This is an underground crypt with space for 2 caskets. The first burial goes down and then a steel reinforced concrete slab slides into place which acts as the floor for the second casket. As far as the inability of the flood waters to enter the crypt, there are 2 reasons. Firstly, the vault door is sealed with a non porous piece of fiberglass and put in place with a strong epoxy. Secondly, the crypt is raised above ground level. Also. My guess is they put in a French drain before burying the vault. This is my opinion as a retired funeral director.

When placing a casket in a mausoleum it’s called entombment. When placing ashes in a niche it’s called inurnment. When placing a casket in the ground for burial it’s called interment. I work in the funeral industry & absolutely love your videos!!

@JulianoDorazzo

2 ай бұрын

Hello friend, I am from Brazil and a I have a curiosity about a thing in your coutry. What's happen with the poor people dead?? Are they exhumed after a time, for to give more space to other poor people bodies? Thank you.

@debcarpenter8519

Ай бұрын

​@JulianoDorazzo I have heard of that in South American countries. It's usually for people in the same family.

@janet20257

Ай бұрын

Wrong, the word is interment.

@janet20257

Ай бұрын

​@@JulianoDorazzoNo, the USA Does NOT do that. We have direct cremation, the least expensive method. ❤

@maureenproietta2065

19 күн бұрын

No, in the US you own the plot for all time. We do not remove the remains and resell, as happens in Europe and elsewhere. There is a lot of "wasted" real estate in cemeteries in the US.

I met Mr. Fairbanks once and he really was a thoughtful & kind man. He was in Minneapolis for a lecture and was around 80 at the time. After the lecture I approached the stage with his memoir to get an autograph. He wasn't sure if he could sign the book as it might conflict with his contract (I guess), but he told me to wait, and he'd check. The short of it is he came back three times apologizing and asked me to be patient. There were now Shriners all over the stage wanting their swords autographed, and I'm thinking he could have just blown me off. On his third attempt I asked if I could write through the publisher. He told me, "That would be grand, and I look forward to hearing from you." I did it and he sent me a 4x5" photo of him autographed to me. The part I liked best was he backed the photo with a piece of really poorly cut cardboard in an envelope that was typed with his address in New York. All I could picture was this charming old man one day sitting at his desk trying to cut through cardboard and using a typewriter. lol

@latinouruguayo1

11 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you for sharing your experiences with him, he sounds so genuine, respectful and sweet.

@cheleshows

11 ай бұрын

"a conflict with (his) contract?" honestly that is super ridiculous. I am sorry you were told that. Celebrities' have signed/continue to sign all kinds of "things". It is entirely possible he (for whatever reason) did not want to sign the memoir (and that's absolutely his right). It is very sweet that he sent you an autographed photo and cut cardboard to protect it from being folded.

@libertyordeaf

11 ай бұрын

@@cheleshows The story is quite plausible. Publishers often seek to manage and control PR by contracting authors to attend specific book launches and signings and do only approved media. Also, I doubt someone as successful as Fairbanks would have any difficulty refusing such a request - he would just say "No" rather than prevaricating.

@tiprat5051

11 ай бұрын

​@@cheleshowsno that is not ridiculous at all

@chocloditelensman

11 ай бұрын

Cool story.

Anton Yelchin… his death always made me really sad. He did soo well for himself. He was his parent’s only child and to lose him the way they did was very sad. Soo young and talented. 🤦🏽‍♀️😟😣

How respectful you are to leave Anton's mom alone. Each time I've been there I have taken a detour so as not to disturb his parents. How they grieve for their son so deeply that they are at the cemetery daily just hurts my heart. Thank you for sharing this great video with us, you are the best!

@therealsophiemary

11 ай бұрын

Those poor people. I heard they are living in his house?

@lisasharf1442

11 ай бұрын

@@therealsophiemaryI heard tha as well.

@cherylcampbell7495

11 ай бұрын

My deceased father came to me in a dream. He told me that I needed to let him go. He’s been deceased sense 1959. The parents need to let go so the person can leave and be with our Heavenly Father. 🙏🙏

@LP-jn4tw

11 ай бұрын

@@cherylcampbell7495 The parents need to do what THEY want to do. Not everyone believes in fairy tales about talking snakes and spontaneously-dividing seas.

