It’s also common in Florida and Louisiana where the water table’s too high for burial to be practical; though usually the mausoleums are much smaller (for only one family or one person).
Caitlin Doughty’s Ask A Motician channel.
Sweet! I definitely need to check that out. I loved her first book and didn’t know she’d written a second, so I have to do that, too.
What a perfect answer to the OP.
And that is far more engaging than it should be. I particularly “enjoyed” the shot of the crypt that had had an exploded casket inside.
I’ve only seen large indoor mausoleums in News footage of celebrity funerals. The most recent was Hugh Hefner a few weeks ago. He’s resting comfortably next to Marilyn Monroe.
There used to be a Hollywood celebrity death tour that got attention on shows like ET. Some guy drove tourists around showing where famous people dropped dead and where they were interred.
I realize big mausoleums are a thing in other cities. I just never saw them.
We have crypts locally. They are small structures usually surrounded by traditional graves. A wealthy family built the crypt for their use.
Word. When I go I want a mortician like her. If her hair was longer she’d have a whole Morticia Addams vibe going.
Yes, I was wondering the same thing.
I worked for a couple of years at a mortuary in Oakland, which was down the street from Mountain View Cemetery, which has–in addition to regular graves–mausoleums and crypts, (including the crypt of the Bechtel family).
On the job I ended up there from time to time, and noticed that some of the burial sites there go back over a century, so these sites would pre-date Hollywood celebrity crypts. I doubt they have all the modern technology mentioned in the video posted above. Nevertheless, I don’t ever recall any bad smells.
OK, so you are using Hollywood as an example or reference point, rather than an association. Thx.
It’s “interment.” I wouldn’t have bothered to correct a typo except that “internment” is also a word, and it means something quite different.