FOUND FOOTAGE Hollywood Cemetery Earthquake and FLOOD

The1994 Earthquake and flood left Hollywood Cemetery in terrible shape.
I'm Scott Michaels - thanks for watching. I own Dearly Departed Tours in Hollywood and the original Celebrity Death webpage, Findadeath. I've been doing this for 25 years - my collection of one-of-a-kind death related artifacts includes the legendary Jayne Mansfield Death Car.
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[@RhettyforHistory]

That's really good footage documenting an old event. See you were the pioneer of grave exploring with a camera!

[@ForensicsOnTheScene]

I love Scott’s postings!!! Met him once before one of his dearly departed tours. He was so down to Earth 🌍! Went with a group of friends who were from LA. We were blown away by the tour and facts and stories we learned about celebs lives and deaths. 💀 They took us to a cemetery. My friends had never been to it despite having lived in LA their entire lives. I highly recommend taking a trip to LA to go on his tour! His tour alone makes the trip worth it!

[@clapoutloudclapoutloud]

It had become very run down but under new mgmt they restored it to its former glory. Lots of old time movie stars buried there.

[@stevesloan56]

I have noticed that when cemeteries get full. They have no more income. Then the maintenance goes downhill. Very disrespectful for all who live there.

[@sarahh367]

They do not invest some of the big bucks they get from taking care of the dead for the future care ..they take the money hand over fist and in 50 years or so the entire place looks like a shit hole..

[@onemercilessming1342]

steveloan56--Not quite. A family can have their loved one's grave cared for in two ways: annual care and perpetual care. Annual care provides the cemetery with yearly funds. Perpetual care is supposed to be a cemetery account, the interest of which provides an income to care for loved ones' graves for the rest of time (supposedly). However, communities change over time. Families experience diaspora s children and grandchildren grow up and move on. When there is no one showing up at the cemeteries to check on the maintenance, the caretakers get lazy/lax. When a small town finally dies (like the coal towns of NE PA), then cemeteries are neglected and fall into ruin. I have been told that there is a cemetery in NE PA that is slated to be moved so that a coal company can mine the coal vein beneath the site. No one seems to know what will happen to those graves. Most of my family/ancestors are interred there., as are the families/ancestors of the people with whom I grew up all those decades ago.

[@sarahh367]

@@onemercilessming1342 yes but many of them stop doing the work ..look at the Hollywood graves that are 50 years old ..some have body fluids running out ..over grown ..dirty ..

[@adamhitze2180]

@@sarahh367 really, theres bodily fluids seeping out! Omg

[@JCA-Z]

I don't think anyone LIVES there, just kidding, r.i.p.

[@janadeubner9883]

Some of the grave sites I recognized from watching Daze with Jordan the Lion vlogs. This cemetery was and is still beautiful. Thank you for sharing Scott!

[@play4u67]

@Glenn Morris - One of my top favorite vloggers, Hollywood Graveyard...then again, I also love Jordan's channel and Scotts :) as well.

[@mynameisvna]

I remember this earthquake. the worst I had ever lived through. Now the cemetery looks a lot better. Glad they restored the mausoleum.

[@presb007]

Cemetery is now beautiful and vibrant. They conduct various tours, show movies at night and special events. Great place to visit.

[@MaryClareVideos]

Never get put in a mausoleum. Eventually they will become neglected.

[@adamhitze2180]

If seems if you build one properly, with stone, they should last a very long time. Just need a groundskeeper

[@bunnymomjulie6719]

Just make sure someone puts in holes so the stuff eventually drains ... on the inside. Because it will drain.

[@badfinger6707]

Yeah I witnessed a crypt with a faulty door seal. It was bad.

[@cynthiapickett7403]

1994 was the last time I was in Hollywood Forever; I also remember seeing the earthquake damage. At least the cemetery has made a great comeback in the last 20 years.

