Funeral Home Secrets They Don't Want You To Know 

To all reading this... I pray you have a long and blessed life ...

there are a quite few errors in this video, coming from a morticians son, someone who is actually in this industry. Usually the Medical Examiner (autopsy specialist) does not take the time to wash hair because during the procedure they also remove the brain, which requires cutting into the skull, after this is done it'd be very hard to wash your hair especially because they leave the job of reattaching the skull cap and brain (along with arranging the organs that all get tossed in the abdominal cavity) to the embalmer. Also taking belongings from the dead (like a bus pass or money) is very illegal and frowned upon if the deceased has living family members. Second you typically would never get embalmed and cremated, it's one or the other, for the main purpose of embalming is to preserve the body and keep it from rotting in the ground after burial, if the family wanted to view and cremate, a simple washing and bathing, packing of orpheus's and setting of features is taken place, before the viewing not a full embalming although it is highly encouraged, because it does look better. (it would be really expensive to cremate and embalm as well.) When the family does choose to cremate, they would never be cremated in a full casket!! they are NOT made for that and there would be a lot of bolts, screws and handles to pick out of the remains (which who would want to do that?) caskets are heavy too not to mention and a lot are made out of metal which isn't very flammable. Instead the body is placed in a cremation tray which is basically a piece of plywood with your body on it and a cardboard box over it to be ignited by the flame. The embalming process is primarily done through the carotid artery as well because that is the best artery to drain all the blood from which this video also forgets to mention. PLEASE CONTACT A FUNERAL HOME FOR ACCURATE INFORMATION!!!!

My mother passed January 5, 2021, it took several weeks to get her creamated remains. She always said every possession stays behind. I miss you ma!

I want to say, thank you to those who handled my friend Emily with respect And making her look beautiful at her funeral. Your family and friends love you Emily

1. They do not use a saw for the first incision 2. They do not wash the body after an autopsy 3. Would NEVER steal from the deceased, everything is accounted for 4. Not all funeral homes have a freezer 5. At least in Canada it is mandatory to tell clients embalming is not necessary 6. Your whole embalming process is completely wrong, especially because you stated this person is an autopsy 7. Eyes don't usually need to be glued 8. Workplace harassment seems like a thing in your funeral home 9. Crematory operators cannot open caskets 10. Usually takes 3-4 hours for a cremation to take place From: a funeral director

The man that handled my grandma for her funeral made her face look like she was asleep but smiling at us at the same time 🥺

As a hospice nurse who regularly interacts with those in the funeral service and at the medical examiners office, thank you for what you do. This video misrepresented the field and the work that you all do to help families when they are grieving a loss. I've had so many interactions with people in the field and have never come across someone who didn't have a profound respect for both the deceased and the families that they work with. Every field has a few bad apples, but this is definitely never been my experience over many years as a hospice nurse.

I hope and pray everyone has a great long lasting life. You are amazing just the way you are. Live every day to the fullest as much as you can.

YOU DIED BUMMER Don’t you just hate when that happens? Edit: why are you guys liking this 🤠✨

Death a strong reminder of how fragile humans are.....

What's sad is One day we all gotta go man :/

"I hate it when Rick and Mortis sets in" that's what I heard someone say about rigor mortis. I got a good chuckle.

Me trying to calm myself during the lockdown Infographics: Imagine dying

When you realize that you knew all this because you watch, “ask a mortician”. 😬🤣

When my sister died last Oct 2021, after 3 days of viewing she was cremated. The crematorium did not include the casket and asked us what to do on the casket. We just gave it to the Funeral Home. The body was put to the chamber including her dying clothes. After less than 2 hours, there are some bones not totally turned to ash. They were put in a grinder. The whole process was viewed by the family, thus some members don't want to be cremated when they die due to "painful" process. Told them that dead person will no longer feel the pain. Personally, I want to be cremated when my times come but to autopsy, I don't want it.

