Their Graves Were DUG UP! - 10 Famous Exhumations 

Interesting to hear the curious stories about the disturbances of the remains of these famous people!

I had a classmate who could honestly claim he went golfing with famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1985. He died in 1959. In a very controversial and contentious decision, FLW was disinterred froM Taliesin in Spring Green WI, and moved to Taliesin West in AZ, per his late 3rd wife’s wishes. My friend’s family owned mortuary business got the job. So they dug him up, and apparently he had a hi-zoot coffin, because it was hermetically sealed and he said FLW looked PERFECT. He was especially excited because he was into architecture (in fact I met him in the College of Architecture and Planning a few years later). Anyhoo he said the most outstanding feature was that he was RED. He wasn’t sure if it was a reflection of FLW’s Native American heritage, or perhaps some chemical reaction. Anyhoo, he was cremated and then his family was entrusted to delivering the urn to either FLW’s daughter or his foundation. Trouble was, he was cremated on Friday but the hand-off wasn’t until Monday. Because it was an important job, my friend’s dad said “don’t let him out of your sight!” Well, he already had a tee time on Saturday….so…he very carefully put Frank in his golf bag, and took him out for a round of golf!!!!

JFK was actually also exhumed to move the grave a few metres up the hill to its current location. The exhumation was carried out at night and RFK was present.

Lincoln's body was also stolen and unsuccessfully held for a ransom, which is why when he was laid in his permanent maselium, several feet of concrete were used to seal the grave and insure that the body would never be stolen again. His old maselium is only a short walk from his permanent tomb in the cemetery in Springfield, IL

William Quantrill's body is buried in three states, after being moved several times and bones being separated. The skull spent several years in a frat house in Kansas. The last burial, of what could be recovered, was in the Confederate Veterans Cemetery at Higgensville Missouri. It's in a box, in the ground, encased in concrete as not to be disturbed or stolen again.

Interesting history! I'm always learning something new about someone's life on your channel. So many notable people did not have a final resting place the first time. Hopefully they are all resting in peace now.👍

Almost every public figure memorialized in a fancy mausoleum was temporarily interred somewhere while the final resting place was under construction. Examples are Grant, Garfield, McKinley, John F Dryden. And Harry Helmsley got moved to a new mausoleum in a new cemetery when the 'view" from his original mausoleum was "spoiled" by the construction of a public mausoleum by the cemetery.

You should do a video on exhumations done to solve famous crimes!

Great video my friend! There are a bunch of these that you could do on a series. Elvis would be a big one.

I miss the Big Bopper Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr. His body was dug up and moved to a new resting place. Meanwhile, his son, who had never seen him before, stayed with him at the open casket containing the well-preserved body and talked with him for a while.

I recently found you so I have some catching up to do. You have a calm , soothing voice. I love history so will enjoy your channel. I crochet as I listen. Thanks. God bless you.

This was truly fascinating. I never knew any of these people's bodies were exhumed or moved so this was an interesting part of History!🤔

Bonnie Parker was originally buried at Fish Trap Cemetery in Dallas in May 1934. Her sister had her body relocated to Crown Hill Memorial Park, next to her mother in 1947. Bonnie and Clyde's descendants are trying to get Bonnie relocated once again but this time next to Clyde's grave in South Dallas.

Fascinating and interesting. As a former Forensic Pathologist and medical examiner, the science in me loves these topics. Thank you 😊

This was fascinating and really interesting. I have been to Boone's and Lincoln's graves and knew about them but some of the others were new to me. Thanks you!

I always learn something from your videos! Thank you!

I saw a program on Poe a few years ago. After running test on samples of his hair taken at the time of his death, it's now theorized that Poe died from Rabies. A person who has an untreated rabies infection would exhibit much the same symptoms that were recorded in Poe's last days. Plus the Poet had a proclivity to try and collect stray cat's as they were his pet of choice.

Thank you for the new history lesson! Awesome job

Very interesting video. Hope you do another. Thanks for sharing

Robert Lincoln was at the opening of his father's coffin in 1901 for identification. He noted that the body was in very good condition except that it turned the color of a foot ball and a small American flag that had been placed on his chest has deteriorated leaving only small red bits of cloth on his chest. This was from an article published in life magazine around 1960 or so.

I enjoyed this, it was interesting to hear about how they were exhumed, and some several times! I knew about Lincoln, but didn't know about David Crocket or John Wilkes Booth. Interesting stuff as usual.

