At 2:22 you'll notice two smaller headstones with open book pattern on them... Those are the headstones of my grandparents, Edmund & Carolynn (Eckhardt) Moran. Carolynn was Robert and June (John Jr's) older sister by about 11 or 12 years. They were a huge part of our lives growing up in the late 50's and 60's, even well into the mid 80's, before I moved to Fla! I still LOVE & miss them so much. All I can say is, they better have a cold beer waiting for me when I join them !!

That carved stone is amazing considering it had been carved by a guy with hammer and chisles. True craftsmenship! Thanks Dan

We accept her, one of us. We accept her, one of us. Gooble gobble. Gooble gobble.

❤ Johnny Eck was the inspiration for Tom Waits’ moving song “ Tabletop-Joe “ 🎶 ❤️

I love these film it clips! I learn so much and am inspired to research this information you bring forward! Thanks and keep these up!

hi guys i grew up around johnny in baltimore .he worked for my dad n his brothers at the art shop on monument st.he lived on milton ave. i'm on facebook.

I love those old tombs!

I love those old beautiful cemeteries. I love going to the Lexington cemetery. my dad always took me there when I was little and we would walk around the old part of the cemetery and feed the ducks :) I still do that. now Jim Varney (ernest) is burried there. very interesting

Ciao Dan , mi chiamo Omar e abito in Italia , seguo i tuoi vide da un po' di tempo e volevo dirti che sono molto belli , sono fatti con l'anima . Grazie per tutto quello che fai !!

Poor Eck-Man! I didn't know that's what led to his demise. Jerks. Hope they got theirs. I still have my og VHS of Freaks. A great movie. He's certainly found a beautiful setting within which to spend eternity, his earthly remains, that is.

Great work Dan, cemeteries are a gateway in to the past.

wow- i knew i'd heard that name before! i love "Freaks!" fascinating video and history, man, thanks! "Gooble gobble, one of us!one of us!"

the blanket tomb- its probably an actual sheet of fabric coated in concrete and draped rather than carved that way at least thats what would make more sense

Good Movie!! We accept you! One of us!

We saw the waxwork dedicated to him at Ripley's Believe it or not when we went there with Babette! Such an amazing person.

When he pulled on the ring on the above ground tomb I thought a dragon priest was going to fly out and attack him. LoL!

That's a beautiful looking cemetery. Seriously.

Bless you, Johnny!

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, A beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine? Could you be mine?... Please won't you be my neighbor?

would love to se more beautiful head stones.......even if we don't know the people...

+Dan Bell / Film It - that grave with the beautiful drape looks like it had originally been planted by a tree or the tree planted by the grave at internment that is now chopped down. It must have been a beautiful grove grave when the tree was there. Maybe a dogwood, i can see the dogwod is all over this Cemetery.

You can watch or download Freaks here: archive.org/details/freaks1932

Nice Cementery!

Bronze lifting rings to open the tomb.

Would love to have one of his painted screens!

Dearly Departed Tours has a great website with extensive stories and pics of the famous dead. Scandals, murders and the like. I was impressed at how large the site was.

one of us!

could you find out who the people are who robbed Johnny Eck and secretly film them? I think it would be fantastic to see how their lives have progressed after 25 years

The eyelets on that first tomb are bronze...

I love cemeteries

Well we tried to find Johnny Eck’s grave but sadly we couldn’t find it

Can you to President James A Garfield grave

If those were copper, thieves would have got them

I'd imagine that those rings are a place to hitch horses... or... maybe, the family owned slaves, lol. Cheers!