THE DIABOLICAL DR. MCDOWELL - STEALING CORPSES from Hannibal, Missouri. At Bellefontaine Cemetery.

[@sharonparkinson8769]

Stunning Cemetery with a beautiful water fountain. The sound is so relaxing Thank you for sharing your time with us Ron. It's an honor.

[@lechatbotte.]

Hence the name bellefountiane meaning beautiful fountain

[@nancyvolke237]

You always find interesting stories to follow-up!!! You are the best story teller...👍🏻😇👏

[@lauraweyenberg389]

Does the Translvania college still exist? This guy sounds real messed up!

[@janicebaxter3291]

I wish your channel would bring in more subscribers. You definitely deserve it. Thank you for the most interesting visits and stories. Really educational.

[@michaelallan1162]

Love how you walk around in a graveyard and hell your story. Loving graveyards and truecrime, your my man! Very interesting, love it!

[@natalieangelo54]

They say there is a fine line between genius and insanity , This guy was a loonatic, great video 📹 Ron what a history lesson , holy cow 🐄

[@susanwalker6696]

Ron you are the best story teller! Thank you.

[@sandramariesolander]

I went from watching "Wrong Way Corrigan", to this! What a piece of work! Thanks for the story, another great one! 🤪🤣🤣🤣

[@jeannienagle6119]

Thank you, Ron, for making it to Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis! It is a beautiful and large place! I was raised Catholic in Baden, a small town north of the city! Never have been in Bellefontaine, but, passed by it a lot from childhood! Loved the story of the mad Dr. and, the connection to Washington University School of Medicine! Outstanding School in research and treatments! We are lucky to also have have St. Louis University School of Medicine! I have already donated my body after my death to SLU School of Medicine for students to use for Dissection for classes! Too bad they didn’t have these programs earlier for study! Death was looked on so differently. Wouldn’t have had grave robbers, maybe! Thanks for the places you take us to, and stories that let us get a peek of how life was at that time!!! We have come a long way, but, still have time for more investigating!!!

[@donnadrew2912]

Glad you came to St. Louis. Hope you can come again. Lots of famous and infamous in Bellefountaine.

[@dianeburnejko2908]

Unbelievable life & you tell the story so well. Huge, beautiful cemetery. May all those buried there rest in peace.👍

[@pameversole5886]

Rain or shine... I know it’s gonna be a good time. Thanks Ron!

[@rafaelfantauzzinazario7740]

Good video FACES OF THE FORGOTEN. blessings. Keep the good working.

[@diannecockrell3210]

Oh wonderful storyteller, with the background sounds of birds and a train going by adds such a atmosphere. I love your videos.

[@elainepalamidis375]

Another great video Ron thank you 😊

[@conniephillips8217]

Your videos are always so interesting I enjoy them so much, keep up the great work!!

[@thomasgalanek3950]

Hi Ron - you have very interesting stories about people from the past I always watched your stories on KZbin every time

[@julieshepherd5989]

Beautiful cemetery!, thanks for sharing another interesting story ( I'm very glad that the lady that was missing from the campus was alive and had moved on) Have a great week 🙂🦋⛵

[@hh7407]

What beautiful monuments throughout and the grounds are gorgeous. It is so beautiful there with trees and hills and so green. Thank you for sharing this journey through history and this cemetery.

[@susanblauss1530]

Looks like another great one from the best storyteller!

[@tinathomure7460]

So awesome you were in my hometown St Louis, I have lived here for 15 years. I’ve always wanted to go to that cemetery. The Lemp family is in a big mausoleum in that cemetery and they owned the lemp mansion, that is haunted

[@cherylfoster1223]

Good story about the doctor. I like that you do your research. Thank you for sharing.

[@purplehaze5977]

Yes I love the story's as well to find out more about the people forgotten xx stay safe x

[@ann-louiselundstrom6559]

Thank You for another interesting and twisted story. There seem to have been a bunch of crazy doctors back in time!

[@scotta3906]

That was so interesting ! A great history lesson and story and that’s why this is appointment viewing, I certainly make time for this. Thanks Ron

[@lindaschaldach1783]

So interesting. You are awesome and do these stories so well. Thank you for all the work you put into your videos.🤗👍❤❤💃

[@eking6441]

I told you about this cemetery a few weeks back. My father, my grandmother and two aunts are bury there, I can spend all day in there and Calvary next door, many famous people.