[@JaimeExploring]

Thank You for sharing Scott, I enjoyed your video, 1994! We have come along way from the video camera's on the shoulders and carrying the suit case! I just recently visited Hollywood Forever and it was a cloudy overcast day yet it was a Wonderful visit, such beautiful scenery with all it's artistry and as you mention, Yes those trees are now big! Once again, Thank You for sharing the history and your memories.

[@ShannonLee1956]

I had one of those big camcorders, made by Sharp. You put a full size vhs directly in the machine. If you filmed for an extended period of time you might be hurting the next day!

[@Patprond-mj2es]

Growing up in the late 80's my parents had one also, if i remember correctly they paid almost a grand for it, and was made by RCA. My parents use to always tell me you do such a great job recording, so we want you to do it. Just to find out yrs later i wasn't necessarily any good at recording, they just didn't want to hold the damn cinder block themselves lol.

[@alltwocustomz6829]

Scott bin watching your work for years. You made me appreciate dead& stories that go along with them.. THANKS!!?

[@dcricket1]

That’s not perpetually cared for. I understand the flood but otherwise just sad in the mausoleum.

[@badfinger6707]

Light the oven then scatter me to the winds. I'll take it from there.

[@carobinsonrobinson3109]

bad finger amen!

[@carobinsonrobinson3109]

My parents prepaid for the Graves and stones, I guess that is what people did in those days . Not me I don't want my loved ones to visit ( or not visit) my grave, set me on fire and spread my ashes to the sea and wind, and I will be there always for my loved ones.

[@jblue705]

Carobinson Robinson well certainly, by pre-purchasing their resting places and stones, they saved you and your siblings (if you have any) the cost to purchase them. So I would say they were darn considerate 👍

[@marjoriemargel1567]

jblue705 This happened to me. My mother unexpectedly died one night and I had to suddenly pay her medical bills while in the hospital, as well as plan a large funeral. I was unprepared financially, ended up selling her house.

[@sarahh367]

When u see it ..remind yourself ..they had every thing that the world had to offer and the hole in the ground ? The same as the person that died on the streets ..heavens our home

[@paulbroderick8438]

Words of wisdom. Over the years all of my passed relatives had chosen cremation ahead of time. I shall be cremated also when my time comes not fearing being engulfed by the retort flames.

[@SeanONeill13]

Yet the journey was extremely different. Hmmmmm

[@nonnobissolum]

@Tilly Divine Yeah, well, from one atheist to another (presumably)....there are ways to lend clarity and insight without coming across as angry, bitter, and gratuitously antagonistic. Cheers.

[@nonnobissolum]

@Tilly Divine Ah, just a hard-on for specific denominations. Even worse.

[@billdougan4022]

It amazes me that the cemetery almost went into bankruptcy, but was sold for $375,000 in 1998.

[@funeralangel8262]

What a deal ! Needed a lot of restoring obviously. Kind of sad ...

[@billdougan4022]

It is cheap, if you consider William Powell paid $25,000, for Jean Harlow and her mother's crypt in the mausoleum in 1937.

[@billl1127]

Wow, 1994. We're all 26 years closer to joining them.

[@rorogirl39]

OK lol good one !!!!! needed that 😁 and you are so right !

[@warmgunwarmgun3025]

What a cheery thing to say!

[@robin5380]

😂

[@celialovett5880]

Reminds me of a common Victorian epitaph: Be of good cheer. No man is immortal.

[@tjo1976]

I was thinking how much the world has changed since then. I was in high school. Now I'm in my 40's. daaaamn

[@joanneripley2256]

My grandfather's last name was DeMille.. In the late fifties...he got a letter from Cecil B. DeMille...my grandfather was on Cecil's family tree.

[@donnasmith1268]

Just love your work with the zoom in and out. That’s one really steady finger on that button. You were such a pro in ‘94 ! Remember we all use to complain that when people zoomed they shook the camera , Shaun !!! You earned the right to operate that button. Love from Australia

[@christylove4834]

Thank You for sharing , Scott Michael ❤️

[@nancyebright5593]

That’s unreal. The yellow tape in the mausoleum really accentuates the damage.

