Season 1
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WCEM_101: Mount Auburn Cemetery
S1 Ep1
Mount Auburn Cemetery, founded in 1831, is a National Historic Landmark. The stunning landscape, monuments and gardens draw over 200,000 visitors per year. Host Roberto Mighty explores the lives of Dorothea Dix, a pioneering advocate for the mentally ill; and Edmonia Lewis, a renowned African-American/Native-American sculptor. Reenactments: escaped slave-turned philanthropist; a medical student’s sacrifice. MORE
WCEM_102: Highgate Cemetery, London
S1 Ep2
London’s Highgate Cemetery contains some of the finest funerary architecture in Great Britain. Host Roberto Mighty shares Victorian-era attractions. Roberto and expert guests visit the lives of Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy; Mary Ann Evans/”George Eliot”, author of Silas Marner and Middlemarch; Black World War I hero Lt. Walter Tull; and discuss landscape architecture. MORE
WCEM_103: Green-Wood Cemetery, New York
S1 Ep3
Brooklyn’s 478 acre Green-Wood Cemetery is a National Historic Landmark. Host Roberto Mighty and experts explore landscape, glacial ponds and paths containing one of the largest outdoor collections of 19th- and 20th-century statuary and mausoleums. Roberto visits the lives of composer Leonard Bernstein; modern artist Jean-Michel Basquiat; and Civil War era Black physician Thomas Joiner-White. MORE
WCEM_104: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles
S1 Ep4
Hollywood, California! Host Roberto Mighty explores Hollywood Forever Cemetery, visiting monuments and lives of screen/music legends —Judy Garland; Mickey Rooney; Johnny Ramone; Herb Jeffries (“The Bronze Buckaroo”); Hattie McDaniel, the first African American woman to win an Oscar; Mel Blanc, the voice of “Bugs Bunny” and other beloved cartoon characters; and studio mogul Cecil B. DeMille. MORE
WCEM_105: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati
S1 Ep5
Host Roberto Mighty explores Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum — the 3rd largest cemetery in the USA and a National Historic Landmark. Experts show Champion Trees and check out water features. Historical Reenactments: Feminist firebrand Frances Wright; Abolitionist Levi Coffin and Landscape Architect Adolph Strauch. Visit to monument of formerly enslaved African-American inventor Henry Boyd. MORE
WCEM_106: Season 1 Finale!
S1 Ep6
In the Season 1 finale of World’s Greatest Cemeteries, Host Roberto Mighty visits the Chateau of one of France’s greatest authors; a Cincinnati monument to a Civil War family; a Victorian London cemetery; and a Boston Revolutionary War graveyard. Cemetery experts give a primer on funerary iconography and a horticultural peek at pondside plantings; and we drop hints about our exciting Season 2! MORE