A brief overview of exploding caskets at mausoleums from a funeral director. Also, get a general education about mausoleums, crypts, and the terminology.
@@KaritheMortician Actually they don't hon. Lol. I have to laugh cause I started watching this at my work lunch hour and your talking about gooo??? Lol. Lol. I just adore you dear. Lol
Can’t imagine myself decade in a box, cremation is much cleaner and takes up less or zero space on earth. Less space for the dead means more space for the living.
Nobody can explain an unpleasant happening with more grace and class than you Kari. You and your videos are wonderful!! If you worked in Philadelphia. PA. You would be my family funeral director!!
This is so fascinating. I was 16 when I lost 5 loved ones within the same year (of varying causes) and it was quite traumatic, having this be the first experiences of loss that I'd had. That was 12 years ago now. For me, learning about the processes a funeral director uses, and the meaning of different terms relating to a person's passing brings a lot of comfort and closure in a way. You explain things with such grace and matter-of-fact nature, it's just wonderful!
Hey Miss Kari. I Really must Tip My Hat. NEVER do I See ANYONE Who Wants to directly Answer Our. Questions, the very curious an often difficult questions of the general public the way you do!!!! Another Video Where You Miss Kari Continue To answer all of our questions and often give incredibly wise insight While Maintaining such dignity taste and of course grace. Thank you. You're the best!!!!!
This would have totally creeped some people out (especially the view into the empty crypt); however, you conducted this tour with such familiarity and ease that it removed the Hollywood eeriness associated with these final resting places. Thank you again, Kari for demystifying your profession for us lay people!🌸🌸
Hi Kari, great channel you have and I just subscribed! I'm from Sydney, Australia and we have many crypts and community mausoleums that have been built in the last 20 years, particularly catering for the Italian/European community. The requirements for above-ground burial differ slightly from the US as the body must be fully embalmed placed within a zinc liner, hermetically sealed along with a solid timber coffin or casket. Prior to the 1960s a lead shell was used instead of zinc which was way more heavier and could have the tendency to rip or crush if not handled properly. Mausoleums are a very expensive, exclusive burial option and can range from $30-70k depending on the location and crypt level desired. There are also many families who have vaults arranged like streets throughout various sections of a cemetery. They look like little houses with marble and religious statuary at the front. Some families might share a vault to keep costs down, where others are solely for one whole family. The coffins are usually arranged on shelves and can have up to 24 spaces.
My grandma and one of my uncles ( her son) are in a wall.. when my grandpa passed he will go in with my grandma of course. My dads brother died at 16 years old- killed by a driver when he was riding his bicycle 🚲 across the street. So I grew up visiting him in the wall with my grandparents as a child. I have always been fascinated by how the wall burial worked.. thank you for this
Thanks for the info Kari. Saw this happening in some public cemeteries here in my country but I've got no idea why it happens until you explained it just now.
I cremated my husband in November 2019 he was 88 he'd had Alzheimer's for 21 years and liver bile duct cancer for 8 years. It was the best decision I could have made
I can only imagine the stench from a decaying human body. Yesterday I had to remove a dead rat from my garden and the smell made me gag! I could never work in the funeral business, but God bless those of you who do.
I never have seen one 'explode' before in a mausoleum, but have seen a few times when the casket has rusted out on the bottom corners and the 'goo' has leaked out. In our mausoleums that we deal with, one now uses the tray/ bag combo, and the other 'crypt pillows' that are place against the inner lining at the front of the niche to absorb any problems that might happen. I have also read where some mausoleums prop the lid open with a small wooden block to allow the body to dry out naturally, but there have been a few lawsuits over that, or so I'm told, because it breaches the whole 'sealing casket' selling point. Thanks for another great video!
I think in certain places the only way you can bury somebody is to also in- case the casket in a vault, that way they don't have to worry about the ground water becoming contaminated with body fluids, as well as embalming materials.
Is the family financially responsible in the event that the deceased has to be re-casketed? Also for damage and cleaning of mausoleum if leakage occurs? Thanks for your terrific, informational videos.
I just want to say thank you in how well you keep everything on the professional level and helping us to understand. I was a nurse in a nursing home for many years - thank God it was one of the good ones. So I have had lots of experience dealing with death. I have to say I have enjoyed learning what happens after the people get to mortuaries. If I had been younger I do believe I would like to get into your field. Anyway, thank you for all the info
I don't think they use liners all the time. It is an extra. Air flow is key and a lot of mausoleums won't allow sealed caskets or they may prop the lid of the casket open or cut a lit in the seal to get air moving. Newer mausoleums can handle things better as they often have a slant at the back and drains as well as good ventilation systems that are separate from the exterior ventilation systems. Older mausoleums are more likely to smell as they may not be built to the same standards. When it comes to body disposal, mausoleums are the most non-economical systems for disposition. I think it is interesting that some people choose crypts, especially the outdoor types, not realizing the heat literally cooks the body and it turns to liquid. 6 feet under is still your best bet if you want to starve off decamp for a little while longer.
I worked in a mausoleum constructed in 1928 and had to open crypts that were closed for decades and they were dry. The stinkers were typically the newer constructed crypts that didn't have vent holes for airflow. We didn't use the wrap system, just the polymer liners and that did the job.
You do a great job explaining this very sensitive subject. I have seen some channels that show cemeteries that are in terrible condition. The one in Rhode Island was probably one of the worst.
When caskets are sealed airtight there’s a little handle that takes the oxygen out of the casket where the casket is suctioned of any atmosphere inside. When the body decomposes Anaerobic bacteria take over and they create a gas that reverses the sucked out process of the original seal meant so what happens is the casket now becomes bloated and the seal breaks. I remember as a young man I used to cut grass in the summertime at the Roman Catholic cemetery up the street people would get buried there and they would say oh well that casket is being sealed and and therefore the body will never decompose as if you were canned like fruit or meat or cucumbers it doesn’t work that way one would have to be boiled and that’s not how it works so the best thing is cremation or to simply be buried in a basket or a simple box and just be laid in the earth and be allowed to to melt into the earth. This whole thing is the force of the funeral industry because they sold people a bill of goods when they were interviewing people after a death they would say well you know you should have an airtight casket because your loved one will be preserved forever,,that was a lie.