Hey Chris...have you ever read the story of when they reinterred Elvis? Vernon wanted him buried at Graceland to begin with..but the city of Memphis would not let him. There is a whole big story about 3 men who broke into the cemetery he was first placed in, with the intentions of taking his body. Happened about a week after he was buried. After this...Memphis let them move him to Graceland. There is a lot of stories out there about it. Some say the men were hired to do this by Vernon, or by one of the Memphis Mafia, in order to have a reason to move him. With just a little research there are some great video's out there about it..and the men who tried to do it.

This was interesting about all these famous people being moved. I love your videos

Very good you did your homework on this! I did not know about most of these. This was really interesting! Thanks Bob

Great information! I enjoyed this one too! Thank you!

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In Greenbrier County, WV, a woman named Zona Heaster Shue died around 1897 and it was believed, at the time of her death, that she died naturally. Legend has it that her spirit came to her mother in a dream and told her what had really happened to her. Her remains were exhumed and it was proven that the testimony of Shue were accurate, and her husband was then put in prison for her murder. It was determined that she died of a broken neck from having been strangled. It's a known story in Greenbrier County, WV. Shue is known as the "Ghost of Greenbrier" as her testimony marked the first time that a ghost helped convict a man.

Interesting. Thank you for another great video !

Great video Whitdocs. Very interesting.

Jean Paul Getty, founder of Getty Oil and philanthropist, died at his home in England in 1976. His remains were shipped back to his Malibu Villa in California. Graves had been previously prepared in a shady with bench where Getty often sat looking out over the Pacific ocean. The graves were temporary until elaborate chambers were constructed at the Getty museum and the remains reinterred. The museum sits at the top of a steep, steep hill. Garden workers exhumed the remains of Getty and his two sons for re burial. It was all done under the cover of darkness to eliminate prying eyes. When workers unloaded JP’s casket, the lid popped open and his body tumbled out then rolled down the hill. He was a very tall man and there wasn’t a casket long enough, so they had to “make it work”. The casket being too small created too much tension or pressure causing the lid to pop open. All the gardeners were extremely superstitious and ran screaming from the site to call the Getty representative. No family or friends were present. Quite an ordeal for the wealthiest man in America.

Ronnie Van Zant has been moved twice since 77. Once when grave robbers broke into his crypt. The 2nd time his widow moved him near a pond in the same cemetery. Hopefully 3rd time is a charm.

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Fascinating. Love the cemetery photos.

that is so interesting I didn't these people were exhumed thanks for bringing so much information on your channel

Sitting in the airport waiting for my flight, so glad I have your videos to watch

Hi! This is quite the vlog! It was very interesting and informative ! Imagine being exhumed many times in your final resting place . Or it should be .I thought it was only for criminal dna that would happen. Thanks again for all your great vlogs! Stay safe and warm . Deborah... Manitoba, Canada

My mom had to have my great grandparents exhumed because they were buried on the wrong side of their tombstones and were buried in someone elses plots.

Very interesting!! Thank you!

Lucille Ball and Judy Garland were both exhumed and moved. Interesting LB was moved to New York from CA and JG from NY to CA. JG was I believe moved over night.

Great video. Very interesting content.

Like your vids - my only critique of this - would've been cool to see the final resting places too

Nice list Chris! I never heard about a few of them.

Interesting, some of these never heard before. One correction: the *alleged* perpetrator, etc., referring to Oswald as he was never actually tried and convicted. Oh sure probably he was involved, but we’re never going to know this side of the grave. I live in Dallas and remember that exhumation In the news when I was young.

Thank you for sharing

This is awesome!!!

I hope you'll do a vid on the exhumation of John Paul Jones, its fascinating. His face at the time of the exhumation, *still* was recognizable, looked so much like the famous painting of him. You can see the both pictures here on the internet, and compare the face/head, even the hair, to the famous painting of him from back in the day.

I found a very old cemetery in Aberdeen Mississippi that has the grave of a women that she passed because her dress caught on fire and the oldest grave there and the oldest grave dated back to 1838

I got caught up on your channel wow a lot of interesting information thank you for the information

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Thank you for this video, very informative and interesting. We all like to think that our eventual resting place will be forever, don’t we? History tells us otherwise!

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The family of John Dillenger stopped his body from being exhumed. Some people were convinced it wasn't his body buried there. It was big news here in Indiana a few years ago. I didn't know about these people.

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great video and very interesting

Intereredting video & 😳 wow, Lincoln was moved around alot

Looks like a beautiful cemetery

Loved this visit

Scott is distantly related to Zachary Taylor!!! Great video. Thank you

This is very interesting. You could add The Big Bopper to the list.

