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covers mature intense morbid and sometimes just scary stuff listener discretion is advised

why do people spend the night in cemeteries? What

actually goes on when they do? And is there even a right way to do it? Tonight, we're diving into

the strange, sometimes sacred, sometimes playful world of cemetery sleepovers. Welcome to 30

Morbin minutes.

This is the podcast where we cover topics, people, places, history, events, and more of a morbid macab,

dark, and downright grisly nature in 30 minutes or less usually. I'm Elise Willems. Cemetery

sleepovers aren't just an urban legend or something bored teenagers dare each other to do on Halloween.

They've got real history and they might be something that grown women in their late

30s do as well. Yeah, absolutely. Well, and those with families. Families used to routinely

hang out in cemeteries. Some cultures still do overnight vigils in graveyards as a part of

ritual life. And of course, the thrill seekers, ghost hunters and urban explorers. They're all about it.

Oh yeah. Today we are doing a dive into the strange and fascinating world of cemetery sleepovers, as we said.

Why they started, why people started doing them, why they've stuck around and what it says about us and our relationship with death.

So let's set the scene. You guys aren't going to really think about this at first,

but it's the mid-1800s in America. There is no central park, no city playgrounds, no public

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