[@pinklady7184]

Your deceased relations probably know all the souls in that cemetery. Imagine their conversations of different centuries, exchanges of jokes and songs.

[@freddyhollingsworth5945]

look at those huge oak trees, some of those are 200+ years old!!!

[@christineschiebel2890]

Did you notice the one that looked recently struck by lightning.

[@melissaofnebraska6879]

I am having surgery tomorrow, I am thankful for your wonderful stories to distract me for the moment!

[@melanieiwasko4393]

@doons403 ditto!

[@melissaofnebraska6879]

@doons403 Thank you very much!

[@Lizablue0608]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@guns2keepmefree]

Melissa of Nebraska, good luck with your surgery! God bless

[@melissaofnebraska6879]

Thank you so much !!! This means a lot to me! You guys are the best!

[@carlaholtz9104]

Thanks!

[@vickiepine5566]

Hello from Hannibal! We have a lot of history in this area. Hannibal is a great place to visit. If you ever get to this area don't forget to check out the murals that have been painted on some of the buildings here. Not only are they wonderfully done but they depict the colorfully history of the area. Great video

[@FacesoftheForgotten]

I tried, I wanted to take everybody into the cave (which is a museum), and the people that own it were rude and blew me off. I’m sure that’s not indicative of most of the people there, but it was very disappointing.

[@maryobrien4843]

Hi I'm new to this site and I'm from England, I find the stories sad but fascinating you really are great in telling the stories. I just love grave yards and history.

[@KimberlyLew]

Welcome to the channel 😊

[@djor316]

Be safe on your journey home. God Bless

[@susangreene8526]

As I say you bring history to life..a great historin..luv you much.an be safe an careful..every night.before I go to sleep..I haft to hear one of your stories..an learn alot..thank you so much.

[@FacesoftheForgotten]

Thank you Susan, I’m glad you like the productions!! 👍👍

[@curtiscarpenter7423]

I really enjoy the content you put out. You are down to earth and you have so much respect for the people you cover. Keep up with the good videos.

[@laurajunerose]

Wow! You were right down the road from me. I love your videos and appreciate your compassion and caring.

[@michele2855]

Even on a rainy day a stunning cemetery! I think I’ve watched every KZbin video on this cemetery. Thanks again Ron. As always you tell it well 😀

[@vernabryant2894]

I live a stressful demanding life.Your stories,help me to relax and get my mind off everything.

[@inchhighpi9514]

Please eliminate your stress so we aren't watching one of these about you someday. Prayers you can relax.

[@DLR5555]

His stories have helped me through this disgusting Covid.

[@arielsea9087]

Covid is the biggest experiment ever.

[@marykingsley508]

I just love your stories.....I love these old stories they are so interesting❤

[@sandramolina5068]

Bellefontaine Cemetery. is 314 acres . There is also Calvary Cemetery here, which is 40 acres . Many of my family are there. My father born in 1901, was given the lot by his uncle. There is a concrete step there with the family name Carey . They have all the info at the cemetery. My father's uncle and my fathers brother that died as a baby were buried there, but because of the way they buried people back then there would be nothing left. I have an Aunt, Mom and Dad buried there. And there are 3 more spaces. One for me, my hubby and my son. Some of the famous graves : Tennessee Williams, Dred Scott.

[@marilynmills2273]

Thank you for a very interesting story and a relaxing walk in the rain through a beautiful cemetery 💕

[@dee-anneworsdell8459]

What a beautiful place to be laid to rest. Take care n stay safe. ❤🕯🙏🏻from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@MsMcmoe]

It is beautiful, and many of the monuments are stunning, lots of wealthy St Louisians of the past buried there, and next door at Calvary cemetery too.

[@joanparkinson6378]

In Lancashire England we buried people on top of each other some graves were dug very deep to hold more than 12 people because in the 18 hundreds people had large families

[@jeffgrier8488]

Thanks for all the time, effort, and research you put into these videos, we really appreciate it! This guy sounds like an interesting individual to say the least!

[@ambushedimagination1931]

Old Mr. Griesedieck, my grandfather would talk about Griesedieck beer when I was a kid. It wouldn't be nothing over dramatic, but I'd hear the name fly ever once in a while, usually between himself and buddy over beers. After I got older I paid homage to the man and stood right there Infront of that massive stone just where you cut through during your story. Nice to see it again. I enjoyed listening

[@tressabaker6514]

I don't know HOW you find the time to do all these very interesting Videos that you do! And like others have said...you are the BEST Story teller! Thank You!

