s been a great year with you and GV, thanks for taking us. With out you guys I wouldn’t get to see most of this . Merry Christmas 🎄 and a happy new year from Australia 🐨💗the head less corpse with the stripped shirt is still my favourite, it’s like the torso is hollow. Very strange .
That one is probably mine too
Yes you have it in focus really well, very good, can see really good. Thank you both, well done.
Thanks
Love both your channels. Have a great Christmas and New Year.😊😊
Thank you! You too!
Thank❤😢😮s for all the scenes to share in a video. Happy holidays
Same to you!
I'm back, I missed you guys! ❤️ OKC 🇺🇸🙏🏻✌🏻
Hello Alan
Thank you for slipping & falling to get us great views ❤❤❤❤❤ love you both ❤❤
😂❤
Thank you ❤️
Happy Christmas to you all, thank you for a wonderful 2024, it was amazing. Wishing you Health and Happiness for 2025 and another great year.
Thank you, you too
You are both amazing ❤❤❤❤
Thanks ❤️
GREAT JOB BOTH OF YOU .THANKS FOR A TRIP INTO THE PAST .INTERESTING HISTORY. I REMEMBER THESE.🌎🇺🇸👋🙏
Glad you enjoyed it
Beautiful cemetery video. I loved it all. Love you guys.❤😊
Thanks so much
It is always nice to go back and see the places that I might have forgotten. I love the opening of the video with the snow on the ground - beautiful. Many older crypts with a history that we cannot be sure of what took place. A great reminder of the past year Sue. I like this format! ♥️☘️
Thank you very much!
It’s pretty clear from this and other videos that skulls are popular things to steal from graves.
You're right, plenty of them end up on the black market
Wow the pictures you get like the alter is amazing. Great filming.
Thank you very much!
Fascinating, Sue. To think the bodies in these places were probably wealthy, prominent people at one time....
They definitely were, thanks
Superbe compilation, j’ai passé un bon moment 😊 !! Certaines images sont réellement impressionnantes... ❤️👍
Thank you very much
My thought on that purse in. The crypt, I believe it was stolen & tossed thru that rectangular opening in the back, that opening is what the purse is closest to. I would go back & try to retrieve it with some long handled grabbers. It probably has an ID in it & that is why it was thrown in there. Would be an interesting find.
I’m watching from Australia
Wowwwwww So interesting grave yard 😮😮
Thank you ❤️
Hello, I enjoyed the video, that was creepy the last place you looked at underground. I noticed another area where there was coffin failure and you could see where the liquids ran down the front and some dripped from the bottom. That is nasty to look at. Thanks for sharing this video. Take care.
That is nasty. I've been to so many that are just terrible
I'm a retired Funeral Director, human remains and or bones don't bother me, now, a dancing skeleton in the middle of a cemetery or graveyard, now, that would shock me.
Bones don't usually bother me, it really depends on the situation too, a dancing skeleton lol
It’s nice to reminisce about prior adventures, and it shows all the dedication and hard work you two have put into your videos. God bless you both and merry Christmas to you all, OT.
Thanks so much!
Hey Sue! The Zipper was invented in 1892 to 1893. The little purse looks like it might have been pushed through the little opening on the back of the tomb, like your friend said, probably from a purse snatching. Maybe?
I believe it was a robber yes, thank you
Hi Sue from Decatur Alabama USA MERRY CHRISTMAS
Same to you!
Thanks for a glimpse into the unknown sue , fascinating to see inside these crypts.
You're welcome 😊
14:42 wonder what that green box is in there
That's for ashes
Yes it is really Beautiful so interesting. Wow!
@@lindarose980 thanks
You are so brave to go into those spaces!
Thank you
Hello from Germany. Thanks for your Videos from the Last Places...I Wish you and your Partner all the best for the XMass days and all the best for the New Year then in 2025. Stay healthy everybody and i Wish you also a Teleskope Cam😉🍀😊
I have a snake cam lol, it's no good unfortunately, there is a video here on the channel showing the quality. Thanks very much, wishing you a happy healthy Christmas and New Year ❤️🎄🎅
Nice melange of burial sites and crypts! Merry Christmas to you, Sue!! 🎄🎁
Same to you!
Some great places there ! Very interesting finds 👍
Thanks Rebecca ❤️
Thank you for this recap of some very beautiful and interesting vaults. Some you would never know to be underground hallways. Curious how they even got them down those curved stairs. 😮 Merry Christmas guys!!
You too Sandra
The grave with purse. Zippers were not invented when that tomb was made. Also the zipper would have rusted along time ago.
Thank you
When you knocked on that metal door 😂 you would have had a hell of a shock 😮if someone knocked back 😂😂 happy Christmas sue🌹 to you and yours 👍
Thanks David
That zipper tells me it’s more modern. The modern zipper which that is, was created in 1917. These graves are much older than that. The oldest zipper was created in 1851, but it didn’t look anything like that.
Thank you
I'm a bit of a "human remain" myself...
I appreciate the efforts put to allow us to see these amazing places. The inscription in french at 42:26 says
"Jean-François Goethals, spouse of Lady Hortense Roch
Born in Anderlecht march 28 1878, died in Bruxelles December 8 1936."
It seems to have a lot of people from belgium in the mausoleum.
Thank you
Oh, Bless you Sue & GV for the many bumpy, wet, overgrown cemeteries you have made your way through so that we can get a glimpse of history!…not to mention an occasional “sit down” in wet,mucky grass! With each video you do- So many questions gallop through my head! Why did these families bury their loved ones in mausoleums…in wood coffins ( which were the only material available unless they used stone)…knowing that they would disintegrate over time and knowing that family members would not be around to do upkeep? It’s amazing to see the intricate headstones and crosses,etc used to honor a family member who has passed-but unless someone is buried in the ground to become one with the soil-how does it make sense to make these elaborate towering monuments only to see them fall apart or become unreadable??
Not really, unless they have perpetual care
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I'm working on it
Be careful Sue, both of you. So interesting & wishing I were there😊
Thanks ❤️
Your a brave women ty for your content
You're welcome
@SerenitySueGraveyards love the history of Ireland and it warms my heart reading the history of the people who lived here on the stones all the best from roscommon 👍
Cool compilation of finds!
Cheers Don
Grave robbers in some of them.
Yes, definitely