When I worked at a local cemetery in West Virginia we had caskets one in front of the other long ways. We also used a hand full of bb’s to assist with the interment of the casket into the crypt. Also we had two mausoleums that had niches underneath in case of inability to bury the deceased at the time. These mausoleums were older and the niches hasn’t been used for a very long time. I think they were there for when graves were dug by hand and the ground was frozen in winter to the point of not being able to dig.
You would be surprised at how many times this seems to happen in the US. Here on CZcams there are a number of local news programs covering these stories. Another type is the mausoleum in a horrible state of disrepair. Again, this seems to happen quite a lot.
I love how your videos make these topics as understandable as changing your cars oil. You have a comforting nature and you make the whole topic casual. Well done.
@@KaritheMortician Very welcome. Question if I may. Is there a way to get into this industry without extensive schooling. I'm not a studious type, but I always felt a strong draw to this area of occupation. Thanks for any insight. Keep em coming.
@@KaritheMortician Thank you very much for your time and responding. I will look into this more knowing that. Thanks again, and good job on the videos. God Bless.
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Kari, thank you so much for your incredibly sensitive and honest approach with your videos. I went to another video by Caitlin who you spoke of and oh my word, her approach is diametrically opposed to yours and thank the Lord for you.....she would scare the living daylights out of me, however you have so reassured me about many fears I have had, and I couldn’t be more grateful. I am in the UK so we have coffins rather than caskets and I’m not aware of many mausoleums here, maybe it is something more popular in the US, or maybe I’m just not aware of the ones here, except for “family mausoleums” which seemed prevalent many years ago. Thank you again for your wonderful factual but also compassionate approach in your videos, you have helped me such a lot !
Kari Northey Gosh Kari, thank you for explaining about Caitlin’s approach, she is clearly very knowledgeable .....I suppose everyone does what they think is right for them. I think I will be sticking with you and your approach, no disrespect to Caitlin, but your softer and more caring sounding voice is less scary for me .....thank you again . My mother was embalmed, I was with her at the time of her death and it was such a privilege to be the only one from my family who could cope and the one to scatter her ashes where she specifically had asked for but my older brother (who died last June) had failed to organise and was just going to leave it to the undertakers who hadn’t got a clue as to what was really wanted. Again it was such a privilege to put her exactly in the same place as her mother . I am still not at all sure which route I’m going to take.....but you really are helping me through things as I am getting older and I do want to have a very specific plan in writing, just to make sure that whatever happens, my twin brother won’t have a jazz band escorting the coffin into church as he did with my father! ..... Each to their own but definitely not for me 😳 Thank you again !
It should be and as a matter of fact I think within the next 25 years he should be mandatory that alkaline hydrolysis which is another form of cremation it is a flameless cremation the bones are much more white when they pour the bones through the little device known as the cremulator that's right there's a device that's called a cremulator that grounds the bones up into fine powder alkaline hydrolysis is something I have thought about getting into myself I think you're 1000% right
That’s it!!!! That’s how I want to be kept. No ceremony, no preserving to keep me longer and fresher, not touching. Thanks for sharing this, I feel much better.
Your explanation is very well done. It's good to get what would be likely the correct scenerio verses what you see in tv shows. I have learned alot from your videos.
Anytime I watch something like this I'm just that much more content with my choice of cremation, even though death is death either way and we're not conscious as to notice anything. There's dignity in being ash as opposed to a bloated, smelly, gassy lump. Just burn me, please.
Hey Kari. I Just Finished Watching The Video About Your Niece. And It Made Me Cry. I Am So Sorry For Your Loss. My Thoughts And Prayers Are With You And You're Family. I Was Also Very Touched My The Way You Honoured Her Life. I Can Just Imagine Your Niece Singing The Wiggles Song Up In Heaven. You Have A Heart Of Gold My Dear. Take Care.
I love the way you explain these sensitive subjects. I find these things very interesting, but a bit disturbing ( gross) as well. But you have a lovely way of talking about it
I work for a cemetery, we've never had any exploding caskets but we've had a few pop open and had to open the crypt and reseal them, not fun but necessary for the protection of others and the family
In addition to the wrap, is there enough room for anything like an absorbent sock like is used to absorb oil, that can be placed around the casket in case of leakage?
I know a guy who wanted to purchase just one single grave because his wife died first and he desired to be buried on top of her. In death, just as in life. This guy never changed.
This is also common in a veterans cemetery. If the husband or wife, whichever passes first, will be at the bottom and the spouse that passes last will be placed on top. Some veterans cemetery do this side by side but you don't get an option as to if you want it side by side or bottom and top. It depends on the veterans cemetery. It's also done this way even if you are not in the south.
You're so fascinating Kari. 😍 I've been binge watching your channel the last few days. I actually like you a lot better than Caitlin because you don't push politics on me. If I wasn't a disabled veteran I'd want to work in the funeral industry. I lost a baby in 2008 and I always felt a calling to help other bereaved families. Great work!
Kari Northey oh yes but not without going thru four more miscarriages. 😢 William was my my hardest though as he was viable. 😭 Luckily I went on to have two healthy baby boys. God was on my side. 😉
God Bless you Meagan - I feel for your loss as my mother died nearly six years ago & I had to arrange her funeral. Hope you are safe where you are, & God Be With You. TJ the DJ
Kari answers all of the dumb questions we ask, with great aplomb. No one ever broached the subject for us. At first it seems an odd thing to be involved in, but really it isn’t. We just want to understand what happens to our loved ones, or to understand the science. The information she imparts is a very socially noble thing to do, really.
Kari, Thanks ! - You explain a very hard to talk about, delicate subject so that everything is not quite as scary or hard to hear - (!) After all of your first hand knowledge, have you decided the way you "want to leave this world" ? I know that there are so many ways to choose, so it would be so helpful to know what someone like you would choose !! ?? Please share !
Hello Ms.Kari, I found the exploding casket episode almost comical, BOOM bones flying and stuff eek, by the way love the music I was doing the running man to it. Have a great day, I enjoy your site.
