The City of the Dead: Colma, California

2016-12-05

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In this small city near San Francisco, the dead outnumber the living by a thousand to one. There's some gruesome history here - and a few questions for the future.

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Footnote: there's much more about the details of the moves here at KQED: https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/16/why-are-so-many-dead-people-in-colma-and-so-few-in-san-francisco/

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