42. Cemeteries
The verdant lawns promise everlasting rest — but what does it mean to sign a lease for all eternity? Zachary Crockett finds out where the bodies are buried.
- SOURCES:
- Terry Arellano, co-founder and president of Cemetery Property Resales, Inc.
- Jeff Lindeman, C.E.O. and General Manager of Mountain View Cemetery.
- Tanya Marsh, professor of law at Wake Forest University.
- Maureen Walton, founder and president of The Cemetery Exchange.
- RESOURCES:
- "Los Angeles Burial Crypt Near Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Hefner on Sale for $2 Million," by Stephanie Nolasco .
- "Why the Brooklyn-Queens Border Is Full of Dead People," by Keith Williams .
- "Death in the City: What Happens When All Our Cemeteries Are Full?" by Ana Naomi de Sousa .
- "Our First Public Parks: The Forgotten History of Cemeteries," by Rebecca Greenfield .
- "Selling a Burial Plot is a Grave Decision," by Erin Peterson .
- EXTRAS:
- "How to Be Better at Death," by Freakonomics Radio .
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