@brianboisguilbert6985

11 ай бұрын

@@LP-jn4twYour inability to fathom anything beyond the end of your nose is no reflection on the truth you can’t see.

i was a London Cab driver and i picked up Douglas Fairbanks Jr and for about 20 minutes or so and we had a long conversation what a nice man

Some cemetery workers when we visited in 2015 told us that Mr. Fairbanks did look exceptional but the smell was just atrocious.😢 RIP!

@TitanicTubi

10 ай бұрын

Wow!!!

@CiaraJackson-rb5fk

3 ай бұрын

I’m sure there was a horrific smell. They can do amazing things to preserve a body but it’s still dead flesh / organs now mixed w/the chemicals to preserve it.

I must say you have a lovely voice for narratives like this. I’m quite shocked to learn tge film studio bought half the cemetery but DIDNT RELOCATE THEIR BODIES!!! that’s deplorable!

My Grandmother was a victorian lady,and we pic nicked in the graveyard, as a child, never thought anything about it was wrong, it's what people did.

How interesting. Used to live just down on Bronson and spent many an hour in that cemetery - mostly between 1978 thru 1998. A friend and I used to sit on that bench in back of the Fairbanks sarcophagus. Frequently attended the Valentino birthday tributes as well. Such fun. Thanks for this. Enjoyed it.

Wow! When I visited back in the 90's the grave site was totally unkept. The pond was overgrown with lilly pads and frogs! Thanks!

It’s my first time watching you. Kudos to the man who bought and gave back life to this cemetery. And I have to say pleasant voice you have. (with due respect). Thank you.

@johndeeregreen4592

8 ай бұрын

I have a deep voice and I am a vocal coach... his deep, articulate voice was the first thing I noticed... the absolute perfect narrator's voice.

I absolutely love that cemetery. I could see a two hour video of that and never get tired of watching it.

Such an fascinating story and interesting history of the two Fairbanks final resting place. Thank you, Scott. Your videos never disappoint and I always learn something new!

My late sister and I visited here. There were a pair of nesting swans near the Fairbanks monument. They had signs warning visitors that they would be attacked.

I have my own favorite father and son story about the Fairbanks’s. When Junior was offered the role of suave villain Rupert of Hentzau in The Prisoner of Zenda, he hesitated about accepting it. So he asked his dad for advice. Dad read the script and is supposed to have told him, “Are you kidding? This part is actor-proof. Lassie could play it.” Dad was right. In that role Junior gave the performance of his career.

@verak66

10 ай бұрын

It is great. Have heard it before. Terrific and extremely underrated actor. In fact one of my favorites.

Both were such great actors. Especially their swashbuckling films.

Father and son really looked alike! Today I rewatched the Ghost Adventures episode which you were in when they investigated the Silent Movie Theater in LA. The psychic drew a picture of the ghost she had seen there and it was Fairbanks! A great episode! I love it when you come on the show to give the Crew info on the sites they investigate!

@pain_weaver

8 ай бұрын

Psychics are a sham.

Love the vibe at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery.I think it says Goodnight Sweet Prince also on Tyrone Power’s grave.Went also to see Rudy Valentino’s crypt and stood there with goose bumps the thinking back on his history.

Knowing more about the abandoned cemetery under Paramount would be interesting.

@Patrick3183

10 ай бұрын

What?!

@yesibot.2051

10 ай бұрын

I need to know more 🤔

@richardweiler6931

10 ай бұрын

​@@yesibot.2051narrator says that it's 'crazy haunted.' So you don't want to know too much.

@KRAFTWERK2K6

10 ай бұрын

"YOU MOVED THE TOMB STONES.... BUT YOU LEFT THE BODIES!! WHYYY??!! WHYYY??!!" No wonder this place is cursed like crazy.

@yesibot.2051

10 ай бұрын

@@richardweiler6931 I’ll have to search if someone has actually gone ghost hunting in that spot 👻

Im from the uk and worked as a butcher in londons fulham road near chelsea whilst serving in the shop one day i looked up and there was mr fairbanks buying steak just an ordinary customer no airs and graces a lovely polite man this was around 1971 .

Dirk Shafer was found dead in a vehicle near his home in West Hollywood, California on March 5, 2015. The Los Angeles County Coroner's office determined Shafer's death was the result of "methamphetamine and cocaine toxicity", with hypertensive cardiovascular disease possibly being a contributing factor.