[@FacesoftheForgotten]

Thank you Tressa, inspiring note.

[@tressabaker6514]

@@FacesoftheForgotten You are more than welcome!

[@tinasanders7054]

Thats something i didnt know about Hannibal Mo thank you so much!!!

[@lizstevenson7801]

Thank you for this incredible story of medical history, so interesting. I am also following Serenity Sue now thanks to you.

[@FacesoftheForgotten]

She is awesome, and she’s going to be a huge channel, probably passing me up!!! 😊👍

[@blancaesquer7051]

Thank you for sharing this interesting history , and thank you for your time and faithful dedication on doing this video under the Rain 🌧️ , you're absolutely a very good Story Teller Mr Ron , God bless you and your family !

[@WhispersFromTheDark]

Very interesting history lesson and cemetery tour. The University should show your video to students to teach them the history of the area.

[@marybeazley7741]

Hi Ron what i was going to say has been said a few times, You are a good story teller ...take care friend....Mary...in Canada 🇨🇦

[@robojunker]

I hear a train in almost all your videos. I love that sound.

[@FacesoftheForgotten]

my sounds effects in editing. 😂 (naaa, it's all real)

[@danw4471]

Thanks Ron. Interesting cemetery, lots of busts and carved images on the stones of people buried there.

[@kathycarter1553]

Ron, such a great video and thanks for sharing. Have a safe trip home and have a bless week, too.

[@jennifermiller2420]

Yep Ron is the best story teller ever

[@victoriafinch660]

Again the train in the background! Love it!

[@wendybell422]

Love what you do thank you but does it get to you some of the graveyards are so emotional it gets to me .I still love watching again thank you for reminding us life can be very short and also very nasty . Wendy UK

[@kathybowen3607]

You ARE AWESOME!!! Thank you for ALL you do!

[@joycesuggs2496]

Another fantastic story.

[@bettyprussia9777]

Very interesting and love the tangled web he weaved*

[@sandirodriguez8000]

Drive safe, good story. Thank you🙏

[@mariatracieb]

Absolutely brilliant channel fantastic! 🇬🇧 xx

[@bailtekey2213]

Great episode as usual!!!!

[@pinkpastelhearts]

i lived in richmond ky most of my life (had to move cause of financial reasons) but i would always visit the ephriam mcdowell memorial that is right beside EKU. i always had weird vibes when i passed that area all the time.

[@MsMcmoe]

Oh you were in such an epic cemetery, so many famous people buried there, and next door at Calvary as well. They should have had a famous graves map at the office so you could find out who all is there, the Busch's, the Lemps, etc. Beautiful large monuments abound, as you were showing Griesedieck, he was a beer baron in StL. They offer tours here, especially at Halloween time. I was wondering if you would find out about this doctor, I read about him once, his college was located where Ralston Purina is now, near downtown on Chouteau ave. Maybe you can come back & explore this cemetery again, it's worth it. William Clark of Lewis & Clark is there as well !

[@christineschiebel2890]

So I am a Dr. Who fan and this guy resembles some of those characters. However: I think this guy was more like the Mad Hatter. Thank you Ron for telling us these stories.

[@DavidSmith-fs6pi]

Wow totally bizarre! Thanks for your great video's i really enjoy watching them.

[@ohmeowzer1]

Fantastic story of the fool born on April fools day...the cemetery is amazing and the story was well told and interesting...great video as always,,,thank you so much..be safe driving home

[@thelittlehippies]

As shocking as the trade of body stealing was, if it wasn't for the doctors who paid for corpses to study anatomy, medical professionals would still be practicing bloodletting and balancing the humors as healing techniques. What's truly unfortunate is the that law made it virtually impossible to study anatomy directly and created a tragic and awful black market in the beloved dead.

[@yvonnejarrell1497]

I love this cemetery, seen this many times as a kid, thank you, Ron

[@fliesonthecoleslaw655]

I wander if they wasn't marked because he was afraid someone would steal them.

[@WhispersFromTheDark]

That's exactly what I was thinking.

[@bethshadid2087]

Oh the irony 😁

[@howardgoff2420]

I'm so glad I come across your channel here on KZbin. Really enjoy your videos they're enjoyable watch and on top of that to even educational great job keep up the good work.

