World's Greatest Cemeteries
WORLD'S GREATEST CEMETERIES highlights these hidden gems in a magazine-style half-hour that uses 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.
- 2021-2023
- 2 seasons
- Documentary
WORLD'S GREATEST CEMETERIES highlights these hidden gems in a magazine-style half-hour that uses 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.
Season 2 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2023
Episode 1
Cave Hill Cemetery
Sun, Feb 19, 2023 30 mins
Join Host/Producer Roberto Mighty at 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. An actor portrays Sculptor Enid Yandell, and we view historical monuments.
Episode 2
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sun, Feb 19, 2023 30 mins
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.
Episode 3
Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati
Sun, Feb 19, 2023 30 mins
Join Host/Producer Roberto Mighty at Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati. An actor 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.
Episode 4
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1
Sun, Feb 19, 2023 30 mins
Join Host Roberto Mighty at Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati. An actor 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.
Episode 5
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Sun, Feb 19, 2023 30 mins
Join us 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.
Episode 6
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx NY
Sun, Mar 26, 2023 30 mins
Join Host 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.