Some cemeteries require that when they entomb a sealed/protective casket, the screw-cap must be unsealed to prevent pressure. Some are also outlawing wooden caskets unless they have an interior leak-tray under the mattress. Personally, I don't believe that "explode" is the proper word. "Belch" might be more appropriate. And it's usually via the rubber gasket, so the casket isn't much damaged. I've assisted in hundreds of entombments where a spouse was already in the crypt. Besides perhaps an odor, I've never seen more than a blown gasket.
I heard that the funeral director might create a slight lid opening with the use of a piece of wood. Here in the desert of Coachella Valley the mausoleum can be troublesome due to intense heat . We have basically 5 months of 100 plus heat index. Forest Lawn uses a plastic tray under the casket. Pallbearers have to guide the casket onto this tray ( if it's a lower niche) The origin of above ground internment was likely not started in Southern California lol...lol..... it tends to be a matter of prestige , it's a lot more expensive then burial and if One chooses a " Couch Niche " it will be easily 25k here. My brother n law was interned in a couch niche....I would go often to just be there and it was on these visits that I became acquainted with seepage do to an ordor I had walked into. The heat will warp and twist that hardy-backer and it will also separate the silicone beads that attach the Mason board to the concrete structure . The vents may not be adequate for the level of gases and the silicone breaches and an opening occurs , the smell is undeniable. The Supervising Director then has the decorative marble facade removed revealing the problem and the source of the odor. The team then waits for closing and the family is notified because they won't just patch it. They will now have to open the niche. remove the original hardy-back and peel off old silicone , clean up the liquefied human remains that may have seeped thru the floor of the casket . This is why all internment now comes with the casket tray. Forest Lawn has in place these procedures . The previous owners did not and they have to conduct this clean up more often then they care to admit. The reason I'm am will read on this is because the mausoleum is beautiful and distinguished.... it is multi-story and well lit at night and very expensive... and to have an odor of decomposition breezing thru the corridors is not good.....
I remember visiting a graveyard where my grandfather was buried, there was an above ground vault with a this kid green ooze coming out of it and it smelled horrible. That casket must have exp,oded, now I know.
@@checkmate440 Not necessarily. It may have been an unsealed casket. When a body is in an above ground vault, especially out in the heat, the body will decompose much more quickly. Essentially, it can be a stew in the casket. The goo may leak out. Many people like the idea of above ground crypts as they feel it is less bothersome than thinking of a loved one buried in the ground. However, if they knew their loved one was in that above ground crypt stewing they may have preferred burial.
Damn you never hear anything good about Cullman. It’s either something like this or it’s James Spann telling them to take cover because they have a tornado warning lol
I talked to my Local Funeral Director 2 weeks ago;cuz I’m planning a Mausoleum for myself out of state. He said &ALSO called the Casket Dealer in front of me. They BOTH said that a Deceased In a Sealed Casket on a PLANE would b Only Time it would Explode! They thought the Other situation was Weird!!!
Everything that makes you unique and human will cease to exist unless filmed or written. The physical essence of your earthly temple will in time decompose after you die, this is what make free speech and the voice so powerful if you use it. Your story your life time matters,you are the (uniqueness) and voice of your existance. Your physical death is just where the story of you takes a mysterious journey into the glorious hereafter.
Okay, so the leaking mausoleum with the wholesome music at 0:08 made me laugh, I'm not gonna lie. That outta the way, I have nothing but respect for our funerary workers with the exception of the few who think they're gonna turn the industry upside down by shaming us into choosing the most gimmicky, wokest methods of dispatching our dead. However, mausoleums creep me the hell out. I often take walks around a local cemetery and it's the most beautiful, serene place in the area but the few mausoleums I've been inside of for the occasional funeral, I just couldn't wait to get out of. Maybe it's my morbid fascination, but the feeling of dread is unexplainable.
I think if that happened to my uncle, who is in a mausoleum/crypt, I’d flip out. I’m so grateful my parents are buried in the ground and in vaults. However, I continue to believe either a green burial or cremation is the way for me to go. Kari, thank you so much for helping us all.
Hi, this is what I did. Wife was put in a Batesville Y46 Tapestry Rose and into the mausoleum. Before entombment, I drilled in each plugs a 1/4" hole. Then placed screens inside the plugs to prevent bug entry. This allowed the contents to breathe. Dehydration instead of the gross alternative. The main objective is to allow venting. I've seen a few methods from propping the lid open, leaving the plugs out or loose. Also a non sealer; either metal or wood. Thanks, Benton
It's all fun and games until the mausoleum becomes abandoned and starts falling apart...so much for you happily ever after... I used to like that idea until those places started making the news.... Its very sad!
Does the casket have a warranty for this type of event. Does the family have to pay for it. That would be uncomfortable to tell a loved one this year's after their relative passed.
Is casket warranty even a thing? I have never thought to ask that. And, what would it cover if it is? I can imagine it would probably be pretty limited.
@@xxfallenangelxx692 Yes, I just watched somebody else's video about delivering a casket liner, I'm sorry, I don't remember exactly who's video it was, but under the comments were funeral directors explaining about warranties. The cemetery he was delivering it to was somewhere in Colorado if that helps.
April Baker yes they have a warranty. When my mom died the funeral home told me it had a ten year warranty. Bring the smart ass that I am, I asked what was I suppose to do, dig her up and check the casket? I voiced that it was stupid to have a warranty. My thoughts though.
I’m absolutely terrified of death, it pretty much runs my life at this point, I won’t do anything that could cause my death, this includes amusement parks, swimming in the ocean etc..it’s just awful. Do you have any advice for this? 😔
Kari Northey that’s a good point. I also fear that I’ll still be able to feel being autopsied and/ or embalmed or cremated,but no one will know cause I can’t move or speak
OK ladies, no need to argue. I have a theory. I'm England, in the 16,17 and 1800's, corpse theft was a big issue, and obviously crypts are easier to rob than having to dig through six feet of earth. Also, England was established millenia before America and we had our burial traditions established thousands of years before America was even found so why would we change it. America seems to have established its own tradition of mausoleums and its stuck. Maybe a lot of it is due to America populating rapidly and crypts are easier to build quickly than thousands of deep graves...
