Man’s futile obsession with coffins that allow you to escape
The philosopher Blessed John Duns Scotus lapsed into a coma in November 1308 and was reportedly buried alive. Sometime later he was found outside his ...
Category: Funeral Customs
Uma Thurman, Harry Houdini and Saint Vitalis of Milan have all once been worm food
On a Virginia mountaintop, a man and a woman are buried alive by a massive mushroom which induces a hallucinogenic trip then digests its victims. ...
The deadly world of funeral processions
The woman pulled left to pass a slow car and was face-to-face with the oncoming procession. Spooked, she swerved back right and lost control. Her ...
Dying wishes of the rich and misogynistic
David Morales Colon was murdered last month in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was 22 and loved motorcycles.
Don’t die on the same day as dictator says pianist
Mark Twain was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835; the same day Halley’s Comet streaked the sky.
To leave your body, walk straight with the dead and beware of Jenny Burn-Tail
Gita Jarrant’s 91 year-old husband Willi was wearing sunglasses and seated in a wheelchair when security officials at Liverpool Airport noticed he was dead.
Scottish murderers go home for funerals but not Texas stalkers
Kentrell Amerson is back in jail. He was released to attend the funeral of his brother Jonas, who was shot to death a few weeks ...
South Koreans play dead to lower suicide rate
In Daejeon South Korea, for just $35, you can experience death. First is a photo shoot, then a lecture on living life to its fullest. ...
Burning Viagra in China to stimulate the dead
Next month, millions of Chinese will head to cemeteries to burn Viagra, brandy bottles, toiletries, tweed shoes, stiletto heels, credit cards, cosmetics, exotic potions, common ...
Birds of war bring peace at funerals
“Dear God, make me a bird. So I could fly far. Far far away from here.”
Broken heart syndrome: induced by stress, or a divine hand?
Upon finding his lover lifeless in a crypt, a young man guzzles a vile of poison.
Coming soon to Brit TV: Enema a la Tut
A British TV show is currently searching for a terminally ill patient to embalm.
The blooming business of deciphering supercentenarians
Mighty Joe Rollino was struck by a minivan while crossing the street in Brooklyn earlier this month.
Mass graves saved Venice but are they right for Haiti?
Dead bodies from Haiti’s earthquake are being piled into dump trucks and unloaded in mass graves outside Port-au-Prince.
Black at funerals: a two millennia-old trend, re-popularized by stuffy British women
“Wear Black in sunlight and you will roast as the Heat VIBRATIONS absorb easily. Hence Black is the most absurd colour for funerals & Hospitals: ...
