Gentle reader, For the first time since 2019, Los Angeles County’s Burial of the Unclaimed Dead ceremony will be open to the public, as well as livestreamed—but in-person capacity is very limited. Esotouric’s Substack is a reader supported publication, and we appreciate all 7300 of you. If you’d like to support our preservation work as a paying subscriber, you can do that below. You can also tip us on Venmo (Esotouric) or
It's one of the best things the County does, and we're very glad it will be open to the community again, so we can mourn those known and unknown, together.
It is a very lovely ceremony, as discussed in the included link about how we learned that our friend Leo Vaisman had been buried there: https://esotouric.com/leothelost
Respect for the dead. I love that.
It's one of the best things the County does, and we're very glad it will be open to the community again, so we can mourn those known and unknown, together.
Will it also be livestreamed?
Yes, by the County on Facebook.
Thank you.
Burial of the Unclaimed Dead? Will they be celebrated like the Unknown Soldier, or deposited without fanfare in Potter's Field?
It is a very lovely ceremony, as discussed in the included link about how we learned that our friend Leo Vaisman had been buried there: https://esotouric.com/leothelost