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What Happens if a Cemetery Goes Under? (2016x45)

Air date: Mar 03, 2016

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Why a Bakers Dozen is 13 Instead of 12 https://youtu.be/UPDV0POS5d0?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3XRa-w_G0dy_aMMXj0Uq-k Why Vampires Can't Exist... and 9 Other Amazing Facts https://youtu.be/cDlat4Pdd4U?list=PLR0XuDegDqP1IHZBUZvKkPwkTr6Gr0OBO In this video: Cemeteries are just like any other business; they need to make money in order to stay open. However, unlike other businesses, cemeteries, particularly ones in heavily populated areas, can only operate for so long before they run out of their main product- usable space to put bodies in. The people who buy a burial plot generally purchase the land once and then never move out. So how do cemeteries keep from themselves going under and what happens when they run out of money? Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/04/happens-cemeteries-go/ Sources: http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/07/30/3556637.htm http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/09/27/cemetery-full-buried-bodies-reuse-plot_n_4002911.html http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-14647010 http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Bankrupt-Cemetery--Whats-Next-For-Deceased-141675153.html http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-cemetery-foreclosure-raises-many-questions/article/3389382 http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/memory-gardens-imperial-california http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Foreclosed-Cemetery-Ruling-Gives-Relief-to-Some-Maryland-Families-127490573.html http://www.news9.com/story/11010730/families-worry-loved-ones-wont-rest-in-peace-after-foreclosure http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-03/local/me-64460_1_cemetery-improvements http://willoughbyohio.com/service-