Tales of the Dead Come Back
National Geographic writer, Simon Worrall, discusses the book Glimpsing Heaven: The Stories and Science of Life After Death with its author Judy Bachrach in this ...
Category: In the News
Weird News: The strange lure of burial grounds.
Are you a taphophile? While some find it an odd hobby, there is a group of people who are obsessed by cemeteries.
The Most Important Thing We Can Learn From Joan Rivers
9/4/14 UPDATE: We are sad to report that Joan River's daughter, Melissa, has announced that her mother, died today at the age of 81.
Kye, Hero K9 Laid to Rest
On Sunday, August 28th hundreds of people attended the Oklahoma City funeral held in honor of K9 Kye, a 3-year old Belgian German Shepherd that died ...
Remains of WWII soldier missing since 1945 return home
The remains of Cecil Harris were honored at a solemn Tennessee funeral on Friday, August 29, 2014. A private during WWII, Harris went missing in France on ...
Deadly Ebola Confirmed to be Spread Through Exposure at Funerals
We recently shared an article about the daunting and dangerous tasks faced by the brave team responsible for burying those who have died from the deadly ...
Should you snap that funeral selfie?
When a photo taken at a memorial service for Nelson Mandala by Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt was published last December, it caused quite a ...
Weird News: Bodies found in garage and storage unit after funeral director’s suicide.
Bodies were found in a garage and storage unit after a funeral director's suicide....
The Mystery of Alexander the Great’s Tomb
Historians have long wondered just exactly where Alexander the Great is buried. With the recent announcement by a Greek culture minister that archaeologists have uncovered ...
How Do You Feel About Being Turned Into Compost When You Die?
Would you want to be turned into compost when you die? You may soon have that option. With her Urban Death Project, designer Katrina Spade has been working on a ...
Admit It…You Deserve a Funeral
Have you ever heard a loved one say that they don’t want you to make a fuss when they die? I sure have. In fact, ...
On the death of Robin Williams
It’s not hard to understand why the death of Robin Williams has touched our collective soul so deeply. The simple explanation is that Mr. Williams ...
What you should know about exploding caskets
From time-to-time the topic of exploding caskets pops up in the news. A recent article published in the Washington Post by Josh Slocum revisits the issue. ...
Meet the world’s bravest undertakers – Liberia’s Ebola burial squad
It is impossible to imagine how difficult it must be to work on the front lines of the Ebola crisis. We see the faces of the medical ...
‘Death simulator’ attraction to open in China
There are lots of ways you can work a death theme into your vacation plans (check out Seven Death-themed Museums to Visit in 2014), but this ...