When I'm dead I'm dead and nobody's cutting me open to find out why I died

This video made me realize how short life is and eventually we all gon end up here one day🙈...never stop praying guys🤞😇

Me: sees video that seems interesting, clicks on video. Hears you died

I worked in a funeral home once and one thing this video missed was how they cut up the back of the clothing and literally drape it on top of the body. When you see a dead person in the casket you can pretty much assume that the back of their clothes have been cut up because it's not possible to dress them completely due to rigormortis

sad to realise how most of us are wasting their life every single day

When I die I want my body parts to be donated so I dont have to worry about being buried alive and to help others.

me: oh sweet this looks cool infographics show: Y O U D I E D B U M M E R

I am getting cremated like mom and dad. My dad worked in a morgue. That’s why he chose cremation! 😩

To watch this makes me so sad to die😭😭😭 Live life to the full and never stop praying ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Me: DIES African coffin dancers joined the chat

Me: **about to die** "Any last words?" Me: "B... Br... Bravo Six, going dark..." **dies**

My lil 15 year old cousin was murdered june 10th 2021, yesterday was her open casket and i bawled my eyes out. as my aunt and i drove to the funeral what was sad and what made my stomach turn was the hurst that was carrying her was right behind us it hurt a lot and i got instant chills. than I saw her and it didnt even look like herself at all she looked older and gone. Then when we were leaving I saw her casket being carried back into the hurst and ready for cremation. A sad depressing process tbh and its horriying, tramautizing, and heartbreaking to see her body in person and to know that she was cremated.

This was awesome! Thanks for uploading.😌🙏🏾

I just recently got a job as a body removal and will be helping at the funeral home, let’s just say everybody who went or is going to school for this type of career, does this because we want to help in some way. I want to help families at their lowest and decided to become a mortician. Though I’m starting out as someone who picks up the body, I’m still going to respect the loved one that passed and the family who is effected in the situation.

I paid to watch my dad go in the cremator. I was so worried they would just throw together whoever and give us someone else's ashes, they explained the entire process and how the numbering works internationally as well as the respect taken, i watched his coffin go in and saw how clean it was before. Its done very respectfully, its the heart ache afterwards thats the difficult part. At least I know where my dad is now 🙏

I worked in a funeral home and assisted a few embalming. And if anyone took any personal belongings of the deceased they were fired. That was number 1 rule No Taking Any Items unless specified by the family to do so like jewelry, or metal fillings like gold or silver, etc and give those to the family.

Wow this was an interesting take on Death rites... I’m definitely going for a more natural Finale...I don’t want nasty chemicals pumped though my body-my temple!

if someone messes with my body, i'm coming back as a spirit to haunt them for all eternity!

(Embalmer for 17 years) ... there’s so much wrong with this video. The order of things for one. Autopsied cases aren’t aspirated. Freezers aren’t used, coolers are. The incision locations are wrong. Scattered info, poorly arranged. This is why the public is so poorly informed of these processes

I will say that our local funeral home is amazing. When my dad died at the hospital, it took forever for them to release him. I had to wait for a phone call so i could tell them that No, they couldn't have my 76 year old dad's eyes or anything else for that matter. It was 10 pm before i finally got that call. Bridges and Cameron went straight to get him immediately, in the middle of the night. Once i got there the next morning, he was already embalmed. None of his organs were removed. I asked. He wasn't cut on at all. I asked. He had been cut on enough. I couldn't ask for any better treatment of my dad. They were amazing. I will never use anyone else.

Im a pathologist so this is my job..and i love what I do to letting them rest in peace..and also so family's know why they died 😊

I’ve worked for a funeral home for 4 years now from pickup, assisting in the embalming process, all the way up to the end for services and burial. Some of this information is not accurate: 1. There are no “freezers”. The body is cold from refrigeration, but not frozen. 2. After an autopsy, the internal organs are not “repositioned,” but simply placed in a trash bag, then laid in the chest cavity before sowing up. 3. They completely left out the makeup part of preparation for a viewing after embalming and dressing. 4. Not every funeral home uses diapers. And lastly, 5. Caskets are reused if they are rental caskets.

Considering most people dont die of just old age I imagine this process is probably a lot more gross then we are even thinking it is. Imagine cutting open a deceased dead animal on the side of the road. A lot different than something from the butcher. Anyone who has this job is taking one for the team.

Yes, my whole room is a river full of tears because of this. At least now I know that my father didn't get any last harm from all of the staff.