[@TheChampy2012]

Thanks for sharing this video, Scott. This was around the first time my now husband and I went there. We both have a ❤️ of cemeteries. Older the better!!!! Our first tour w you was in 2001 for our 1st anniversary. You were the guide. We met you out front of the OG farmers Market on 3rd. ❤️ Killer tour! Have done more w DD, but not for awhile. 😍 XOXO

[@kathypappas6867]

Wow , this is very interesting! Thanks for sharing it !

[@randyrysdale852]

"that's all folks" - mel blanc perfect

[@9250td]

Great video; thanks for posting!

[@bunnymomjulie6719]

I lived in LA at the same time, during the earthquake, and used to wander around here many times. I remember the yellow stained glass ceilings being broken, and the vaults practically hanging open because the covers had come loose and were sitting crooked. It was so sad to see what disrepair everything was in there. Although I am not a fan at how commercialized the place has now become, I am grateful for the new company who came in and fixed everything and gave these people stories and a dignified place to be visited. Who knows. Maybe these people still enjoy a good party. But it's weird. Thank you for sharing.

[@TonyandSusie-MillersontheMove]

Really cool to see!! Thanks Scott!🙂

[@cindyslater7653]

So sad by all the damage to the graves. Thank for sharing. ❤️

[@howdyradio934]

Watching from NSW Australia, Thank you SM for the upload.

[@iraynalee3570]

NSW here too mate!

[@tracya1973]

Thank you Scott! I’m a big fan❤️

[@VenturesWithJoe]

Classic VHS, Scott! Thanks for sharing! ✌️❤️🤘

[@amandaduhhh1988]

Happy to see your posting more again!! I found your channel through seeing you on tv! So yay I’m looking at Your findadeath.com and I’m on the C’s and I got a good laugh out of when I read Corey haims and you said at the end drugs are bad mmmmmkay hahaha sorry... 🤭

[@bbt5358]

Thanks, Scott!!

[@kenedie4646]

Great video, Scott. I first went to Hollywood forever in 1997. Every time I go back to Hollywood, it's the first place I go to. A fascinating, historical place to be. Next time, I would like to go on the Dearly departed tour.....

[@moonwalker_818]

If water got inside those mausoleum crypts it’s really bad for the caskets probably rusted them .

[@MICHELLE-gu2qc]

Great channel Scott. Looks like they had alot of damage.

[@danikeebler1662]

I was 3.5 miles from the Northridge epicenter. The block walls were the first to go down. It doesn't surprise me that the mausoleums were damage and condemned.

[@brandonguillory242]

great video sir

[@kuuipopakalolo8723]

Dearly Departed brought me here 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

I was stationed at Fort Ord, Ca. when the earthquake hit on top of a hill or mountain whatever it was, there was a large stadium below. I watched the big tall lights swaying back & forth. There was a guy trying to drive a car, that was zig zagging back & forth. There was a guy for some reson at the front door just standing there, if the building had caved in ...that wouldn't have been good. For days afterward there were after shocks. I had a video on it, loaned it to someone and of course never got it back but I'll never forget this white car was under the long bridge that collapsed...all you could see was the trunk, a huge block of concret was on top of what was the car. Whom ever was inside never knew what hit them. ..May they all rest in peace that died that day.💖💔💖

[@carlthornton3076]

Very Good!.

[@glorianorris6294]

I Love your videos Scott, but I also like them when you put photos of the stars graves you are showcasing . Keep up the goo work

[@terencehayes4181]

Great video

[@joanleary]

Um whoa. I LOVE this!

[@TheRetirednavy92]

1994 folks. That place is really nice and maintained.

[@Rainbow-jx1ov]

I've been there quite a few times, but wow @ how different it looks!

