We look at the overall culture of death in the Victorian era and the popular antiquarian architectural styles and symbols that defined this society.

San Francisco outlawed the burial of the dead in 1908 and removed all of the remaining burials in 1937, even today it is unique among American cities as there are only two remaining cemeteries within city limits. How did this happen? What gave San Francisco this idea? What are some of the problems that accompany cemetery removal? What were the results of this controversial move and what is the legacy of San Francisco's lost cemeteries today?

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Select Bibliography:

• Shelton, Tamara Venit, "Unmaking Public Spaces: Urban Progress and the San Francisco Cemetery Debate, 1895-1937." California History, Vol. 85, No. 3 (2008).
• Brooks, Jon, "Why Are There So Many Dead People in Colma? And So Few in San Francisco?" KQED News, October 26, 2017.
• "Old Cemeteries in the City", Shaping San Francisco's Digital Archive @ Found SF: http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Old_Cemeteries_in_the_City
• Proctor, William A., "Location, Regulation, and Removal of Cemeteries in the City and County of San Francisco." Department of City Planning, 1950.
• Toy, Michelle, " Preserved Child Found in Glass Coffin Under SF Home ID'd." KTUV, November 29, 2017. https://www.ktvu.com/news/preserved-child-found-in-glass-coffin-under-san-francisco-home-idd
• Garden of Innocence Project, "Miranda Eve: Child Found Under Home." https://www.gardenofinnocence.org/miranda-eve-childs-casket-found-under-home

Today we interview Brenda Sullivan, the public face of the three-woman team known as the Gravestone Girls who create beautiful gravestone related art and offer public programming across New England.

This week we explore Catholic cemeteries because November is the traditional month for remembering the dead in the Roman Catholic Church, including a look into the earliest, largest, and most significant cemeteries in America as well as a special behind the scenes look at the gravesite of the most famous Catholic American, President John F. Kennedy.

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• Burke, Cardinal Raymond L., "On the Christian Burial of the Dead." Pastoral Letter to the Diocese of LaCrosse, WI, November 2, 2000, www. catholicculture.org.
• Garland, Bishop James H., "Pastoral Letter on Christian Funerals." Pastoral Letter to the Diocese of Marquette, MI, November 2, 2001, www.dioceseofmarquette.com
• Catechism of the Catholic Church. (Catholic Book Publishing Co., 1994).
• Brantl, George, Great Religions of Modern Man: Catholicism. (George Braziller, Inc., 1962).
• Duncan, Robert, " The Ecology of Burial: Choices Reflect Beliefs About Life After Death."  Catholic News Service, January 21, 2017.
• Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith [formerly: Holy Office], "Piam et Constantem." July 5, 1963.
• Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, "Instruction Ad Resurgendum cum Christo Regarding the Burial of the Deceased and the Conservation of the Ashes in the Case of Cremation." March 2, 2016.
• Clappin, Elizabeth A., "Primus Inter Pares: The Character Defining Contextual Design of the John F. Kennedy Gravesite." Markers, XXXVI, June, 2019.

Today Ashley ranks the top ten biggest challenges facing American cemeteries, both ideologically, physically, and otherwise. We examine both sides of several controversial issues and consider possible solutions to these challenges. 

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Today on a special Halloween episode of Tomb with a View we dive into a story straight out of Cumberland, Liz's hometown and look at the weird and wonderful history of the New England Vampire panic. Are there really vampires? Where do the legends come from? What do these stories tell us about the Victorian obsession with death? And most importantly where are the vampires buried?

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• Bell, Michael E., Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England's Vampires. (Wesleyan University Press, 2001).
• D'Agostino, Thomas, Haunted Rhode Island. (Schiffer, 2006).
• Rondina, Christopher, The Vampire Hunter's Guide to New England: True Tales of the Yankee Undead. (Covered Bridge Press, 2000).
• Rogak, Lisa, Stones and Bones of New England: A Guide to Unusual, Historic, and Otherwise Notable Cemeteries.  (The Globe Pequot Press, 2004).
• Tucker, Abigail, "The Great New England Vampire Panic." Smithsonian Magazine, October, 2012.
• Bills, Joe, "New England's Vampire History: Legends and Hysteria." New England Living Today, October 28, 2019.
• Herwick III, Edgar B.,  "Salem Witches, Sure. What About the New England Vampire Panic?" WGBH, October 31, 2018.

This week we celebrate LGBTQ History month by talking about the history of burial discrimination towards the gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, why the LGBTQ community eschews so-called "tradition burial", how the LGBTQ community were pioneers in the realm of cremation, the NAMES project and how the AIDS quilt started a non-traditional memorialization movement, why AIDS is still an important topic today, and how the LGBTQ community are reclaiming burial spaces. 

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This week we are presenting live from the Georgia Municipal Cemeteries Conference in Savannah, GA!

On today's episode we begin a new monthly feature where we highlight individuals doing extraordinary work in cemeteries. Our featured taphophile for October is Sam Beetler II, the Conservation Coordinator for the City of Savannah, Georgia's Department of Cemeteries. We discuss the challenges of cemeteries and tourism, the role of cemeteries as places of education and public art, Sam's extensive experience learning about conservation in the global community, and the power of art and preservation in the community.  

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Today we conclude our three-part history of American cemeteries as we examine Hubert Eaton and Forest Lawn Memorial Park, the cemetery that both captured the attention of Hollywood and invented the modern funeral industry.

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Selected Bibliography:

• "Hubert Eaton~Forest Lawn Memorial Park." http://www.huberteaton.com/index.html​
• "Hubert Eaton, Flamboyant Head Of Forest Lawn, Is Dead at 85; Founder of Noted Cemetery on Coast Revamped Many Funeral Practices." The New York Times, September 22, 1966. 
• Pool, Bob, "Forest Lawn at 100: The Rest is History." The Los Angeles Times, July 16, 2006.
• Alexander, Bryan, "Picking Michael Jackson's Burial Place: Security Was Key."  Time, September 3, 2009.​
• Sloan, David Charles, The Last Great Necessity: Cemeteries in American History. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995).