I'm 46 years of life at 44 years of life I attended my very first funeral. At 23 years of life my son was laid to rest. I don't see anywhere the rest of my days on earth that I'll end my tears nor will my heart be mended but at least now I know what they did to my son from the hospital, funeral home and onto the crematory I'm absolutely devastated with an infinite broken heart. Thank you RU-vid for letting me share/comment

I’m gonna hide a grenade in my fake kidney....

imagine all this time you was actually alive and you accidentally fell asleep for a bit too long.

When I die, I want my barber to give me a fresh haircut.

Thank you for such a respectful video.. As a crematorium operator myself I think that we we're were well represented .👍

That intro “you died” caught me mad off guard and I let a giggle slip out in my cubical at work

me: dies doctors who like to take people’s possessions: allow us to introduce ourselves

What I find interesting is they did an autopsy on his body so it would be different in the embalming process. Nothing to puncture. Also, my mother wanted to be cremated. My funeral director did not say she needed to be embalmed. Once the hospital released her, they took her body to the crematorium. Her funeral was her ashes in the urn. I have seen funeral homes not giving that option but it is there. No embalming necessary for direct cremation.

Just wanted to mention that most caskets have a rubber seal. Now they make sure that the casket is not sealed especially especially if burial is above ground, i.e a mausoleum otherwise because of changing temps the casket could explode. It acts like a pressure cooker.

This hit home, my father wasn't cremated but a little over a year ago my mother in law passed away and was cremated. I'm still sensitive about her passing but I'm glad to know how the process was, I miss them both greatly so I'm glad to know how things are done. Thank you.

The detailed way he describes this entire process makes me wonder if he actually did this in the past... 🤔🤔

Thank you for setting the record straight. I just lost my father exactly 24 hours ago. One thing interesting about both my mother and father upon passing the clocks stopped at this time:)

Everyone is nodding,such an agreeable and positive vibe from beginning to finish!

My family has owned and operated multiple funeral homes since before I was born. My grandfather used to work late and listen to music on a old record player. Well one night I was there helping and my dad left to get something, I put a old record on and the corpse looked like it was smiling. My dad said sometimes temperature change or how the skin is pulled when handling them will make their faces do odd things. So when we got a elderly gentleman who was known for publicly shunning colored couples in town, I played 2Pac's "I get around" and the face was frowning so hard he was grinning in disgust.

I was an autopsy tech and we don't use a saw to cut open the chest cavity, we use a scalpel or knife.

It's straight to the point 👍

Alright, not the best video to watch high.. Especially when you're paranoid about dying

No one: The Infographics Show: you died

*clicks on video* video: you died, bummer. What the fu-

Thank You For This Amazing Information, That Dark Old Halloween Music Tho?! 😂

This video makes me want to become a doctor and save people’s lives. Live a long life and take care of yourself everyone. Eat health, exercise, dont smoke or do drugs. And drink moderately if you have to. Every should live to be at least 100 and even longer

Note to self: Don't ever die.

I like how this video starts with just,"you died"

“you died. bummer!” is such a funny line for some reason. all the depression, pain, and grieving from loved ones and all that’s just wrapped up in, “bummer” and this is coming from someone who almost lost her mom

The wonderful lady who cut my family's hair was contracted out by a local funeral home to prepare the clients for their funeral. (She called them clients so I will too) She was in a room, alone, working on a client's hair when suddenly the body next to her, in it's casket, sat up. She remembered letting out this ghastly scream but she just froze. The mortician quickly came in, very calming told her, "Oh it happens all the time." Needless to say she was mortified, for weeks.

When my mom passed away I was her makeup artist. I ask the funeral place if they have make supplies and they handed me bunch of filthy looking supplies. So I told my boyfriend to go out and buy all the NEW STUFFS I’m sure she’ll thank me for it from heaven🙏

"Secrets" you've obviously never watched Ask a Mortician. Hi fellow Deathlings 👋

Audience was just dying to see this (very grim). Cheers!

I salute people who are able to do a job like this (although, from comments from people who actually do this job, it sounds like this video is not very accurate). I’m a barber and there’s two times I was asked to cut the hair of a deceased former client. I did it out of respect, but I couldn’t handle messing with corpses. It felt so weird doing that. I thought someone would stay in there with me, but both times I was left by myself. I’m sorry, it was just a really weird feeling. Thank God for people who do all the things that need to be done when people pass.