[@flop2100]

Very surreal. I was there last November. Best wishes

[@MrRJDB1969]

Roughly around 6:36, thereabouts, parts of the 1983 horror flick, "One Dark Night", was filmed. In the movie, sections of both mausoleums were used.

[@deona267]

I lived in worked through the 94 quake Hollywood.

[@paulwilliams6753]

Very respectful video....

[@RodneyFreeman]

Sad to hear you closed Dearly Departed Tours. But, we all reach that age where we need to turn the page on a new chapter. I've enjoyed your videos so much. Hopefully, you'll reopen again one day. I've never been able to visit but would love to! Best wishes to whatever life holds in store and whatever new adventures you undertake.

[@lauragadille3384]

Any damages to caskets or urns?

[@jackaction7077]

All this was showing is what it looked like before remodeling. Nothing to see flood or earthquake damage wise here..and Jayne Mansfields stone has been moved since kind of by itself now.. which is only a marker

[@judyarcher7706]

Isn't Jayne Mansfield buried in Pennsylvania?

[@jackaction7077]

@@judyarcher7706 Yes...she just has a memorial stone here.

[@kohlguy8656]

I like those old Videos !

[@felixfischer312]

Hello Scott just came across you and thank you for the video. I haven't seen much of this place before just a few times on news and things like that. I see you have been doing this for long time now. I'm from New Orleans also.

[@melanie7466]

So interesting-it would be great to see a comparison to present day. Has it been improved at all? Thank you for sharing!

[@WiteDahlia]

Melanie Banel IMO it looks really beautiful today. It’s been restored, damage fixed. I have gone several times to take pictures and it’s quite lovely.

[@melanie7466]

WiteDahlia Thank you for this information!

[@WiteDahlia]

Melanie Banel no problem. The mausoleum in particular is gorgeous ☀️

[@therealwilfreddierkes9980]

It is gorgeous. Actually, my favorite place to visit while in LA.

[@therealwilfreddierkes9980]

Every year, they have a Dia De Los Muertos ceremony and it is a lot of fun and beautiful.

[@ticketyblue3080]

Fairbanks lawn looks crazy. Where’d all that water come from?

[@nannybebe74]

I always think of Chester Bennington singing at Chris Cornell’s funeral when I see that.

[@Aymsters71]

Great video! I’ve been to HF every time I’ve been in LA but have never been in the dome! I guess I just thought it was part of the main office and none in there have ever been too friendly. Man, I’m sad now!

[@heidioller4494]

We had a video camera like that at that time. The the zooming and sound gave me flashbacks lol. Very interesting video though. Outside was cleaner than the inside. They did a beautiful job of fixing and cleaning it since then. Isn't that the same building that David White and his son are interred? And it's always nice to say hello to Darla Hood & Carl Switzer. Glad you found this and thank you for sharing it.

[@mccommas2]

Are the dead bodies OK???!!!!!

[@natomblin]

Scott: do you recall a white wooden mausoleum there when it was Hollywood Memorial? It was empty and the doors of each crypt was hanging open? This was back in the 1980s. I recall in the north east corner of the cemetery.

[@james-ew6wj]

Great video. It would be cool to see a then and now follow up to see the changes 26 years have brought.

[@Hamigal]

Confirms my desire for cremation and scattering

[@jamietoland3677]

I believe Tom Mcloughlin shot scenes for his 1983 film, One Dark Night in this very mausoleum. Such a beautiful cemetery and mausoleum.