I always get SOOOOOO excited when I see a Dearly Departed video posted!!! Thank you Scott & Troy❤

@stevesutherland6232

11 ай бұрын

Me too…!!

Thanks. As a shut in you’ve just taken me to feel ,pay homage to all those there. Thanks for the walks you’ve taken me on over a decade.

Scott i think you deserve millions of subscribers ., have so much knowledge of Hollywood history and all the facts . thank you for sharing this video 📸📸 much appreciated Scott

The Reflecting Pool and Design of Fairbanks grave is truly one of the best I have ever seen... Very Majestic and Royal.

What a fascinating background to the cemetery. I'm glad someone took the cemetery and made it as beautiful as it is. Fabulous actors. Thank you Scott. 🕊️❤️🙏

Thank you Scott. I'm glad that Douglas Jr. Is buried with his Dad. It's a beautiful place to be interred in.

An absolute favorite of mine to go to every time I come to Hollywood. I'm fascinated by this and by your knowledge. Enjoyed your Route 66 trip with Jordan, and am going to become a Patron of yours.... I can't seem to get enough of all the fun and interesting things you do.

Thankyou Scott for remembering the classic Hollywood stars and keeping their memory alive. Well done! Last time I stood there admiring the Fairbanks reflection pool was in 1998 before Doug Jr. had passed. I'm glad to learn he is interred there by his father! You might have mentioned he appeared in a silent picture with Greta Garbo, and another," Our Modern Maidens" with his first bride, Joan Crawford in 1929. I loved his war pictures, such as "Narrow Corner" and *Gunga Din'. Always a class act and gentleman, and just as beloved in England as much as in America, even given a title in later years as "Sir" Douglas Fairbanks Jr.! May he RIP in heaven. And may his star always shine bright in the celluloid firmament of old Hollywood. Truly one of the greats.

I remember when the front facing portion of the cemetery along Santa Monica Blvd was was lined with huge Canary Island palms and a manicured lawn. Sadly, that entire front footage was sold off and retail businesses such as auto repair shops were built on the former front lawn of the cemetery.

Thank you Scott, another fascinating episode told by the best!

Beautiful memorial site. I love how they have the water in place

How has that not been made a movie yet? “You think a house built on a graveyard is haunted? Well, guess what happens when a movie studio builds on a graveyard! In theaters this Christmas!”

@bonniefeldman9444

10 ай бұрын

In Ray Bradbury book the Skeleton Crew this is the setting. The cemetery over the wall from the movie studio

@DanW-nk7sn

3 ай бұрын

Poltergeist, A development was built over a grave yard.

Dissolved or Goo. That’s when I hit the floor with laughter. That was Funny Scott!

Wow, thank you for sharing this! That is so cool about showing the movies although it's changed. I'm so glad that someone bought and returned the Cemetery back to good condition.

I loved Douglas Fairbanks Jr. He was the handsomest man I have ever seen!! Saw him in the Corsican Bros.when I was a kid on TV.and I fell in LOVE with him. He played twins in that movie too! ❤❤❤❤❤

I've been to Hollywood Forever and viewed the Fairbanks burial area but never walked up close to it.

There is a vent in the left side at the top of their tomb. People use to slip coins in it and other things I imagine, so they had it cemented closed. I always wondered how the caskets were place and now, thanks to you, I know. You did a great investigative job!

This was a very good video. Thanks, Scott. "Ghost Story" (1981) is one of my favorite movies.

Thanks for taking us along.

Would love to visit here one day. Thanks Scott!

You are truly appreciated Scott. Thank you

Great job, Scott! I have been following you since 2006!

Thank you Scott & Troy! Always great stories.

So sad Anton's parents are there every day. Hearbreaking.

@lorrieearle2058

9 ай бұрын

Yelchin?

@chandracox6814

11 күн бұрын

​@@lorrieearle2058yes.

❤❤❤THANK YOU FOR THE TOUR .....

Absolutely awesome vlog Scott thank you that place is absolutely beautiful

Very Well Done Sir! Love your Work, especially EARLY/CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD! Hollywood Royalty as they say!

