Episodes
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Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY
S2 E206 - 26m 46s
Join Host/Producer Roberto Mighty and tour a National Historic Landmark. New York’s Woodlawn Cemetery is the final resting place of legends — Duke Ellington, Herman Melville, Bat Masterson, Celia Cruz, Dorothy Parker, Miles Davis, Jokichi Takamine and Irving Berlin. Gilded age monuments, towering mausoleums, modern sculptures and exquisite landscaping grace this tree-lined urban oasis.
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Laurel Hill Cemetery
S2 E205 - 26m 46s
Join Host/Producer Roberto Mighty at historic Laurel Hill and bucolic West Laurel Hill cemeteries near Philadelphia. Laurel Hill is America’s second major rural garden cemetery, on bluffs overlooking the scenic Schuylkill River. We explore the famed Medallion Garden. Interments include jazz saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr., Civil War General George Meade, and inventor Martha Coston.
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St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans
S2 E204 - 26m 46s
Join Host/Producer Roberto Mighty at legendary St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, in New Orleans! The town, known for mardi gras, jazz and great cuisine, is home to this Catholic cemetery with multicultural roots. We learn about Asian immigration, and tombs include the “witch” Madame Marie Laveau; civil rights activist Homer Plessy; Chess master Paul Morphy, and a mysterious pyramid for actor Nicolas Cage.
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Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati.
S2 E203 - 26m 46s
Join Host/Producer Roberto Mighty at Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati. A reenactor portrays Civil War Medal of Honor winner David Urbanski. We learn the story of food manufacturer Rabbi Dov Behr Manischewitz, and interpret traditional Jewish funerary iconography. Includes a look at 19th century immigration from Germany, three branches of Judaism, and a modern connection to Spain in 1492.
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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA
S2 E202 - 26m 46s
Join Host/Producer Roberto Mighty at this must-see for book lovers and history buffs! Concord’s Sleepy Hollow Cemetery boasts “Author’s Ridge” — with Louisa May Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson and more! Also, a side trip to Walden Pond, historical reenactments, and a surprise for “I Love Lucy” fans. This gem is on the US National Register of Historic Places.
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Cave Hill Cemetery
S2 E201 - 26m 46s
Join Host/Producer Roberto Mighty at beautiful Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, KY — a 300-acre arboretum, birding space, gardening gem and historic burial ground. Interments include boxer and humanitarian Muhammad Ali, Colonel Harland Sanders, Suffragist Susan Look Avery and Revolutionary War hero George Rogers Clark. A reenactor portrays Sculptor Enid Yandell, and we view exquisite monuments.
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World's Greatest Cemeteries
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans
Sunday
Nov 17
30 Minutes
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans, a Catholic cemetery with multicultural roots; Asian immigration; tombs include Madame Marie Laveau, activist Homer Plessy, chess master Paul Morphy and a mysterious pyramid for actor Nicolas Cage. -
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World's Greatest Cemeteries
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Sunday
Nov 24
30 Minutes
Exploring West Laurel Hill Cemetery near Philadelphia, including Medallion Garden; interments include jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr., Civil War Gen. George Meade and inventor Martha Coston.
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