[@deedanis5351]

Jeez LOUISA ......how do they repair where the ashes and bodies are??? Creepy 😳 Thank you great video🙋🏻‍♀️

[@marieoreilly4334]

Hi Scott Nice to see you again I got to know you from Jordan the Lion love all your vlogs you know so much Hollywood history if I ever get back to LA I love to go on one of your tours wishing you success with your future plans Marie Dublin Ireland

[@play4u67]

Dublin, Ireland is one of the destinations I have on my bucket list of things I would like to do before I end up in a place like this someday. Also, I'd like to visit Italy and Australia as well :)

[@marieoreilly4334]

Thanks for your comment I hope that you can go to all the places you would like to see if and when this alful virus is over I hope all you nice people of USA will come back to visit Ireland again please look after yourselfs in these changeling times Sending lots of Prayers to you all Marie Dublin Ireland

[@dukecraig2402]

I thought Jayne Mansfield is buried in Pennsylvania at the cemetery her family uses? It's even listed as her official burial site and just last night in the comments of a KZbin video I read an account of a resident of the town where he saw her daughter, Mariska Hargitay, at her grave while he was there.

[@planthi80]

Thanks for the share... Have they made repairs to the place?

[@therealwilfreddierkes9980]

planthi80 Yes. It is beautiful. And actually, from what I heard, Judy Garland was just moved there, from New York. (Don’t know if that’s true.) And Fred Armison SNL, Portlandia, recently bought a plot there. (I hope he doesn’t have to use his for at least a million years from now!) I have family who has a business next door, and every time we visit them, I always make up an excuse to be able to go to the cemetery and just walk around.

[@jawknee21]

It's weird to think that those headstones you recorded with no died date are probably all filled in now.

[@zebdoz333]

I was wonderingduring did you try and get any keep sakes after the flood like mail boxes ? Lol

[@adamhitze2180]

So is the water there like a dead body stew?

[@jawknee21]

That's me at 5:35! 😂

[@stflaw]

This cemetery was badly neglected for decades, long before the Northridge earthquake. At some point, the strip of lawn between the cemetery walls and the street was sold off for commercial development, further cheapening the feel of the place. New owners eventually took over and the last time I was there in around 2000, it seemed to be in a better state of repair. The owners have generated additional income by turning the place into an event location and by actively encouraging TV and movie filming. Not sure I would want my loved ones' final resting place turned into an outdoor movie theater or location for social events, but that's what they've done.

[@fancydrew1250]

Tyrone Power...❤

[@deborahskillman3003]

I love 💟💟💟💟💟💟 this video I love his videos of dear departed when are you going to do one with Peter o toole.😎😎😎

[@terrysmith2682]

How did they fix the damages done to it

[@iraynalee3570]

Was this the same year Sharon's Tates former home was pulled down?

[@jamescox5626]

Hello Scott: My son and I took your Manson tour about a month ago and we thoroughly enjoyed it. I worked in Hollywood for over thirty years on TV shows and I thought of a story you may be interested in. One of the shows that I worked on was “Mama’s Family” for two seasons. One of the creators of that series was a guy named Dick Clair who had been a sitcom writer for some time and also on Carol Burnett Show. Anyway when he died he put in His will that he be frozen at that place in Pasadena . Years ago I ran across a detailed account of exactly what happened from the moment that he died. Anyway he was scheduled to receive a lot of royalties from things that he had done over the years. His relatives who were to share in his will became really pissed when they found out that those funds would be used to take care of his head or whatever was left of him. Perhaps you may find this interesting. Please delete this after you read. JC

[@MrEdWeirdoShow]

SM, watching a few of your videos lately, and noticed that you commented on having a jillion photos, films and other stuff all jammed onto your computer hard drive. (I assume you meant only one computer.) Rather than hear you later sadly lament how you lost all of that via some sudden electronic mishap one day, I figured it was very important to warn you NEVER to permanently store all those precious eggs in one basket. You really should convert all of them to disk, and label them. It keeps your puter powder dry and leaves it running like a top without all that other jazz in the way. Of course disregard my dull and boring advice if you have already done so or plan to, but if not then grab a bunch of blanks and start clearing out that drive!

[@DearlyDepartedTours]

Advice offered by kind people is very welcome and appreciated. Thank you!

