EPISODE · Sep 2, 2025 · 29 MIN
Interview with a Gravedigger Part 2
from Eat, Drink, and Be Buried · host Sally Asher
Part two of a three-part series entitled “Interview with a Gravedigger” with New Orleans' city gravedigger, sexton of Greenwood and Cypress Grove Cemeteries, and owner of NOLA Cemetery Renewal LLC, Nick Black. Listener discretion is advised. This episode deals with some topics that some might find troubling. Nick talks about, among other things, what happens when they need to move a body that has not fully decomposed, how you move a body inside a tomb, what occurs when a tomb is full, and how opening every tomb in New Orleans is a lesson in troubleshooting. This is intended for mature audiences only
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Part two of a three-part series entitled “Interview with a Gravedigger” with New Orleans' city gravedigger, sexton of Greenwood and Cypress Grove Cemeteries, and owner of NOLA Cemetery Renewal LLC, Nick Black. Listener discretion is advised. This episode deals with some topics that some might find troubling. Nick talks about, among other things, what happens when they need to move a body that has not fully decomposed, how you move a body inside a tomb, what occurs when a tomb is full, and how opening every tomb in New Orleans is a lesson in troubleshooting. This is intended for mature audiences only
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