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Wilde funeral homes12/25/2023 ![]() ![]() Harris spoke with a former cemetery owner who told him that those “protective” sealer caskets are “routinely unsealed after the family leaves … to relieve the inevitable buildup of gases within the casket.” Staff may also just leave the caskets unlocked, not engaging the seal to begin with, in an attempt to avoid those “fetid conditions inside the casket.” 7. ![]() Some casket makers have added Tupperware™-style “burping” features to their sealer models to release the accumulated gases. In fact, the aforementioned buildup of methane gas can cause what people in the industry call “ exploding casket syndrome,” where the gas will literally blow the lids off of caskets and doors off of crypts. Some caskets that have vacuum-seal rubber gaskets are marketed as “protective” or resistant to the “entry of outside elements.” As Harris details in Grave Matters, this creates conditions that encourage the growth of anaerobic bacteria, which break the body down by putrefying it, “turning soft body parts to mush and bloating the corpse with foul-smelling gas … Inside the sealed casket, the result is a funereal version of the decay that’s found in swamp bottoms and the bowels of unturned compost piles.” 6. YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK TWICE ABOUT “PROTECTIVE” CASKETS. Remember, cost doesn’t always equal value.” 5. The family called us to let us know that the other funeral home charged $3000 more. They both had the same funeral, same casket, vault, etc. The wife knew us, so we buried her, and the husband knew the funeral home in a neighboring town, so they buried him. Sixth-generation funeral director Caleb Wilde, known for his popular blog Confessions of a Funeral Director, shares this story with us: “About a year ago, a husband and wife died about four months apart. ![]()
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