What’s It Like to Autopsy Marilyn Monroe?
The most famous coroner on earth may well be Dr. Thomas Tsunetomi Noguchi, who was born on January 4, 1927, in Fukuoka, Japan, and was ...
Category: Interesting People
The Rise of the Pet Death Psychics, And a New Brand of Death Care
It can be said that Laura Stinchfield represents a new type of deathcare worker.
Sweet Donna – Remembering The Woman You Love, With A Song
When Donna’s sickness took a turn for the worst, her husband Larry wrote a song.
Can A Cardboard Square Tell You How You’ll Die? – An Interview with Robert Murch, the Master of Ouija
In 1986, Robert Murch was 13 years old and his grandmother snuck him in to see a movie called Witchboard—the experience changed his life.
An Interview With Gory Girl, Queen of Spooky Coffins and Haunted Halloween Props
Digital Dying has always covered Halloween and its many conventions and customs. After all, spookiness is at the core of Halloween, and spookiness is typically ...
In Honor of Embalming – Rock Star Louisiana Funeral Director Courtney Baloney Defends the Corpse
“Prior to Covid, would you attend a wedding ceremony without the bride and groom? No. Well then why would you attend a funeral service without ...
The Louisiana Funeral Director at the Center of Covid-19: An Exclusive Interview With Courtney Baloney
Back in April, newspapers reported that in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, the COVID-19 death rate was the highest of any county in America ...
What’s the Best Way to Face Death? Now There’s A Zoom Class For That.
“If we woke up each morning, knowing we only had a year to live what would change? How would we greet the day, our partner, ...
Will coronavirus forever change the American way of death & the meaning of life? – Interview with Morbid Anatomy’s Joanna Ebenstein
Why is toilet paper the thing Americans happen to be hoarding? Will coronavirus forever change the American way of death? How is this similar to ...
How To Live And Die With 40 Cats? An Interview with a Country Cat Lady
Where do cats go when they die? Can they come back as other cats? How do you know when to euthanize an animal? Can dogs ...
Is Live Streaming Funerals The Future? An Interview With David Lutterman
Seven years ago, David Lutterman was running a business called OneRoom that live streamed videos for corporate meetings and shareholder events when someone told him ...
Honoring Animals with Ceremony: An Interview with Laura King
When a family member or loved one dies we turn to ceremonies to help build a bridge toward healing. For most pet owners, however, things ...
What to Wear In the Afterlife? – Interview TWO With Rock Star Animal Communicator Charles Peden
“I can communicate with insects, and I can communicate with whales,” animal communicator Charles Peden told Digital Dying when we spoke five years ago.
Josh Slocum – Interview With the Funeral Industry’s Number One Critic
These are turbulent and extraordinary times for the funeral industry. Cremations are up, death positive is in, and shooting grandma’s cremation remains out of a ...
Entering the Doorway of Death with Dina Taylor
For hospice aide Dina Taylor death is a doorway. Some people pass through that doorway with grace, others struggle.
