Ep 17 SCANDAL: They Moved the Headstones, but Not the Bodies | Los Angeles, CA

Dark City

Imagine walking through downtown Los Angeles, oblivious to the forgotten graves beneath your feet. We’re unearthing the eerie history of Los Angeles cemeteries and graveyards where the headstones were moved, but the bodies… not so much. Did anyone learn anything from Poltergeist?? For decades, construction crews have periodically dug up surprise skeletons and more around LA. We’ll share some of the finds in Boyle Heights through Chinatown, and give you a preview of a deeper dive we are planning to do in October on The Hollywood Forever cemetery.
Quick warning: Leah watched Midsommer this week and couldn’t not talk about it. If you haven’t seen it and would like to be as surprised as you will be traumatized by the ending, just skip ahead of that discussion to avoid the plot spoiler around minutes 14 -15.
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Top Sources for this Episode Include:
Mevlville, Greg (2022). Over my dead body: Unearthing the hidden history of America’s cemeteries. Published by: Abrams Press.
Meares, H. (2016, October 6). What lies beneath: LA’s first graveyards were abandoned, defiled, dug up, and bulldozed in the name of progress. Curbed LA. Retrieved August 10, 2024 from https://la.curbed.com/2016/10/6/13177830/los-angeles-cemetery-history
Waldie, D.J. (2022, October 31). Lost cemeteries of early L.A.: The forgotten burial sites of the city's earliest settlers. PBS SoCal. Retrieved August 10, 2024, from https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/lost-cemeteries-of-early-l-a-the-forgotten-burial-sites-of-the-citys-earliest-settlers
Ehrenreich, B. (2014, March 3). Railroaded: Unearthing the history of the Chinese laborers who laid the tracks for L.A.’s rapid growth. Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved August 10, 2024 from https://lamag.com/news/railroaded
Discover Los Angeles. (2024, May 21.). Hollywood Forever: The story of an LA icon. Discover Los Angeles. Retrieved August 10, 2024, from https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/visit/hollywood-forever-the-story-of-an-la-icon
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Chapter

1. S1E17 Los Angeles Graveyards & Cemeteries Unearthed: They Moved the Headstones, but Not the Bodies - A Lot (00:00:00)

2. Unearthing Eerie Los Angeles Cemeteries (00:00:05)

3. Exploring Graveyards and Burial Customs (00:06:59)

4. Forgotten Los Angeles Cemeteries (00:17:05)

5. Creepy Cemeteries in Los Angeles (00:25:49)

6. Dark City Pod (00:34:50)