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PBS 2022 - 2023 2 seasons 11 eps TV-G Ended

World's Greatest Cemetaries

2022 - 2023 2 seasons 11 eps TV-G

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Season 1

Season 2

27 min

S2 · E1 · Feb 19, 2023

Cave Hill Cemetery Episode 1

Join Host/Producer Roberto Mighty at beautiful Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, KY — a 300-acre arboretum, birding space, gardening gem and historic burial ground. Interments include boxer and humanitarian Muhammad Ali, Colonel Harland Sanders, Suffragist Susan Look Avery and Revolutionary War hero George Rogers Clark. A reenactor portrays Sculptor Enid Yandell, and we view exquisite monuments.

27 min

S2 · E2 · Feb 19, 2023

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA Episode 2

Join Host/Producer Roberto Mighty at this must-see for book lovers and history buffs! Concord’s Sleepy Hollow Cemetery boasts “Author’s Ridge” — with Louisa May Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson and more! Also, a side trip to Walden Pond, historical reenactments, and a surprise for “I Love Lucy” fans. This gem is on the US National Register of Historic Places.

27 min

S2 · E3 · Feb 19, 2023

Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati Episode 3

Join Host/Producer Roberto Mighty at Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati. A reenactor portrays Civil War Medal of Honor winner David Urbanski. We learn the story of food manufacturer Rabbi Dov Behr Manischewitz, and interpret traditional Jewish funerary iconography. Includes a look at 19th century immigration from Germany, three branches of Judaism, and a modern connection to Spain in 1492.

27 min

S2 · E4 · Feb 19, 2023

St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans Episode 4

Join Host/Producer Roberto Mighty at legendary St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, in New Orleans! The town, known for mardi gras, jazz and great cuisine, is home to this Catholic cemetery with multicultural roots. We learn about Asian immigration, and tombs include the “witch” Madame Marie Laveau; civil rights activist Homer Plessy; Chess master Paul Morphy, and a mysterious pyramid for actor Nicolas Cage.

27 min

S2 · E5 · Feb 19, 2023

Laurel Hill Cemetery Episode 5

Join Host/Producer Roberto Mighty at historic Laurel Hill and bucolic West Laurel Hill cemeteries near Philadelphia. Laurel Hill is America’s second major rural garden cemetery, on bluffs overlooking the scenic Schuylkill River. We explore the famed Medallion Garden. Interments include jazz saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr., Civil War General George Meade, and inventor Martha Coston.

27 min

S2 · E6 · Feb 19, 2023

Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY Episode 6

Join Host/Producer Roberto Mighty and tour a National Historic Landmark. New York’s Woodlawn Cemetery is the final resting place of legends — Duke Ellington, Herman Melville, Bat Masterson, Celia Cruz, Dorothy Parker, Miles Davis, Jokichi Takamine and Irving Berlin. Gilded age monuments, towering mausoleums, modern sculptures and exquisite landscaping grace this tree-lined urban oasis.

6 episodes in Season 2

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World's Greatest Cemeteries highlights hidden gems using actors, forensic scientists, historians and even horticulturists to share true stories of romance, war, espionage and intrigue. Each episode includes a thoughtful visual exploration of one of the world's greatest cemeteries, along with dramatized re-enactments of pivotal moments in the life of a historical individual buried at the site.

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Total runtime 4h 57m · Episode length 27 min · Country United States

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Premiered

April 11, 2022

Final episode

February 19, 2023

Status

Ended

Network

PBS

Country

United States

Episode length

27 min

Total runtime

4h 57m

Original language

English

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