As a owner of a hearse I was not even aware of that and also I just did a video of a abandoned mausoleum...That was very disheartening to see...If you care you watch either they are in my line up...Thank you for the educational video
How can a person be “re-casketed” after a casket explosion if the corpse has already became liquid? Would they just pour the liquid into another casket?
I appreciate you being one of few in the business that tells the truth about exploding caskets. My issue is that you say its due to a " sealer' type casket. Then why don't you tell people that sealer casket is nothing but another way the Funeral Home can charge more for the casket? Now that, would be a public service.
I have a better question how would they even know that this happened? Is there a big explosion does the ground look funny? Honestly how would that know bill
Not really a problem here in the uk 🇬🇧 because we mainly use wood coffins rather than caskets but after thirty plus years excavating graves I’ve witnessed a few lids poping off whilst useing an excavator to reopen a grave mainly in wet cemetery’s.In cemetery’s that are on hills if you are digging down from a grave sometimes you get smelly gungy water coming in from the next grave.Its often possible to see an oily appearance on the surface of the liquid this is body fluid meaning the next grave inhabitants are what we called ripe.
He flat out lied to you. Embalming doesn't prevent decomposition. There are rare cases where bodies have been well-preserved, but that is not normally the case.
@@djonhall5423 Read his comment again dumbass. He already knew it - I didn't tell him anything that he didn't already know. Take your own worthless advice and mind YOUR own life instead of telling me what to do, and fuck off.
I'm rethinking my casket and vault choices. Also how many days can the family keep the body out if not embalmed before it needs to be buried, if the casket is kept closed? We had that family talk today. Thx for the informative videos you do.
She takes the morbidity out of it. She’s so pleasant & respectful.
Erica..yes she does! & the fear and distress (to a degree) VERY nice lady & no you AREN'T morbid! TJ the DJ...
She's almost bloody cheerful
Well said
No person can explain exploding caskets with more grace and Elegance then you. Well done👍
@@KaritheMortician Actually they don't hon. Lol. I have to laugh cause I started watching this at my work lunch hour and your talking about gooo??? Lol. Lol. I just adore you dear. Lol
@@KaritheMortician Lol
Actually Caitlin Doughty does. :)
Isn't she awesome!
@@ClydeDay and now there are two very cool ladies - experts - who are demystifying burials & such. 👍👍
Kari is an excellent "explainer". Her voice is so calming,respectful. Quite a gift in my book! Well done!
Thank you! 😃
Can’t imagine myself decade in a box, cremation is much cleaner and takes up less or zero space on earth. Less space for the dead means more space for the living.
Many options for many opinions! That is what I love about the business.
Iagree
A Green Burial
@@KaritheMortician you selling environmental hazards, you fraud.
Imagine....Buried in a nice mosoleum only to have your coffin pop, and then the rest of you running down the wall..
Just saw just that on lamont at large yt channel. The goo was running down the crypts below it 🤢body of owner had been dead for 15 years. Bizar.
@@OpaSann0 Oh MAN! and how many people unknowingly accidently touched the goo buhhhh
Armchair Expert did you see the video? Was rancid af.
It's for that and other reasons that I believe mausoleums should be only for cremains, not actual bodies
@@toiletseatscholar78 some people kiss the stone covering the crypt!😣
That cheerful "crypt music" has me laughing! It reminds me of a video of cute, frolicking puppies.🤣🐶💜
LMTO 🐈 😹
Nobody can explain an unpleasant happening with more grace and class than you Kari. You and your videos are wonderful!! If you worked in Philadelphia. PA. You would be my family funeral director!!
Thank you!
Your segments are so informative, you are so kind but calm, and make everything extremely interesting!! Thank you!! 🤗
I admire this lady do much I feel much more comfortable to know my loved ones were treated with respect and dignity in death thank u so much Kari💖
Thank you so much!
This is so fascinating. I was 16 when I lost 5 loved ones within the same year (of varying causes) and it was quite traumatic, having this be the first experiences of loss that I'd had. That was 12 years ago now. For me, learning about the processes a funeral director uses, and the meaning of different terms relating to a person's passing brings a lot of comfort and closure in a way. You explain things with such grace and matter-of-fact nature, it's just wonderful!
But is this about you no its not
I'm sorry for your losses.
Coffns should come with an (invisible) plug in a discrete place that can be removed and put back in. No one should have to deal with that mess.
That's what the beef bag is for.
Many gasketed caskets are made to release gases out the gasket while keeping critters from coming in.
Hey Miss Kari. I Really must Tip My Hat.
NEVER do I See ANYONE Who Wants to directly Answer Our. Questions, the very curious an often difficult questions of the general public the way you do!!!! Another Video Where You Miss Kari Continue To answer all of our questions and often give incredibly wise insight While Maintaining such dignity taste and of course grace.
Thank you. You're the best!!!!!
Well said!
I want my casket to explode during my funeral. And when i say explode i mean explode.
Go out with a bang
You are so rude! Be respectful for others who are on this site.
🤣🤣🤣
@@davepike1220 calm down and stay in your lane.
Dave. Dont get your panties in a bunch
This would have totally creeped some people out (especially the view into the empty crypt); however, you conducted this tour with such familiarity and ease that it removed the Hollywood eeriness associated with these final resting places. Thank you again, Kari for demystifying your profession for us lay people!🌸🌸
Always a lady
Thank you for being so respectful & demystifying a lot of these things that I would have never felt comfortable enough to ask.
Good question I'd like to know that myself
Hi Kari, great channel you have and I just subscribed! I'm from Sydney, Australia and we have many crypts and community mausoleums that have been built in the last 20 years, particularly catering for the Italian/European community. The requirements for above-ground burial differ slightly from the US as the body must be fully embalmed placed within a zinc liner, hermetically sealed along with a solid timber coffin or casket. Prior to the 1960s a lead shell was used instead of zinc which was way more heavier and could have the tendency to rip or crush if not handled properly. Mausoleums are a very expensive, exclusive burial option and can range from $30-70k depending on the location and crypt level desired. There are also many families who have vaults arranged like streets throughout various sections of a cemetery. They look like little houses with marble and religious statuary at the front. Some families might share a vault to keep costs down, where others are solely for one whole family. The coffins are usually arranged on shelves and can have up to 24 spaces.
