Last year long-time Cypress Lawn Memorial Park docent Terry Hamburg unlocked the doors to the Park’s Catacombs, and guided visitors through passageways that contain the final resting place of such ...

In Table X of the Twelve Tables of the Roman Law, Law III stated, “no burial or cremation of a corpse shall take place in a city.” Ancient Romans subsequently put their shoulders to the wheel and dug ...

Ten miles south of San Francisco, just down the road from Nordstrom Rack, is the booming necropolis of Colma, a city whose dead outnumber the living. There is no Main Street, no corner grocery. The ...

One of the more than 300,000 deceased that call Cypress Lawn Cemetery home is the first ever detective of the San Francisco Police Department, inspiring a night tour that invites aspiring sleuths to ...

Gather your friends and family and join us on Saturday, November 8th, at the historic Cypress Lawn for a thrilling night of film-filled fun in the cemetery. Attendance is open to everyone and includes ...