There are 2 published accounts by individuals at the final burial of A. Lincoln where concrete was poured over him that it included his family also. The marked crypts facing the Lincoln marker of his family are likely empty. Lincoln does not actually reside under the marker but lies several inches north of the marker. Lincoln's Tomb was rebuilt several times. That area of Oak Ridge has an underground river and the original foundation was not stable. The last reconstruction added the circle hallway around the interior. There was a DVD produced about the history no longer available that has many interesting photo's.

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If you do a part 2 here's a few more: Our 1st President George Washington was originally buried in a temporary vault on his Mt. Vernon estate when he died in 1799, and upon the completion of the larger tomb where he is now interred, was moved there. (You can still see the original, now empty vault. I've been to Mount Vernon.) Elvis Presley was originally interred next to his mother in the mausoleum at Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis when he died in August 1977. After an attempted grave robbery just a few weeks later, his father Vernon got permission from the city of Memphis to move both bodies to Graceland in October '77. Finally, Judy Garland was buried at Ferncliffe Cemetery in Hartsdale, NY when she took her own life at the young age of 47 in 1969. She remained there for 40 years and within the last decade her children, desiring to have their mother close to them, moved her body across country where she is now entombed in the Judy Garland Pavilion at the legendary Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

You can see a photo of Zachary Taylor!! A picture of his skull. Rather morbid photo but neat. Great video!!!!

Heres one that you should of had was General Mad Anthony wayne he was buried at a fort in michigan when he died and in the 1820s or 30s a family nember came to take his body back to newyork they dug his body up and put it in a sack tied to a mule it was just his skeleton they started on their journey back to new york but on tge way they didnt notice that the sack got a hole in it and between michigan and where the family cemetary was in newyork his skeleton fell out of the sack as they rode back to newyork leaving only one bone of him in the sack when they got to their destination in newyork so General mad Anthony wayne was scattered between michigan and newyork thought you would like ti hear about that you can look it up its well know story about General MadAnthony Wayne

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Just loving the history this is very interesting

Video was so cool!!!

Very interesting vlog. I have see a video of the JFK exhumation. You have really done a lot of work on this video. I do enjoy all of your videos. Have you ever considered doing the cemetery at the Little Bighorn?

Very interesting.

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I was aware of a couple of these. Didn't realize the whereabouts of the remains of Christopher Columbus were unknown. Interesting video.

Evita Paron's body was all over the world. She was buried in Italy for awhile.

Nathan Bedford Forrest was moved from Memphis to Columbia Tn. last September.

My great grandfather rode with Jessie James, my great father found the love of his life as a result.beautiful story.

Interesting.

Gram Parsons resting places are interesting. True friendship!

Oswald is buried a few miles from where I work. I often pass near the cemetery going to and from work.

Elvis and his mother was moved from a cemetery before they were buried at Graceland due to Elvis father received rumors of that Elvis body would be used as ransom. So he and his mom were moved so they can be on watch at Graceland. Both were buried in vaults in the Meditation Garden.

Have you been to the huge cemetery in Cincinnati Ohio it is supposed to have some interesting buildings and chapels I read it has 40 Miles of driveable acres would love to see you go there

I don’t know if it was/is common practice but George Washington (and Martha??) we’re both exhumed to be moved from one place on Mount Vernon to another please that is more tourist friendly. I wonder if they other family graves that laid with with them in the first burial spot were also moved?? I think I remember something about the first spot deteriorating..???

Honorable mention for the Lincoln Conspirators who were buried on the grounds of the Washington Arsenal where they were executed, then exhumed later and returned to their families. I have actually seen the skull of Lewis Payne. Lest we forget, Joseph son of Israel, who was buried in Egypt as a Pharoh, then when his people were freed some 400 years later they carried his bones on a litter to the promised land and he rested with his fathers.

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Elvis Presley was moved to his final resting place 2 months after his death as was his Mother. Serial Killer H. H. Holmes was also exhumed about a hundred years after his execution.

That's interesting that they confirmed Abraham Lincoln's body was still in the coffin. I bet that would've been a surreal experience to witness that.

Judy Garland was moved from NY to CA in 2017 by her family.

This vlog was very interesting.i did not no the story about Charlie Chaplin 😊

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Edgar Allan Poe was beaten to death though. Abraham Lincoln was exhumed so often that up until1901 he didn't have a final resting place and the final time his coffin was opened, it was to check on the condition of the body which had been embalmed with cow manure which was used until the advent of liquid fertilizer which is the current embalming fluid because it gives the body a more lifelike appearance and makes tbe next of kin happier (formaldehyde isn't used because who would want to spend 6 hours cleaning up the morgue after the back falls out and petrified remains and internal organs hit the floor?) .

Some of these people traveled more when they were dead,than alive! Lol. Not always a final resting place. Thanks.