Very educational and professionally done 👏🏾
My grandma and one of my uncles ( her son) are in a wall.. when my grandpa passed he will go in with my grandma of course. My dads brother died at 16 years old- killed by a driver when he was riding his bicycle 🚲 across the street. So I grew up visiting him in the wall with my grandparents as a child. I have always been fascinated by how the wall burial worked.. thank you for this
Thank you
Thanks for the info Kari. Saw this happening in some public cemeteries here in my country but I've got no idea why it happens until you explained it just now.
My God I buried my 20 year old daughter I just want to go get her and hold her this pain unbearable
Must be extremely difficult.remember your daughter wouldnt want u hurting in that manner.
So very sorry for Your loss. Prayers.
May God Bless you and your family 🙏🙏🙏
So very sorry for your loss.
I am extremely sorry for your loss.
Loss can feel unbearable at times but you will get through . With time it gets better.
I continue to think cremation is my preference 😊
Hear hear
That really burns me up.....fine, fine, I'll see myself out! ;)
Same. Or Water cremation (Alkaline Hydrolysis). Or else just natural burial.
I was thinking maybe full body donation, but idk.
Same
I cremated my husband in November 2019 he was 88 he'd had Alzheimer's for 21 years and liver bile duct cancer for 8 years. It was the best decision I could have made
I’m so happy you started recording in horizontal mode
Very informative and yet another great band name. The Exploding Caskets. I like your professionalism and detailed descriptions in your videos.
thanks!
I can only imagine the stench from a decaying human body. Yesterday I had to remove a dead rat from my garden and the smell made me gag! I could never work in the funeral business, but God bless those of you who do.
Thank you that comment means a lot I took an early retirement a few years ago I did that close to 30 years and you're right not everybody can do it
Kernow mausoleums have vent pipes like your bathrooms in your home
I have worked in a funeral home the past 7 years. Most of the time it’s fine with the occasional bad decomposed case
I've known live people that are ripe
Nope! Not everyone can do it. But it is a fact of life.
I never have seen one 'explode' before in a mausoleum, but have seen a few times when the casket has rusted out on the bottom corners and the 'goo' has leaked out. In our mausoleums that we deal with, one now uses the tray/ bag combo, and the other 'crypt pillows' that are place against the inner lining at the front of the niche to absorb any problems that might happen. I have also read where some mausoleums prop the lid open with a small wooden block to allow the body to dry out naturally, but there have been a few lawsuits over that, or so I'm told, because it breaches the whole 'sealing casket' selling point. Thanks for another great video!
Thanks Kari.. I found a link to the product... I guess that the full name is "Protect A Crypt Pillow" www.cajoseph.com/index.php/protect-a-crypt
I guess that I never thought if it that way, it sort of does.
Kari Northey Is it true that all mausoleums have the angled floor, air and drainage system? Just wondering.
No such thing as a Sealed cascate,bodies rot.
I think in certain places the only way you can bury somebody is to also in- case the casket in a vault, that way they don't have to worry about the ground water becoming contaminated with body fluids, as well as embalming materials.
Is the family financially responsible in the event that the deceased has to be re-casketed? Also for damage and cleaning of mausoleum if leakage occurs? Thanks for your terrific, informational videos.
Good questions.
No way You always paid for it you're not responsible.
No
I like your explanation and descriptions, without any sensation, thanks so much!
I just want to say thank you in how well you keep everything on the professional level and helping us to understand. I was a nurse in a nursing home for many years - thank God it was one of the good ones. So I have had lots of experience dealing with death. I have to say I have enjoyed learning what happens after the people get to mortuaries. If I had been younger I do believe I would like to get into your field. Anyway, thank you for all the info
Love the music! Tappin' my feet to decomposition!
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I don't think they use liners all the time. It is an extra. Air flow is key and a lot of mausoleums won't allow sealed caskets or they may prop the lid of the casket open or cut a lit in the seal to get air moving. Newer mausoleums can handle things better as they often have a slant at the back and drains as well as good ventilation systems that are separate from the exterior ventilation systems. Older mausoleums are more likely to smell as they may not be built to the same standards. When it comes to body disposal, mausoleums are the most non-economical systems for disposition. I think it is interesting that some people choose crypts, especially the outdoor types, not realizing the heat literally cooks the body and it turns to liquid. 6 feet under is still your best bet if you want to starve off decamp for a little while longer.
Robert Gardea the newer mausoleums do. The vents that they include circulate warm, dry air that will dehydrate the corpse.
Under ground is colder
I worked in a mausoleum constructed in 1928 and had to open crypts that were closed for decades and they were dry. The stinkers were typically the newer constructed crypts that didn't have vent holes for airflow. We didn't use the wrap system, just the polymer liners and that did the job.
Yes, so many factors go into the construction and when bodies do "explode"
You do a great job explaining this very sensitive subject. I have seen some channels that show cemeteries that are in terrible condition. The one in Rhode Island was probably one of the worst.
Thank you
When caskets are sealed airtight there’s a little handle that takes the oxygen out of the casket where the casket is suctioned of any atmosphere inside. When the body decomposes Anaerobic bacteria take over and they create a gas that reverses the sucked out process of the original seal meant so what happens is the casket now becomes bloated and the seal breaks. I remember as a young man I used to cut grass in the summertime at the Roman Catholic cemetery up the street people would get buried there and they would say oh well that casket is being sealed and and therefore the body will never decompose as if you were canned like fruit or meat or cucumbers it doesn’t work that way one would have to be boiled and that’s not how it works so the best thing is cremation or to simply be buried in a basket or a simple box and just be laid in the earth and be allowed to to melt into the earth. This whole thing is the force of the funeral industry because they sold people a bill of goods when they were interviewing people after a death they would say well you know you should have an airtight casket because your loved one will be preserved forever,,that was a lie.
Thank you
The lighting in this is so good!
