Looking at the burial customs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and their migration west. tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view
What's up with those saints-in-a-box? Considering what the concept of "incorrupt saints" shows us about Catholic beliefs and their perception of the body. tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view
The Shakers reached a peak population of around 6,000 in 1840, living in 19 villages in the northeastern United States. Their cemeteries are simple and reflective of their way of life... but looking a little deeper shows ingenuity and social structure that might not be evident at first. Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view The Harvard Shaker Cemetery by Roben Campbell The Disappearing Quaker Cemetery by Thomas and Brenda Malloy...
Examining how the American Indian Movement and fight for Native American Rights in the 1970s and 1980s lead to the vilifying of indigenous remains and the popular trope of the haunted "Indian Burial Ground". tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view Please rate and review!
Scaffold burials are some of the most striking and well documented indigenous burial traditions, but are also fascinating case studies to understand how different cultures deal with the same harsh realities of death. Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com
Looking at the pre-contact civilizations building incredibly complex networks of ceremonial and funerary mounds, some of which pre-date both the pyramids and Stonehenge!
Exploring the racist treatment of Native North American remains throughout history and how the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act seeks to repair that. tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com' Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view
This week I team up with one of my favorite Atlanta podcasts Archive Atlanta to explore the weird history of body snatching. Happy Halloween! tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view Check out Victoria's podcast Archive Atlanta
Looking at how memorials can give a voice to innocent victims and how good historical research can help us to look back and understand what was previously unknown important facts about the past. The Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692 are still being learned about and interpreted today as we continue to come to terms with our difficult past. tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: tomb.with.a.view Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast
We know cemeteries get moved, we know sometimes bodies get left behind... it has even inspired a few horror movies along the way (looking at you Poltergeist). What is the big issue? Why does it happen? And is it always a bad thing? tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view Check out this story (pages 18-25) of responsible cemetery removal showing you step-by-step how the process happens!...
Not every cemetery in the 19th century was a rural cemetery... today I talk about the often forgotten cemetery movement that dominated the post-Civil War period. www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view
What is the IOOF? Why are there so many cemeteries with their name on it? What do all those symbols mean? I dive into the weird and wonderful world of what was once the largest fraternal organization in the United States. Email: tombwithaview@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view
The weird tale of the potter''s field and church cemeteries in Greenwich Village... that people seem to keep forgetting about. www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcat Instagram: tomb.with.a.view
For my first anniversary on September 13, 2020 I'm ditching the script and the research and winging it! In under 1 hour, what you need to know generally about American cemeteries. www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view
Exploring the significant role that cemeteries have played in forwarding the labor movement in America. www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view
Looking at how historic hurricanes shape and reshape cemetery landscapes. www.tombwithaview.weebly.com Email: tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view
Continuing the discussion of removing cemeteries for public works projects from last week, I look at the example of Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware, MA and use it as a jumping off point to discuss why the cultural landscape and context in a cemetery is important, and how this is perhaps the greatest loss in cemetery removals. www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: tomb.with.a.view Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast To get a look at the underwater exploration of the ...
Is the removal of graves for important public projects justified? Does the good outweigh the bad? How are we dealing with these projects today. This issue is examined through the Tennessee Valley Authority, who have removed more than 20,000 graves since 1933. Access the TVA grave database here www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view...
Today I look at the complicated history of cremation, from the fall of the practice along with Rome to its resurgence, started by a country doctor, cremation is perhaps the greatest comeback story ever. www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view
Contemplating what happens to controversial persons after death. What is our responsibility as a society? Is everyone entitled to a decent burial? Who is responsible? Should their wishes and cultural practices be observed? www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: tomb.with.a.view Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast
Today I examine cemetery poetry over time, and look at some of the physical graveyards that inspired these poets. www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a VIew Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view
The final installment of the national cemeteries series explores the domestic cemeteries where 3.2 million veterans are interred. www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: tomb.with.a.view Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast
Part III of our national cemeteries series explores the permanent overseas cemeteries established to accommodate the remains of American soldiers when their families chose not to have their remains repatriated. www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view
Part II of the National Cemeteries series examines how the Army learned important lessons from the Civil War burial crisis and how Army Chaplin Charles C. Pierce emerged as an unlikely cemetery hero, introducing the use of dog tags and finding new ways to identify war dead. National Archives film, Activities of the Graves Registration Service 1919-1920 www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaview@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view...
I update the status of Confederate monument removals across the South and clarify some very important points. Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com
Today I tackle the hot button issue of Confederate monuments and memorials. Where do they fall in our overall discussion of the importance of remembering the dead? What do they symbolize? Why and how were they erected? And most importantly we discuss why the time for them to exist is over. www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook Instagram: tomb.with.a.view The Cost of the Confederacy , December 2018, Smithsonian Magazine...
Today I start a month-long exploration of United States national military cemeteries. This week we will focus on how the Civil War changed both the public perception of death and how they were handled as the first national cemeteries are established. www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facbook Instagram: tomb.with.a.view
Today I'm answering listened submitted questions for the first time! www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view
Fifty years after the killing of four students by the National Guard during a Vietnam protest, I examine how the memorialization of their deaths is still the subject of controversy. www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view
Part II of my coverage of mortuary railroads examines the range of options to access the first three rural cemeteries, and how this allowed them to become major tourist attractions. I also cover the largest mortuary railroad operation in US history, the repatriation of American soldiers after WWII. www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view "The Final Disposition of WWII Dead, 1945-1951"...
