Stones and Bones Ep. 11 - Of Obelisks and Columns

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

Travel, History, Places & Travel, Paranormal, Haunted, Society & Culture, Ghosts

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Mausoleums are the stars of cemeteries, but if there is anything that ranks closely with mausoleums as being eye catching in a cemetery, it is the obelisk. And very close to that are the columns. There is a lot of symbolism behind them, and history. Join us on this Stones and Bones for, of obelisks and columns!

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0:00.0	There are places for our are dead.
0:05.0	Places of peace and I not dread.
0:12.0	Sites of simple or elaborate stones that memorialize our lost one's bones.
0:23.9	Welcome to stones and bones.
0:30.5	Whoa.
0:33.1	Welcome to stones and bones.
0:40.7	Whoa, oh.
0:45.0	Hello, you spectacular people.
0:47.4	Welcome to Stones and Bones, episode number 11.
0:52.1	Kelly, we're going to be talking about something that is very popular in cemeteries,
0:57.8	the obelisk. And as a matter of fact, I have this book here that I got when I was up at the
1:03.5	Natchez City Cemetery called Legends. And I just wanted to show a picture out of it. For those of you
1:10.6	who are listening, it's just a faraway picture that's black and white.
1:15.7	And it shows that there's just a ton of mausolems here.
1:20.1	I think I counted like 16 of them.
1:24.3	As you can see it.
1:25.7	Quite a few.
1:31.3	Just goes to show how popular obelists are.
1:37.3	So are you ready to talk about obelisks and columns? I am.
1:38.3	Mausoleums are the stars of cemeteries.
1:40.3	But if there's anything that ranks closely with mausoleums as being eye-caching
1:45.2	in a cemetery, it is the obelisk. And very close to that are the columns. There's a lot of symbolism
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