All YouTube videos go live at 12:30 am Eastern Daylight Time. Description from Amazon: Best-selling author and mortician Caitlin Doughty answers real questions from kids about death, dead bodies, and decomposition. Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. The best questions come from kids. What would happen to an astronaut’sContinue reading “Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals”
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The Haunting of Highgate Manor
As I drove up to Highgate Manor, a feeling of dread came over me. It was stunning and did not end until I turned onto another road! Captain Steve Keyes built Highgate Manor in 1818. The Keyes family sold Highgate Manor and its land to Doctor Henry Baxter in the 1860’s. The doctor opened hisContinue reading “The Haunting of Highgate Manor”
Was He Buried Alive? The Grave of Dr. Timothy Clark Smith
“EVERGREEN CEMETERY, JUST OFF OF Town Hill Road in New Haven, VT, is generally unremarkable as far as cemeteries go, except for one fascinating interment. His name was Timothy Clark Smith, and he was a 19th century doctor who suffered from taphephobia, the fear of being buried alive. This personal fact is made apparent by hisContinue reading “Was He Buried Alive? The Grave of Dr. Timothy Clark Smith”
Addison War Memorial
Please help me honor those men who lived in Addison, Vermont, and who died for our country. They are forever immortalized on the bronze plaques attached to the War Memorial in the Town Square at the Four Corners in Addison, Vermont. What is a “war memorial” you may be asking. It could be some typeContinue reading “Addison War Memorial”
Could Dr. Baxter Have Killed His Children?
Yesterday’s video was on Highgate Manor. In today’s video, I found the graves of Dr. Henry Baxter and his family. The oldest child was merely 6 years at the time of death. So sad. “…Local legend says that the children of a doctor who once owned the [Highgate Manor] and performed experiments on them haveContinue reading “Could Dr. Baxter Have Killed His Children?”
Strolling Lakeview Cemetery: Part 4
In today’s video I am strolling an area of Burlington,Vermont’s Lakeview Cemetery I’ve never walked before. It is near my usual “stomping grounds”, but just enough off to the side that it is new territory. I invite you to join me as I stroll it. I recall my curiosity over the three slabs of spacedContinue reading “Strolling Lakeview Cemetery: Part 4”
Monkton Ridge Cemetery
Whilst in Monkton and after filming its Town Hall, I decided to stroll a bit of the Monkton Ridge Cemetery. The cemetery is right next door. That was ever so convenient! The snow had receded enough to see the small headstones. They otherwise become trip hazards, when the snow is too deep. It is alsoContinue reading “Monkton Ridge Cemetery”
Village Cemetery in Shelburne, Vermont Part 6
“Garrad Burritt gave the land for the Old Section of the Village Cemetery in 1829. With over 2000+ burials, the Village cemetery is one of the most well tended, beautiful cemeteries in the State of Vermont. St. Catherine’s Cemetery is now included in the Village Cemetery.”-https://www.shelburnevt.org/222/Village-Cemetery
OLDEST CATHOLIC CEMETERY IN BURLINGTON: MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH
Today’s video is a partial walk/visit to Burlington, Vermont’s OLDEST CATHOLIC CEMETERY: Mount Saint Joseph on Archibald Street. “As the Catholics came to our part of the Champlain Valley to settle, there came an early need for a sacred burial ground. A final resting place was needed for their aged, their infants and young asContinue reading “OLDEST CATHOLIC CEMETERY IN BURLINGTON: MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH”
Mount St. Joseph Cemetery: Part 1
Today’s video is a partial walk/visit to Burlington, Vermont’s OLDEST CATHOLIC CEMETERY: Mount Saint Joseph on Archibald Street. “As the Catholics came to our part of the Champlain Valley to settle, there came an early need for a sacred burial ground. A final resting place was needed for their aged, their infants and young asContinue reading “Mount St. Joseph Cemetery: Part 1”