 What did you teach your children about the souls in cemeteries? Well, good question, Sam. So first of all, let's posit that there are no souls in cemeteries. There are just bodies or whatever remains of the body. The soul is either in heaven or hell. And if the person is on his way to heaven but wasn't quite ready to see God face to face, the cleanup takes place in purgatory. But ultimately, only those two destinations, heaven and hell, are.