This was so informative! I didn't know about all of the ways in which the caskets could be arranged in the crypt. Thanks!!
When I worked at a local cemetery in West Virginia we had caskets one in front of the other long ways. We also used a hand full of bb’s to assist with the interment of the casket into the crypt.
Also we had two mausoleums that had niches underneath in case of inability to bury the deceased at the time. These mausoleums were older and the niches hasn’t been used for a very long time. I think they were there for when graves were dug by hand and the ground was frozen in winter to the point of not being able to dig.
Thank You so much Kari, for all your information.
You would be surprised at how many times this seems to happen in the US. Here on CZcams there are a number of local news programs covering these stories. Another type is the mausoleum in a horrible state of disrepair. Again, this seems to happen quite a lot.
Yes the abandoned mausoleums are sad
How do they clean up an explosive mess? Have you ever heard of it happening during a memorial service?
batesvill e makes them to vent gases without exploding casket
I love how your videos make these topics as understandable as changing your cars oil. You have a comforting nature and you make the whole topic casual. Well done.
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Very welcome. Question if I may. Is there a way to get into this industry without extensive schooling. I'm not a studious type, but I always felt a strong draw to this area of occupation. Thanks for any insight. Keep em coming.
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Thank you very much for your time and responding. I will look into this more knowing that. Thanks again, and good job on the videos. God Bless.
FASCINATING!!!
Thank'§ for this share Bless yi be Someone's Gotta do it Full Respect when it's due to all involved If they themselves have the respect yad Expect and Again thank you for the upload
Kari, thank you so much for your incredibly sensitive and honest approach with your videos. I went to another video by Caitlin who you spoke of and oh my word, her approach is diametrically opposed to yours and thank the Lord for you.....she would scare the living daylights out of me, however you have so reassured me about many fears I have had, and I couldn’t be more grateful.
I am in the UK so we have coffins rather than caskets and I’m not aware of many mausoleums here, maybe it is something more popular in the US, or maybe I’m just not aware of the ones here, except for “family mausoleums” which seemed prevalent many years ago.
Thank you again for your wonderful factual but also compassionate approach in your videos, you have helped me such a lot !
Kari Northey
Gosh Kari, thank you for explaining about Caitlin’s approach, she is clearly very knowledgeable .....I suppose everyone does what they think is right for them. I think I will be sticking with you and your approach, no disrespect to Caitlin, but your softer and more caring sounding voice is less scary for me .....thank you again . My mother was embalmed, I was with her at the time of her death and it was such a privilege to be the only one from my family who could cope and the one to scatter her ashes where she specifically had asked for but my older brother (who died last June) had failed to organise and was just going to leave it to the undertakers who hadn’t got a clue as to what was really wanted. Again it was such a privilege to put her exactly in the same place as her mother . I am still not at all sure which route I’m going to take.....but you really are helping me through things as I am getting older and I do want to have a very specific plan in writing, just to make sure that whatever happens, my twin brother won’t have a jazz band escorting the coffin into church as he did with my father! ..... Each to their own but definitely not for me 😳 Thank you again !
Come on now, Caitlin is marvelous!
Cremation should be the way to go.
It should be and as a matter of fact I think within the next 25 years he should be mandatory that alkaline hydrolysis which is another form of cremation it is a flameless cremation the bones are much more white when they pour the bones through the little device known as the cremulator that's right there's a device that's called a cremulator that grounds the bones up into fine powder alkaline hydrolysis is something I have thought about getting into myself I think you're 1000% right
@@freddykruger5081 I've heard of that flameless cremation. I'm all for, any kind of cremation, but that one sounds the best.
That’s it!!!! That’s how I want to be kept. No ceremony, no preserving to keep me longer and fresher, not touching.
Thanks for sharing this, I feel much better.
Your explanation is very well done. It's good to get what would be likely the correct scenerio verses what you see in tv shows. I have learned alot from your videos.
Great, informative video Kari! Look forward to the next!
Anytime I watch something like this I'm just that much more content with my choice of cremation, even though death is death either way and we're not conscious as to notice anything. There's dignity in being ash as opposed to a bloated, smelly, gassy lump. Just burn me, please.
Very good
Hey Kari. I Just Finished Watching The Video About Your Niece. And It Made Me Cry. I Am So Sorry For Your Loss. My Thoughts And Prayers Are With You And You're Family. I Was Also Very Touched My The Way You Honoured Her Life. I Can Just Imagine Your Niece Singing The Wiggles Song Up In Heaven. You Have A Heart Of Gold My Dear. Take Care.
You are just awesome.... You are a great educator, you're one of the reasons I wanna be a funeral director... Thank you
@@KaritheMortician you're welcome
I love the way you explain these sensitive subjects. I find these things very interesting, but a bit disturbing ( gross) as well. But you have a lovely way of talking about it
I work for a cemetery, we've never had any exploding caskets but we've had a few pop open and had to open the crypt and reseal them, not fun but necessary for the protection of others and the family
Thank you for sharing!
@@KaritheMortician yep no problem
Thanks for your information 👍
I just found your CZcams channel.
So far I like your information
& u explain well.
I find this helps me to know how my loved ones were treated.🙏🏻❤️
In addition to the wrap, is there enough room for anything like an absorbent sock like is used to absorb oil, that can be placed around the casket in case of leakage?
In response to your question, they are typically used to absorb spills in industrial plants.
I know a guy who wanted to purchase just one single grave because his wife died first and he desired to be buried on top of her. In death, just as in life. This guy never changed.
This is also common in a veterans cemetery. If the husband or wife, whichever passes first, will be at the bottom and the spouse that passes last will be placed on top. Some veterans cemetery do this side by side but you don't get an option as to if you want it side by side or bottom and top. It depends on the veterans cemetery. It's also done this way even if you are not in the south.
Kari you do such a wonderful explanation so all can understand
thank you
Great video, thanks for sharing!
You're so fascinating Kari. 😍 I've been binge watching your channel the last few days. I actually like you a lot better than Caitlin because you don't push politics on me. If I wasn't a disabled veteran I'd want to work in the funeral industry. I lost a baby in 2008 and I always felt a calling to help other bereaved families. Great work!
