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Description: For your free trial of The Great Courses Plus go to: ow.ly/R5yC30reU8n SCANDAL. PAGAN RITUALS. A "FROTHINGHAM". This cremation has everything. Donate to the Henrietta Duterte Scholarship Campaign: ccbcmd.edu/Support-CCBC/Giving-to-CCBC/Ways-to-Give/Donor-Recognition/Henrietta-Duterte-Scholarship (Click on the Henrietta Duterte Scholarship in the "Designation" dropdown menu.) Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! patreon.com/thegooddeath The Co-op Funeral Home of People’s Memorial funerals.coop ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW OUR MOVEMENT*** Join our community of deathlings and support Ask a Mortician: patreon.com/thegooddeath Support the education and advocacy efforts of The Order of the Good Death: bit.ly/3iaz9jN Shop our advocacy wear: the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com ***MORE DEATH CONTENT & RESOURCES*** Books: caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: mortalcourse.com Our podcast on iTunes: apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, updates, and more: orderofthegooddeath.com ***SOCIALS*** Order Instagram: instagram.com/ordergooddeath Caitlin Instagram: instagram.com/thegooddeath Order Twitter: twitter.com/OrderGoodDeath ***CREDITS*** Mortician: Caitlin Doughty Producer & Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Landis Blair (@landisblair) This video was greatly informed by the book "Purified by Fire: A History of Cremation in America" by Stephen Prothero. Thank you Mr. Prothero for giving us all the BONKERS details on this fascinating history. ***MUSIC*** Inner Journey by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: audionautix.com Anachronist - Oddities by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100332 Artist: incompetech.com ***SELECTED SOURCES*** Purified by Fire: A History of Cremation in America Prothero, Stephen. University of California Press. 2001. "Baron de Palm's Ashes: 1877" thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2019/03/06/baron-de-palms-ashes-1877 "Up in Smoke: Theosophy and the Revival of Cremation" theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1684-up-in-smoke-theosophy-and-the-revival-of-cremation "Why the First Cremation in the U.S. Was So Controversial" atlasobscura.com/articles/why-the-first-cremation-in-the-us-was-so-controversial "Why Cremation?" christiancentury.org/article/2011-11/why-cremation "Ashes to Ashes: America’s First Crematorium" pabook2.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/Crematory.html "The Writing on the Wall" weelunk.com/the-writing-on-the-wall Death in the Afternoon -- "Crematory Whoopsies" (Sarah Chavez) deathintheafternoon.libsyn.com/crematory-whoopsies