Casket for Three
Learn the tragic story behind the ‘triple casket,’ the family-sized Casket for Three on display at the National Museum of Funeral History in Houston, TX.
Go inside the crematorium with this graphic cremation video to see the entire process from beginning to end, from the body being pushed into the flames to the final processing of the ashes.
You probably have some questions about the cremation process:
- How does cremation work?
- How is a body cremated?
- How long does it take to cremate a body?
- Do dead bodies scream during cremation?
This video takes you inside the crematory to see exactly what goes on during human cremation.
Some may consider interest in the cremation process to be morbid. As the death positive movement grows, however, it is becoming more accepted to understand what options await our physical bodies after we expire, and possibly chose alternatives to the traditional funeral options.
These days, you can be buried with a tree or inside a mushroom death suit, or have a Viking funeral on a flaming pyre and go out in a blaze if glory.
But there are a lot of options for cremated remains, as well.
So you’ve been cremated. Now what?
You can have your ashes crafted into glass jewelry, pressed into a vinyl record, mixed into concrete and placed in the ocean as an Eternal Reef, or blasted into space on a rocket.
Or you may desire something more traditional, like having your ashes dumped in the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland.
If you choose cremation, it all begins here in the crematorium. Watch the video to answer all your burning questions, such as “how does cremation work,” “how is a body cremated,” and, of course, “do dead bodies scream during cremation.”
See the entire cremation process, including how a human body is prepared for cremation, what happens as it is incinerated, and how the remaining bone is crushed into cremains, or “ashes,” afterward.
How cremation works
What do you want done with your ashes when you die? Share it in the comments below.
My daughter has just passed she was 22…. We had her cremated… I had to see what my baby girl would go thru… I think it looks very purifying…. It helps a mothers heart to know that her pain is gone now…. I found out I can take her ashes and have a diamond made from them… Then, she WILL always be with me! A beautiful tribute to her beautiful life!!! Thank you….
I believe a burial place to go to is a self-torturing place we create for ourselves. Also, my Mom didn’t want to go into the ground and we’re about to attend her cremation, so I appreciate the logical comments on here. The people who got preachy didn’t help pay for a ten-thousand dollar burial and you honestly sound awful. We rot when we die just like the dead animals on the side of the road, just in the ground where no one can see the maggots. Everyone, make sure and make your own plans or someone else will have to… Read more »
Cremation is now available for Catholics and, as Jesus Christ told us, “We come from dust, and to dust we shall return.” Remember, as an earlier respondent wrote, … it the shell of our earthly presence that remains after our demise, as our soul (spirit) has already ascended to our Father’s house. Therefore, cremation, for me, remains the most sterile method for the body. Thank you.
Im glad I watched this. My BEST Friend was recently cremated. And I am thankful to see all is preserved and respected. I plan to be cremated; I only hope the crematorium, I use is as careful as this one.
Caskets do get cremated, not very often however, you can indeed rent a casket for a funeral, rental caskets have inserts, they usually get cremated with that insert instead of the alternative container (cardboard box) and ashes of different people do not get mixed together, never. There will be very small amounts of dust from the last cremation, there’s no way to get every last little bit, but we sure try to get as much as possible.
Nothing wrong with it really cause it saves space and no land polluted
Can you be cremated without box? cardboard mixed with body doesn’t seem right.
To those who comment about the after life…..
(reincarnation)
It’s said that it’s the soul/spirit of a person/being would be reincarnated into something else, in another time & place….known as the after life.
Therefore it would not matter what you do with the body after death. Spirits leave the body after death.
If you don’t believe in reincarnation.
Then maybe you should trust that all life forms have an energy, and that energy doesn’t just dissipate…..
No matter what way any of us decides to do with our mortals remains, in a few billion years when our sun expands in its own dying process, whatever is left of our planet will be consumed and spit out by the sun when it explodes. This whole planet will become cosmic dust. A burial is just a holding spot until we all return to the universe as it was when it all began. Save the money and land in a traditional burial, go back to dust now instead of later! Gonna happen that way sooner or later anyway!
There is NO WAY they are keeping track of which corpse went where. You get a bag of ground up ashes – yeah, but…whose?
This was so interesting!
But what I found fascinating was when we cremated my darling father in law who was a very tall man , his ashes came back as his birth weight as a baby. I find that incredible.