Poor Anton Yelchin's parents. Such a tragic loss. My two favorite movies of his are Charlie Bartlett and Alpha Dog. Of course he was great in the Start Trek movies. Love your videos! I have been a fan for many years. Going to check out your pateron now. I've never done that so it may take me a minute 😀

@jm7804

8 ай бұрын

He was something special, that's for sure. Handsome and talented. I'm sure their pain will never be eased.

That cemetery is really worth the time to see. I was walking along and just happened to look down and see the grave marker for Mel Blanc, one of my favorites. There are many celebrities from the past interred there. It's a very pretty setting.

Great informative video as always! I do remember when this place was in such disrepair years ago most people just drove by not knowing it's great Hollywood history. I being one of them...

Great video Scott! Always appreciate you!!!

Another great video as usual. Thanks Scott!

Tyler Cassity built that. New Mausoleum blocking the view from six of my relatives. Including Ed Wood Cult Star Timothy Farrell my father. I was one of the 3 groups who bid to buy Hollywood Memorial Park. As for bodies at Paramount. No. The east side of the cemetery was the first burying ground. My Great Great Grandfather was buried there in 1907. 400th burial in the history of the cemetery

@chandracox6814

11 күн бұрын

No one cares.

Hi Scott !! Thanks for everything you do, your work makes the departed a memory for a new generation 🙏🌹

The Fairbanks are 2 of my favorite actors of all time. Such talent. So handsome. How I wish I was around in there hay day. Shame they dont make them like that anymore.

If Fairbanks, Sr.’s, casket is a ‘sealer’ (air & water tight-any higher-end casket would be), that could explain why there was no water damage to his remains.

@PastaMakerCordy-qy4uz

Ай бұрын

But all caskets eventually leak.

Douglas Fairbanks jr was a marvelous actor and very underrated.

What a Beautiful place to Rest! I wish I’d been there for the free showings! Thank You Again So Much!

You have the best stuff!!!! Thanks Sir

I genuinely feel sorry for DF Senior inasmuch as he recognized that the end of the silents meant the end of his career ... the end of the way that he liked to make movies. Senior made a few mediocre talkies, retired and was (for the most part) quickly forgotten, along with many other silent stars. Junior stayed on good terms with former stepmom Mary Pickford (although he supposedly couldn't stand his dad's widow Lady Sylvia Ashley). In the years following DF Senior's death the animosity between Pickford and Chaplin only intensified. Junior tried a rapprochement between Pickford and Chaplin, saying to the elderly Mary that Chaplin mellowed over the years. She replied "I don't care, he's still a son of a bitch" lol.

@paulcarpenter999

11 ай бұрын

Fairbanks Sr's biographer Jeffrey Vance said that the narcissistic elder Fairbanks likely wouldn't have approved sharing his grave with anyone, not even his son.

@LadyGreyBlack

11 ай бұрын

I also understand Mary didn't care much for Joan Crawford; F. Scott Fitzgerald was said to have called Joan "a bitch".

@bambinoandmore46

11 ай бұрын

I hadn't heard that before, interesting

@jackmorrison7379

8 ай бұрын

Who says he was forgotten? A statue is at USC along with a memorial for his donor/sponsorship of film studies. In San Diego County a gated community is named after his ranch "Fairbanks Ranch". His restored films now have a new following on this platform and elsewhere. There are other tributes and memorials at the Academy museum, and elsewhere. As to Chaplin and Pickford, it's a long story going back to Chaplin holding his work product away from UA, being the control freak he was, and some of it may have been his attitude toward women (he was tried in California and acquitted by the jury on a sex charge). As to Mary, she had a long slow decline into alcoholism, and a recluse un-helped (?) by her last husband "Buddy" Rogers.

@jackmorrison7379

8 ай бұрын

Mr. Carpenter. I've read Vance's other biographies, so I'm not a hostile critic. But do read Ms. Goessel's biography of Fairbanks Sr. It's less of the "let's find fault" genre, and more let's reintroduce modern readers to this remarkable if now little known (to those under 70) man and in his day great star.

Love all your videos....thank you for all your hard work.

Hey Scott... another package is on its way. Mailed this morning... should arrive tomorrow. Love the Route 66 videos with Jordan. Enjoy the stuff!

Very good subject and thanks for sharing

Thanks for the walk .

Thank you Scott, this was great!