[@dulcehajjar5826]

Thanks Mister Ron! Great content 👏

[@maxalcindor7130]

Thanks interesting story

[@Kiki-Only]

I always get creeped out going to cemeteries but have seen some really cool gothic looking ones. So Thank You for your videos, I can enjoy from a distance. 😉

[@mindyk4]

Bellefontaine IS epic. So is Cavalry with Dred Scott, Tennessee Williams, Civil War General Sherman and many more!!

[@lisalewis5664]

Also a mass grave there from one of the diseases rampant back in the day but don't remember the details. Very interesting cemetery!

[@septemberquest6393]

Superb presentation, Ron,I always learn something from your forum...this was quite Interesting I must say.!⚰⚰⚰

[@heathercleary1103]

Love and look forward to the histotorical stories that you tell I enjoy them

[@anskelder5994]

You are a Great teller Ron , thank You.

[@tompena7487]

Thanks for the wonderful vlogs

[@MrTurtluv]

The monument for the Griesedieck children, Edna, Hugo, and Walter who all died between Feb11-14, 1888. So heartbreaking 😢

[@corrietapp3178]

Can't wait!

[@bizzlecrafts]

The symbol on his grave is likely of Asclepius, and ancient Greek doctor who was deified. His mythical daughter, Hygeia, has the snake and cup as the symbol of pharmacy today. The snake (which I think I see in the image as well) was also attributed to Asclepius.

[@kellidawnyarberry6557]

Wow yes from the medical field side he was a jekell & hyde of his era. I am a nurse and he done some very creative surgeries for an era that was still in the beginning stages that made him famous an we still use as a learning tool today!!! Thank You Ron!!! very interesting and informative!!!!!

[@arielsea9087]

Demented man.

[@weezie168]

WOW.... JUST WOW!!! 😲

[@whiskeyandkittens6999]

I work at Bellefontaine... It's a treasure trove!

[@tinajohnson7102]

Glad to see you in my city! Please co.e back!

[@FacesoftheForgotten]

I am definitely going back there!!!!!!!!!

[@janeta.9914]

It seems like so many of these Doctors were mad scientist's .

[@sandralynch9841]

Just found your channel,new subscriber!!! Greetings from Ireland!!

[@FacesoftheForgotten]

Love Ireland, go Green!! Welcome to our family, we have a great group of folks here.

[@aneta2293]

A great big THANK YOU!👍😊

[@countrycrossstitcher3573]

Whatever he may have done, I do know that losing multiple children before they were adults would understandably send any soul mad

[@AndyOakleaf]

The engraved picture on Dr. McDowell's tombstone is probably Hippocrates, just a guess.

[@FacesoftheForgotten]

I like that

[@ruthbartrum9173]

Hi, Ron! Really enjoy your videos. It's really interesting what doctors had to do in the old days. Since it was against the law to have a cadaver, the medical schools insisted that their students get their own corpses to dissect for their classes. So to get their degrees and to be qualified to be a doctor, these poor guys are out digging up the dead So that they would learn anatomy/medicine. We used to have a medical school in my area in the old days, when grave robbing was such a concern that there's actually a grave ilocated in a little town nearby that has a grave torpedo in it. Which is very interesting!

[@dennisclaar4820]

Cahokia Indian Mounds are in southern Illinois.

[@pamela5250]

Cahokia would be a good stop. A little different from the norm, but very interesting and not too far of a drive from STL

[@lizbethk540]

Love your channel and the content ! 👍

[@sylviamackay3487]

Its a pity he wasn't recognised more as a pioneer of modern medicine. Without this man and the Edinburgh trainee doctors experience many people may not have been diagnosed or treated for conditions that became understood throughout modern medicine.

[@jdearing46]

He might have been a little bit touched in the end but his practices made saving lives possible that once we're not. We always fear what we don't understand.

[@juliecrowder1432]

I live across the river in illinois. Very cool cemetary !! My mom did genealogy and we were in cemeteries looking for deceased relatives. There is another cemetery with old graves. At

[@tacob69]

You should check out the Cemetery in Baltimore where Booth is buried it has alot of huge carved stone and monuments.Its insane and being in the city its so out of place now.

[@dulcehajjar5826]

May God have Mercy on Dr McDowell doomed and disgusting Soul 🙏 RIP

[@Tobias_Kevorkazito]

Once again top drawer research wrapped in a gooey narrative of interest that refuses to release one until the final frame of this presentation. 👏🏼🌸