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In a social media landscape often dominated by playful dances and aesthetic montages, one surprising trend remains steadfast: historical grave cleaning. On social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Reddit, users have created online communities around the practice of cleaning gravesites. Audiences have become fascinated by the trend — some revel in the paranormal, others search for long lost ancestors, and many just enjoy watching the satisfying act of a deep clean.
For members like Justin Frost, the hobby of grave cleaning came as a natural extension of a desire to learn more about his family history. But Frost’s search for his ancestry didn’t lead him very far — just 10 minutes away at the local cemetery, where he learned many of his elders were buried in unkept and overgrown graves. “It was pretty obvious that nobody was going there and taking care of these people’s gravestones,” Frost said in an interview.
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