Thanks for all your time love your videos

I always love your content. Thanks so much.❤

Once again amazing! Thx Scott!

Amazing as usual, thank you !

Really Nice Video...And you handled it with very nice smooth camerawork! Thank you!!

Great story, I always enjoy your videos! Been a fan of yours since Six degrees of Helter Skelter. Keep up the great work!

Excellent information. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing 😊

Thank you, Scott for your videos and research. Its very interesting.

Thank you so much!

Another fabulous video Scott love you man ❤

Thank you, Scott amazing video and history.

Thank you Scott.

That is a beutiful and fitting memorial for both Douglas Fairbanks. I am glad that the father and son are buried together. Thank you. 😊

I remember Jr from the movie Ghost Story with all of the other old time hollywood greats like Fred Astaire and John Houseman and Melvyn Douglas, that movie was creepy as heck and gave my 8 year old self many nightmares, but so worth it.

Scott loved the video and I really enjoyed it and thank you scott for sharing with us.

Great video..Have a great thanksgiving Scott

Doug Senior was interred at Forest Lawn for the two years between his passing in 1939 and the construction of this monument in 1941.

Great video. Thanks for sharing

Thank you for sharing

Thanks for all your hard work.

Great video!

judging by the photos inside, it did show signs of decomp leak. It also looked as if a drain was in the bottom, which was pretty thoughtful for the time. Even the best older caskets only stayed waterproof for about 50 years under perfect conditions( not the wooden ones). But that is from water from the outside getting in. Most of the time when a casket fails its from the inside coming out. A shoddy embalming can turn a waterproof casket into a pressure pot. More like a pressure pot filled with TNT. I have seen one casket blow in a mausoleum and destroy all the surrounding caskets.

@maryellenshock

6 ай бұрын

Seriously!? A casket blew up? I watch a lot of crime drama shows, and even CSI never showed that ( if they did, I missed it) WOW!

@Wanderlust_Regal

6 ай бұрын

@@maryellenshockI believe they showed it on Bones or an adjacent show

@maryellenshock

6 ай бұрын

@@Wanderlust_Regal you could be right, I used to watch Bones every week, now it's just a little too gross - especially when they show the reruns very early in the morning, my tummy can't handle that.

@melindaunknown6411

6 ай бұрын

🤢

I'm a lifelong California resident and native and I'm so upset I never got to go to the dearly departed store and tours 😢

Fabulous insightful video......loved it.. beautiful Cemetery and fascinating information.....thank u 😊😊😊😊

Thank you for the information. It was great!

Thank you for great video

Your videos are soo Cool. Thanks Scott

Great presentation. Thank you!!

I was at this tomb back in 76. His memorial tomb to me was pretty modest. I think his son, was like his dad, a modest man. Am glad they are both buried together. Father and son, seemed to have a great relationship. Am surprised too that the water didn't get into his dad's grave. Maybe it did and he secretly had it fixed back in 95 without the knowledge of all of us long before he died.

Ghost Story is a favorite movie of mine❤❤❤

Douglas Fairbanks sr looked fin? Did they open his casket? or were they judging by the condition of the casket? Interesting stuff

I am confused, Why open Sr.'s casket?

@mariaevans5793

10 ай бұрын

Yes why !!!!🙄🇬🇧

@jimpatterson3286

10 ай бұрын

Father in law owns a cemetery. Anytime you open a grave you have to verify who is in there. It can be hit or miss, sometimes it's just random bones. My Father's vault is guaranteed not to leak for 100yrs. Doubt it will be checked LOL.

@jimpatterson3286

10 ай бұрын

@@nevinreid311 Depends on the quality of the vault and the casket. Indiana requires a concrete vault to prevent the ground from collapsing because a casket will collapse from the weight of the dirt. The vault isn't required to have any specific seal. That's up to the family. But a quality casket and vault will preserve the body quite well, but it still ain't pretty. The body leaks out all the fluids and emits gasses. Undisturbed it will still be recognizable as your loved one but quite deteriorated.

@jimpatterson3286

10 ай бұрын

@@nevinreid311 I don't even like the fact that I know these things. I'm gonna be cremated. Headstone and dig my grave with a post hole digger.

@cheleshows

8 ай бұрын

@@jimpatterson3286 Doubtful