FDNY: 9/11 illness kills 3 retired firefighters in one day.
Firefighters Robert Leaver, Daniel Heglund, and Lt. Howard Bischoff all passed away on Monday, September 22nd within minutes of each other. All three had retired from ...
Category: In the News
Skeletons found holding hands after 700 years, proving love never dies
Who knows how this pair died, but whoever buried them must have known they were soul mates. Now THAT is true love!
Family of Connor Eckhardt works to educate others in wake of son’s death due to K2
On July 17, 2014, the family of 19-year-old Connor Eckhardt said goodbye in their own special way before Connor’s body was taken away so that ...
“Dying in America” report released
On Tuesday the Institute of Medicine released the results of its comprehensive study, Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End ...
Disturbing FBI investigation involves cadavers, body parts, and possible black market connections
Sounding much like the plot of an episode of CSI, the details of an FBI investigation into the body parts business are starting to unfold. So ...
Would you like fries with that funeral viewing?
There is no question that the funeral business is one that is steeped in tradition. So it’s natural that when a service such as drive-thru ...
Ideal Death Show encourages consumers to plan their own funeral.
Over the weekend of Sept. 5-7, members of the general public mingled with funeral industry professionals at The Ideal Death Show, a gathering of Britain’s entrepreneurs, ...
How a broken heart can kill the elderly.
The medical community has known for a long time that a condition called a condition called takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or broken heart syndrome exists.
Who Needs to Visit a Torture Museum?
As we walked by, the sign out front invited us to visit the Museum of Medieval Torture Instruments. Who could pass that up? We’re in ...
Remembering 9/11
Today marks the 13th anniversary of one of the darkest days in American history, 9/11/2001. I, like the rest of us, will never forget that incredible ...
September 10th, 2014 is Suicide Prevention Day.
Click for information on 2015 Suicide Prevention Day Today, September 10th, 2014 is Suicide Prevention Day. A single 24 hours period where we are asked to ...
Tommy the dog spends 15 days without food guarding his owner’s grave.
For some reason those special stories of dogs that show remarkable loyalty to their deceased owners touch us deep down. The recent report of Tommy ...
Caryatid maidens found at Alexander the Great era tomb.
On September 6, 2014 archaeologists announced some of the findings of their two year excavation of the tomb area. They also released spectacular photographs of ...
Lincoln funeral train procession to be reenacted.
In 1999 Dave Kloke began work on construction of a full-sized working replica of a 1980s steam locomotive. Considering the fact that Kloke had no ...
A Coffin-building Party
In his August 31 post in the Chris Schwarz Blog, author Christopher Schwarz introduces us to the art of coffin making. Schwarz shares the events ...