This is from a documentary called A Certain Kind of Death bits about three people from California who died with no Next of Kin. And they didn’t really have any money either. One guy was a drifter who was found in a hotel room. It’s really interesting. They show you the entire process from finding the decedent to the disposal of their remains and their remaining property. It’s super graphic in that they show the bodies in the state that they are found. But really well done
My sister passed 14 years ago. She lived in San Francisco and moved back to Detroit when our Dad died. Her final wishes were to have her ashes dumped into San Francisco Bay. I contacted one of her friends and mailed her cremates out to her. Her ashes are hopefully in the under currents of the ocean and is coming this way. My final ashes are going to be put in the Detroit River and “somewhere” we will hook up again.
I really don’t find it weird and I think cremation is good option. I lost my father last year and got an urn necklace from https://minimemorials.com/collections/birth-stone/products/angel-wing-memorial-keepsake-ashes-urn-pendant-birthstone-crystal-necklace-i-was-his-her-angel-now-hes-shes-mine-for-dad and had his ashes put inside of it. It was really a good decision since it was really so convenient have it on me each time.
Jesus wasn’t cremated and in 3 days he rose from the dead. I will raise someday to see Him and I don’t want to be cremated.
ive done tattoos on people using thier freinds ashes etc, i always liked that idea .
Finaly, a job you can do where the clients are quoet.
You spend your entire life living, making decisions. Striving to be the person you want to be. All to end up as ashes in a container no bigger than a shoe box. Life is the longest thing you’ll ever do, yet in the end is all meaningless. But other wise. I would be cremated. I love looking in to fires and playing with the glowing coals. I wouldn’t mind ending my existence like that.
Cremation’s out didn’t you hear? http://www.promessa.se/about-life-death/
You are free to have your views whether based on cultural, religious, or just personal preferences. My Italian- American maternal grandmother’s dying wish was to be buried in the same 2 person plot as her mother and grandmother. The only way this could be done was if she was cremated. A priest told her it was OK. The priest may have done his job by letting a woman who was dying of cancer have comfort. Many people have choices, so plan ahead to ensure you are comforted.
This is the safest way to dispose a body.
Hm. Very different from the movies. I like how professional everything is, but I didn’t know they had to grind up the last bits there at the end. It makes sense, though; I always wondered how the fire could be hot enough to actually leave skeletons as little more than dust…but apparently that’s the grinder’s job.
I wanna do that
I like the about being made into ‘jam’. (Toe jam?)
My husband sent me this link to watch, wish he hadn’t, I could have lived my entire life without seeing those bones burned and then ground into dust.
I would want to work in a crematorium. What are the requirements? Eliot Gwekwe
As my last wish, I choose cremation. I am then going to be mixed with 2 of my brothers ashes depending on what order we die. After our ashes are mixed we wish to have them scattered over the mountains and lakes of New Hampshire.
The newest thing of funerals now due to cost is when a spouse, child even a per that has passed can be cremated placed in urn and when the other passes away, the urn ashes are buried with the other.
At the burial the priest or whoever reads from a small book “earth to earth” “dust to dust” “ashes to ashes”
End of argument.
It’s like you were never here out of the questioning being berried I’m not destroying my body just not for me
I didn’t see any name tags or identification on any of the bodies or card board boxes. I would hope that they have some way of knowing which body is whos as to make sure the family gets the correct loved ones remains.
I would love to do the job but the wife couldn’t handle it
I would do this job..
What happens to the coffins that have been purchased for the deceased?
Are bodies dressed when being cremated??
I feel sorry for all of you who found it necessary to show your ignorance especially in a forum such as this; your comments and your body deserve burial in a manure heap.
After watching this, you can not tell me that they do not get the ashes mixed up! Meaning they label Mr. Jones for Mr. Smith, etc. Seems like very little organization, and so many chances to mistake who is who. I just bet that many families do not actually get back their loved ones REAL ashes.
Its never good to dececrate a body. The Bible even tells you so. Read the Bible to know the reason why.
I will never be cremated. In the ressuretion the dry bones are stood up and new flesh is put on the body and the spirit is breathed back into the dead body and it lives. Jews had bone boxes. Only those who were never to be regathered were ground to powder as chaff blew away in the wind. The wicked were destroyed like this or not buried. The valley of kidron. Those burned at the stake were never heated enough to pulverize bones and were still buried.
Had to do this unmentionable act to my brother; who was my older and only sibling. It was my responsibility to do this cause of financial issues and he had NO – ZERO dollars of life insurance at all. That’s been two years ago and I will regret doing it as long as I live! We don’t enter this world burnt and in my opinion going out this way is wrong and has or never will become an option for me!