Donald Trump Burned in Effigy in Mexico
The Carnaval parade in Chapala, Mexico is a grand colorful affair, and this year a new character livened up the festivities: Donald Trump.
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Making Resinous Replicas of Dead People: Wax Museums of the World
The Musee Conti, in New Orleans’ French Quarter, is filled with life-sized wax figures depicting vignettes from Louisiana history: Napoleon as he sells Louisiana, Jean ...
National Wear Red Day® – Friday, February 5, 2016
When we think of heart disease we usually think of it as a man's problem. For women, the focus is normally on the pink--breast cancer. ...
Bacteria and Death-Using the Necrobiome To Help Solve Crime
When we die swarms of bacteria lurking in the soil, on the living room floor, on the street, and in our own bodies help reduce ...
When Hollywood Actors Crawl Out Of Tombs – The Revenant, Leonardo DiCaprio and the Six Strangest Buried Alive Movies of All Time
“As long as you can still grab a breath you fight! You breathe! You keep breathing!”
Are Futurists Just Scared of Death?
Perhaps it’s the turning of the seasons, but something strange is in the air. A growing number of prominent academics appear to be convinced that ...
Who Was The First Death of 2016?
Who was the first person to die in 2016? According to a gaming site called Steam, it was Australian newsman Brian Johns, “who passed away on ...
Strange Deaths 2015: Another big year for selfie deaths.
Last year, our strange death report uncovered a disturbing trend--death by selfie. The 2014 list identified 10 cases where people died trying to get that perfect ...
The Transgender Funeral Struggle – A Report From the Frontier of Sexual Identity and Death
A woman had died, and Reverend Ginny Wheeler faced a dilemma. Wheeler, of the Community United Methodist Church, in Huntington Beach, California was conducting the ...
TV Character Deaths 2015: A big year for goodbyes.
SPOILER ALERT: Both the gallery and the story are packed with spoilers. In the world of TV character deaths, 2015 was a big year. Showrunners ...
Wreaths Across America to honor fallen soldiers on December 12th.
Each year, thousands of wreaths make their way from Maine to Arlington National Cemetery. This year's convoy has already set out and on Saturday, December 13th ...
When the Weatherman Dies: A Brief History of Weather Forecasters Killed in the Line of Duty
Depending on how you define the term meteorologist, the first weatherman killed in the line of duty was quite possibly Pliny the Elder.
Hospice in Prison? As Inmates Age, Louisiana’s Notorious Angola Prison Tends To Their Elderly
The first shock is that just outside the gates of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, a former slave plantation that into the 1960s was ...
Thank you veterans!
“Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field ...
How Much Death is Too Much Death? A Visit to New Orleans’ Newly Opened Museum of Death
Speaking from behind the welcome counter, on which sits a tall jar of teeth, a sheep skull and a photo of a dismembered human being ...
