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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

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA USA. Production Image by Brian Henderson

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA USA. Production Image by Brian Henderson

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

At Highgate Cemetery, London, UK: Roberto and Dr. Ian Dungavell, CEO at Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust, stroll down a historic lane. Production Image by Richard Reed

At Highgate Cemetery, London, UK: Roberto and Dr. Ian Dungavell, CEO at Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust, stroll down a historic lane. Production Image by Richard Reed

Photo by Kate Taylor Mighty

Photo by Kate Taylor Mighty

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

Roberto interviews Historian Dominique Jean-Louis at Green-Wood Cemetery. Production Image by Joe Lumbroso

Roberto interviews Historian Dominique Jean-Louis at Green-Wood Cemetery. Production Image by Joe Lumbroso

Detail of the spectacular sculpture, “The Valentine Angel” at Green-Wood Cemetery Photo by Roberto Mighty

Detail of the spectacular sculpture, “The Valentine Angel” at Green-Wood Cemetery Photo by Roberto Mighty

Neela Wickremesinghe, Director of Restoration and Preservation at Green-Wood Cemetery

Neela Wickremesinghe, Director of Restoration and Preservation at Green-Wood Cemetery

Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA. Production Image by Art Freeman

Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA. Production Image by Art Freeman

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

Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA: L-R: Karie Bible, Cemetery Tour guide/historian; Roberto Mighty, Producer/Host; Art Freeman, Cinematographer. Behind: Johnny Ramone monument.

Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA: L-R: Karie Bible, Cemetery Tour guide/historian; Roberto Mighty, Producer/Host; Art Freeman, Cinematographer. Behind: Johnny Ramone monument.

At the grave of Inventor/Abolitionist Henry Boyd. Production Image by Tim Ouillette

At the grave of Inventor/Abolitionist Henry Boyd. Production Image by Tim Ouillette

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

(above) At Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum in Cincinnati, OH: L-R_Roberto Mighty, Producer/Host, “World’s Greatest Cemeteries” Public TV series, and Dale Hoyt, Docent, at the monument for Chunkie Singleton, a little girl who perished from scarlet fever. (left) At the grave of Henry Boyd, African-American inventor, manufacturer and abolitionist Photo by Tim Ouillette

(above) At Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum in Cincinnati, OH: L-R_Roberto Mighty, Producer/Host, “World’s Greatest Cemeteries” Public TV series, and Dale Hoyt, Docent, at the monument for Chunkie Singleton, a little girl who perished from scarlet fever. (left) At the grave of Henry Boyd, African-American inventor, manufacturer and abolitionist Photo by Tim Ouillette

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

Light-hearted moment behind the scenes at Chateau de Monte Cristo at Le Port Marly, France: Cameraman Larry Rochefort, Museum Director Frédérique Lurol, and Host/Producer Roberto Mighty Photo by Kate Taylor Mighty

Light-hearted moment behind the scenes at Chateau de Monte Cristo at Le Port Marly, France: Cameraman Larry Rochefort, Museum Director Frédérique Lurol, and Host/Producer Roberto Mighty Photo by Kate Taylor Mighty

We visit a Revolutionary War-era cemetery: the grave of Paul Revere at The Granary Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts. Photo by Roberto Mighty

We visit a Revolutionary War-era cemetery: the grave of Paul Revere at The Granary Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts. Photo by Roberto Mighty

The grave of African-American man Crispus Attucks, first colonist to be killed by the British Army, and other heroes of “The Boston Massacre” Photo by Roberto Mighty

The grave of African-American man Crispus Attucks, first colonist to be killed by the British Army, and other heroes of “The Boston Massacre” Photo by Roberto Mighty