Kari Northey oh yes but not without going thru four more miscarriages. 😢 William was my my hardest though as he was viable. 😭 Luckily I went on to have two healthy baby boys. God was on my side. 😉
When has Caitlyn "pushed politics?"
Thank you for your service. 🙏🇺🇸
Pam K thanks for your support!! 🇺🇸
God Bless you Meagan - I feel for your loss as my mother died nearly six years ago & I had to arrange her funeral. Hope you are safe where you are, & God Be With You. TJ the DJ
I love Kari she put's the fun back in funeral
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I enjoy listening to her and have learned so much watching this.
Her voice is pleasant and her presentation is beautiful
I have often wondered about the particulars! Thank you, ma'am! Semper Fi
Any time
OOHRAH!
Kari answers all of the dumb questions we ask, with great aplomb. No one ever broached the subject for us. At first it seems an odd thing to be involved in, but really it isn’t. We just want to understand what happens to our loved ones, or to understand the science. The information she imparts is a very socially noble thing to do, really.
Kari, Thanks ! - You explain a very hard to talk about, delicate subject so that everything is not quite as scary or hard to hear - (!)
After all of your first hand knowledge, have you decided the way you "want to leave this world" ? I know that there are so many ways to choose, so it would be so helpful to know what someone like you would choose !! ?? Please share !
You aresuch an amazing person that loves people sooo much.your shows are so informative. Thank you ❤❤
Hello Ms.Kari, I found the exploding casket episode almost comical, BOOM bones flying and stuff eek, by the way love the music I was doing the running man to it. Have a great day, I enjoy your site.
For the abbey crypt is there something between the two caskets to prevent the weight of the top one caving in the bottom one?
Yeah, the fat aunt.
My uncle just passed away about 4 weeks ago and was buried in a mosolium....now I'm kinda disturbed. However very interesting to know these things.
So sorry for your recent heartbreak
@@KaritheMortician Thank you, I appreciate it and your channel
Your videos are so fun and creepy at the same time. I love it!
Dear lady You are a class act..God bless You and your loves ones!
Some cemeteries require that when they entomb a sealed/protective casket, the screw-cap must be unsealed to prevent pressure. Some are also outlawing wooden caskets unless they have an interior leak-tray under the mattress. Personally, I don't believe that "explode" is the proper word. "Belch" might be more appropriate. And it's usually via the rubber gasket, so the casket isn't much damaged. I've assisted in hundreds of entombments where a spouse was already in the crypt. Besides perhaps an odor, I've never seen more than a blown gasket.
It's like a Pillsbury dough roll can when you peel it.
brandye burke Oh dear Lord, now I can’t eat frozen bread products without that image in my mind!
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I heard that the funeral director might create a slight lid opening with the use of a piece of wood.
Here in the desert of Coachella Valley the mausoleum can be troublesome due to intense heat . We have basically 5 months of 100 plus heat index.
Forest Lawn uses a plastic tray under the casket. Pallbearers have to guide the casket onto this tray ( if it's a lower niche)
The origin of above ground internment was likely not started in Southern California lol...lol..... it tends to be a matter of prestige , it's a lot more expensive then burial and if One chooses a " Couch Niche " it will be easily 25k here.
My brother n law was interned in a couch niche....I would go often to just be there and it was on these visits that I became acquainted with seepage do to an ordor I had walked into.
The heat will warp and twist that hardy-backer and it will also separate the silicone beads that attach the Mason board to the concrete structure .
The vents may not be adequate for the level of gases and the silicone breaches and an opening occurs , the smell is undeniable. The Supervising Director then has the decorative marble facade removed revealing the problem and the source of the odor.
The team then waits for closing and the family is notified because they won't just patch it. They will now have to open the niche. remove the original hardy-back and peel off old silicone , clean up the liquefied human remains that may have seeped thru the floor of the casket . This is why all internment now comes with the casket tray.
Forest Lawn has in place these procedures . The previous owners did not and they have to conduct this clean up more often then they care to admit.
The reason I'm am will read on this is because the mausoleum is beautiful and distinguished.... it is multi-story and well lit at night and very expensive... and to have an odor of decomposition breezing thru the corridors is not good.....
thank you
Thanks for another interesting and informative video. Never knew about ooo goo before.😀
I remember visiting a graveyard where my grandfather was buried, there was an above ground vault with a this kid green ooze coming out of it and it smelled horrible. That casket must have exp,oded, now I know.
Oh my that would be hard on the family of deceased
Yuck
@@checkmate440 Not necessarily. It may have been an unsealed casket. When a body is in an above ground vault, especially out in the heat, the body will decompose much more quickly. Essentially, it can be a stew in the casket. The goo may leak out. Many people like the idea of above ground crypts as they feel it is less bothersome than thinking of a loved one buried in the ground. However, if they knew their loved one was in that above ground crypt stewing they may have preferred burial.
The photo at the beginning of the video was at Cullman cemetery in Alabama. I saw that in person and it stunk badly.
Damn you never hear anything good about Cullman. It’s either something like this or it’s James Spann telling them to take cover because they have a tornado warning lol
I talked to my Local Funeral Director 2 weeks ago;cuz I’m planning a Mausoleum for myself out of state. He said &ALSO called the Casket Dealer in front of me. They BOTH said that a Deceased In a Sealed Casket on a PLANE would b Only Time it would Explode! They thought the Other situation was Weird!!!
Thank you
Hi Mrs. Kari thanks again for the informative Vlogs
Everything that makes you unique and human will cease to exist unless filmed or written. The physical essence of your earthly temple will in time decompose after you die, this is what make free speech and the voice so powerful if you use it. Your story your life time matters,you are the (uniqueness) and voice of your existance. Your physical death is just where the story of you takes a mysterious journey into the glorious hereafter.
Okay, so the leaking mausoleum with the wholesome music at 0:08 made me laugh, I'm not gonna lie.
That outta the way, I have nothing but respect for our funerary workers with the exception of the few who think they're gonna turn the industry upside down by shaming us into choosing the most gimmicky, wokest methods of dispatching our dead.
