America's First Cremation Was WILD

For your free trial of The Great Courses Plus go to: http://ow.ly/R5yC30reU8n SCANDAL. PAGAN RITUALS. A "FROTHINGHAM". This cremation has everything. Donate to the Henrietta Duterte Scholarship Campaign: http://www.ccbcmd.edu/Support-CCBC/Giving-to-CCBC/Ways-to-Give/Donor-Recognition/Henrietta-Duterte-Scholarship (Click on the Henrietta Duterte Scholarship in the "Designation" dropdown menu.) Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath The Co-op Funeral Home of People’s Memorial https://funerals.coop/ ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW OUR MOVEMENT*** Join our community of deathlings and support Ask a Mortician: https://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath Support the education and advocacy efforts of The Order of the Good Death: https://bit.ly/3iaz9jN Shop our advocacy wear: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***MORE DEATH CONTENT & RESOURCES*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, updates, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ ***SOCIALS*** Order Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ordergooddeath/ Caitlin Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath Order Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrderGoodDeath ***CREDITS*** Mortician: Caitlin Doughty Producer & Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Landis Blair (@landisblair) This video was greatly informed by the book "Purified by Fire: A History of Cremation in America" by Stephen Prothero. Thank you Mr. Prothero for giving us all the BONKERS details on this fascinating history. ***MUSIC*** Inner Journey by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Anachronist - Oddities by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100332 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ ***SELECTED SOURCES*** Purified by Fire: A History of Cremation in America Prothero, Stephen. University of California Press. 2001. "Baron de Palm's Ashes: 1877" https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2019/03/06/baron-de-palms-ashes-1877/ "Up in Smoke: Theosophy and the Revival of Cremation" https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1684-up-in-smoke-theosophy-and-the-revival-of-cremation "Why the First Cremation in the U.S. Was So Controversial" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-the-first-cremation-in-the-us-was-so-controversial "Why Cremation?" https://www.christiancentury.org/article/2011-11/why-cremation "Ashes to Ashes: America’s First Crematorium" http://pabook2.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/Crematory.html "The Writing on the Wall" https://weelunk.com/the-writing-on-the-wall/ Death in the Afternoon -- "Crematory Whoopsies" (Sarah Chavez) https://deathintheafternoon.libsyn.com/crematory-whoopsies