I had my dad cremated in 2016 and when I got his remains there were curly wires that you were showing in them. In 1985 he had open heart surgery and they use those to close his ribs together and they were actually in the ashes sitting on top, but it’s funny my dad always talked about those things he would take my hand and put it on his chest and say “ son do you feel that that’s the wires they used to close my ribs.” so I was kind of weirded out.

I don’t know why I watched this. I’m so disturbed.

Going to a funeral has destroyed me on how I feel about them. My wife and daughter passed away in 2013 and when I saw my wife after the funeral home fixed her up, she looked bloded but was still gorgeous. She looked peaceful. Which gave me some peace but ill never go to another one again. Thank God my mom and dad wants to be cremated and doesn't care about a funeral.

YOU DID YOUR BEST....GREAT JOB

I learned that a person do not have to get embalmed when they are going to be cremated and it is cheaper for the cost. Thank You.

Craziest conspiracy: They have a fun coffin dance with you after everyone leaves.

If you live in a smaller town, they do things quite a bit different. Funeral directors do almost every job. From embalming to cremation they do it all on site at the funeral home.

Thank you, Mr. Slack, for your masterful post. Since I have not seen a mea culpa from the culprits, I think I shall skip his offerings in the future.

The receptiacle that the body is placed into for cremation is called a retort and the ashes are called cremains. There was NEVER any theft from the deceased person when I was in funeral service and we treated the body with the respect it deserved.

When I die before I leave this precious earth I would love to see everything that goes on with my earthly dead body and also I'm going to be checking up and in on all of my family members and love ones that are still alive on earth and let everybody know including my Beautiful Father and my Mother and to the rest of the family and everybody all around across the world it is okay to Cry

I PRAY WHO EVER IS WATCHING THIS REPENTS AND TURNS TO THE LORD SO THAT WHEN U DO DIE YOU CAN GO TO HEAVEN MANN

I wish some these people had lot more respect for the dead but found this very comforting. I hope you're still there in Spirit

They treat you better when you're dead than they do when you're alive. Bummer!

Me: dies African Coffin Dancers: *A S T R O N O M I A*

Just a note: I got my urn at Pier One Imports....for WAY cheaper than they wanted to sell me at the funeral home. Seal it ? Melted candle wax (or use glue gun) all the way around...use finger and smooth all around.

"Body is put in a freezer" - How do you do a post-mortem on a frozen body? (The body goes into a refrigerator) I worked in a funeral home during my last two years in high school - the assertion that "They look on and laugh" is downright absurd. It might happen on very rare occasions in some funeral homes, but for a great percentage of employees, who consider this type of work a sacred trust, at some point the basics of the operation become routine. They don't have time to stand around and make special commentary about every single person brought in. Completely asinine. I stopped watching after this point.

If you're curious about the funeral industry, watch Ask A Mortician's channel. It's not as scary as the Infographics Show portrays.

it is unfortunately children the end is inevitable, so enjoy every second of your life in the right way so as not to regret it later at the wrong time, for those who want to live a little longer I suggest you donate your organs and stay alive for a longer time on earth and in most of the time making another child happy for the time they should deserve 😁👍🏼

Ooh. This is giving me some chills in me

After an autopsy, the organs are normally placed in a bag, placed back in the cavity and sown shut. It’s normally up to the embalmer to place their organs back in its location.

Government is trying to convince people"you will survive" Infographic show:''what happens when you die" giving me a panic attack

Infographics: “you died” Me: WOAH WOAH LET ME ATLEAST FINISH EATING MY NOODLES OK, thank you

I'm surprised you didn't mention how they wire your jaw shut, or the AV plugs that also help prevent leakage.

I live walking distance to a funeral and by now i guess as much i know most of the people by face working there and what i can say base on their look and my instincts they are not normal people. It takes a different kind of mindset to do such job and am talking about a spiritual mindset.

U sticking round that body imma call ghost busters

A lot of people died while you watched this video

Well done!

Much respect to those who work in the funeral industry ,appreciated.

FYI, that's not a coffin, it's a casket. Coffins are "body shaped," wider at the shoulders than at the head and feet. They are also less flashy. Caskets are rectangular, have plush padding and are much more ornate.

I'm so disturb about how he talk about "You" as if it is you who died This is far my most liked comment ever in youtube 😂

"You died bummer" 🤣 this dude is funny

This, for me, will always have the most darkly hilarious opening line of any RU-vid video.