However, mausoleums creep me the hell out. I often take walks around a local cemetery and it's the most beautiful, serene place in the area but the few mausoleums I've been inside of for the occasional funeral, I just couldn't wait to get out of. Maybe it's my morbid fascination, but the feeling of dread is unexplainable.
Thank you :)
What do you mean by ''shaming us into choosing the most gimmicky, wokest methods of dispatching our dead''? What's the supposed ''wokest'' methods?
I think if that happened to my uncle, who is in a mausoleum/crypt, I’d flip out. I’m so grateful my parents are buried in the ground and in vaults. However, I continue to believe either a green burial or cremation is the way for me to go.
Kari, thank you so much for helping us all.
You are welcome
Hi, this is what I did. Wife was put in a Batesville Y46 Tapestry Rose and into the mausoleum. Before entombment, I drilled in each plugs a 1/4" hole. Then placed screens inside the plugs to prevent bug entry. This allowed the contents to breathe. Dehydration instead of the gross alternative.
The main objective is to allow venting. I've seen a few methods from propping the lid open, leaving the plugs out or loose. Also a non sealer; either metal or wood.
Thanks, Benton
Very interesting method!
It's all fun and games until the mausoleum becomes abandoned and starts falling apart...so much for you happily ever after... I used to like that idea until those places started making the news.... Its very sad!
Yes so true
Does the casket have a warranty for this type of event. Does the family have to pay for it. That would be uncomfortable to tell a loved one this year's after their relative passed.
Is casket warranty even a thing? I have never thought to ask that. And, what would it cover if it is? I can imagine it would probably be pretty limited.
@@xxfallenangelxx692 Yes, I just watched somebody else's video about delivering a casket liner, I'm sorry, I don't remember exactly who's video it was, but under the comments were funeral directors explaining about warranties. The cemetery he was delivering it to was somewhere in Colorado if that helps.
April Baker yes they have a warranty. When my mom died the funeral home told me it had a ten year warranty. Bring the smart ass that I am, I asked what was I suppose to do, dig her up and check the casket? I voiced that it was stupid to have a warranty. My thoughts though.
Thanks very much for the awesome information pretty lady.
Glad it was helpful!
That commentary from Kari was beautifully presented very clear and well explained many thanks Kari for making it so easy to understand God bless you
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m absolutely terrified of death, it pretty much runs my life at this point, I won’t do anything that could cause my death, this includes amusement parks, swimming in the ocean etc..it’s just awful. Do you have any advice for this? 😔
Kari Northey that’s a good point. I also fear that I’ll still be able to feel being autopsied and/ or embalmed or cremated,but no one will know cause I can’t move or speak
This is interesting. In the UK not many people are interned into a crypt! Why is it so popular in the USA?
Why not many people in England are interned into a crypt and why is that so popular in the United States, Donna?
Roberta Gallant that's why I'm asking
OK ladies, no need to argue.
I have a theory.
I'm England, in the 16,17 and 1800's, corpse theft was a big issue, and obviously crypts are easier to rob than having to dig through six feet of earth.
Also, England was established millenia before America and we had our burial traditions established thousands of years before America was even found so why would we change it. America seems to have established its own tradition of mausoleums and its stuck. Maybe a lot of it is due to America populating rapidly and crypts are easier to build quickly than thousands of deep graves...
@@NiSiochainGanSaoirse "Millenia"? Now, come on!
@@harveyabel1354 Are you actually debating that fact?
thanx for showing the inside of a crypt in the wall of mausoleum-never seen that before.
As a owner of a hearse I was not even aware of that and also I just did a video of a abandoned mausoleum...That was very disheartening to see...If you care you watch either they are in my line up...Thank you for the educational video
I will check it out
How can a person be “re-casketed” after a casket explosion if the corpse has already became liquid? Would they just pour the liquid into another casket?
I can't imagine that stink.
SILLY!!!...
Humor Tangelo I’ve wondered that too.
It wouldn't be 100% liquid.
The bones don’t liquify. Just.... the muscle, other tissues, etc.
Caskets blowing gaskets, lol. Thank you so much for the amazing information.
Kari, I like the music to your presentation! John Keating
P.S....You are a great narrator, as well...you were taught well!
as a former first responder i like your video and some of the descriptive words occasional keep up the great work
I appreciate you being one of few in the business that tells the truth about exploding caskets. My issue is that you say its due to a " sealer' type casket. Then why don't you tell people that sealer casket is nothing but another way the Funeral Home can charge more for the casket? Now that, would be a public service.
The seal does keep out varmint's as the video states
I have never heard of this before! Just curious, would the family be notified if something like this happens to their loved one?
I have a better question how would they even know that this happened? Is there a big explosion does the ground look funny? Honestly how would that know bill
Not really a problem here in the uk 🇬🇧 because we mainly use wood coffins rather than caskets but after thirty plus years excavating graves I’ve witnessed a few lids poping off whilst useing an excavator to reopen a grave mainly in wet cemetery’s.In cemetery’s that are on hills if you are digging down from a grave sometimes you get smelly gungy water coming in from the next grave.Its often possible to see an oily appearance on the surface of the liquid this is body fluid meaning the next grave inhabitants are what we called ripe.
Thank you for sharing
Very informative. Do mausoleums have air freshener devices ?
Some do yes
I wish I'd known this as kid when my mother was buried. The funeral director made it seem like the seal was the best for preservation.
He flat out lied to you. Embalming doesn't prevent decomposition. There are rare cases where bodies have been well-preserved, but that is not normally the case.
bigbluegpr if they were a child, it’s easier to say that than to tell the truth.
@niecers who asked you?? Mind your own life
@@djonhall5423 Read his comment again dumbass. He already knew it - I didn't tell him anything that he didn't already know. Take your own worthless advice and mind YOUR own life instead of telling me what to do, and fuck off.
are all coffins placed in this lining??
I'm rethinking my casket and vault choices. Also how many days can the family keep the body out if not embalmed before it needs to be buried, if the casket is kept closed? We had that family talk today. Thx for the informative videos you do.
Thank you for your videos I find them interesting.
Glad you like them!