[@danikeebler1662]

I think it is funny ironic that Darla and Alfalfa were buried in the same cemetery.

[@brooklyngal6334]

So sad to see the "Coffin Liquor" on the floors the mausoleum. Now at least they put money into it. Hollywood should've had a perpetual funeral funding set up for their classic stars and donated to these cemeteries. I wonder if they did.

[@markhall7646]

Talk about the dead coming out of the memorial tombs... only in Californica, Babylon-by-the-Sea.

[@adamhitze2180]

Thays greay

[@Za7a7aZ]

Go to rolphe manjou and see how big that tree has become..

[@tbac6308]

what year was this

[@sheerkhanful]

Ahh the nineties...what better to mark the times than the zoom. Was it KZbin that killed the zoom?

[@jennifermyers66]

It doesn't matter they were not all who you thought they were anyway

[@nflux2971]

Give me a cell pH Vid any day!... Can't figure out why those cameras were deemed so special back then, everyone had to have one.

[@mscaligurl76]

Some of the markers are really close together, not enough space for burial. Are they cremated?

[@carolynmedlock811]

mscaligurl76 I was asking myself about that too. At one point it looked like 9 headstones all about 3 to 4 inches apartments

[@twoarrows2543]

Most likely, as a practice, cremation has always been a big thing in California.

[@carolynmedlock811]

two arrows do they stick the urn in the ground or you think there’s a cement box like when we lay a coffin in the ground??

[@kensims4086]

I wanna visit there so bad...and i can't..

[@tonyaosier1678]

Where’s Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin buried.

[@jdearing46]

Sandra Dee is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in northern California and Bobby Daren donated his body to science for research.

[@tonyaosier1678]

@@jdearing46 Thank you.

[@moonwalker_818]

Tonya Osier Sandra dee is at forest lawn Hollywood hills I’m Southern California not Northern California like the person who commented stated.

[@ifn_media]

Watching this led me to the wikki page on Hollywood Forever, it's quite a good read actually: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Forever_Cemetery

[@ronaldmiller2740]

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO.. !! I CAME IN TO TOWN TO LIVE IN 1997 I BOUGHT A SPACE THERE IN THE CHAPLE UPSTAIRS .. WOW THE COLOR OF THE DOME WAS LITE ORANGE,,NOW ITS DARK BLUE WITH PEACOCKS ARTS ON IT ITS AWFUL,,,.. THE NEW OWNER IS TAKEN GREAT CARE OF IT NOW .. I BOUGHT MY NICHE CHEAP,, NOW VERY $$$$$$$$$$$$

[@peterm1826]

natalie m talmadge worked with buster keaton. clifton webb the original mr belvedere also excellent ballroom dancer.

[@memyself-nd-i]

We float down here!

[@AdakStillStands]

Just say my name out loud. I am remembered.

[@neitajames6029]

I'm going back to the dust of the earth. Really don't matter how I get there. Minute I take my last breath my soul gone to be with the father. No amount money, fancy crypt. Or expensive service is going to change that. Its 2020 funeral cost is way out portions.with covid-19 pandemic mostly graveside service. Funeral home still get paid. It cost us to be born and it cost more when you die. Denver your loved ones while they live because what remains just the house that held the soul.you won't need it.let me go don't spend lot Monet put what remains in box in hole in ground. Laugh, don't cry, celebrate the life I lived be glad I'm gone. Things are getting worse. Love and positivity n.j.:-)

[@kornryan83]

Was Kurt Cobain alive at this time?

[@SK22000]

ryan korn he died April of 93

[@ernestgrouns8710]

@@SK22000 April 94..

[@versatec1]

Invite Jesus into your life...he wont hurt you❤

[@adamhitze2180]

Push the little daisys and make em come up!

[@AnnaHerrick]

Don’t you people know these guys are in sealed vaults? Apparently not. Also where is the real earthquake damage? You showed nothing out of the ordinary at all!