Justin Nobel on Death–the Podcast
Digital Dying writer Justin Nobel is normally reporting on the news, not the subject of it. Recently, however, Justin had the tables turned on him ...
Category: Life & Death
TED Talks about death and dying can inspire us to plan for the inevitable.
Death and dying are not topics that most of us are particularly fond of thinking about. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t. In fact, not ...
David Bowie, And The Art of Dying
“David Bowie died the way he lived,” said the Australian newscaster Richard Wilkins, “with dignity and style, a class act all the way.”
Checking-in with the Guru of Celebrity Death Pools, Kelly Bakst
Shortly after the 2013 death of Paul Walker, our Justin Nobel had the chance to visit with the Guru of Celebrity Death Pools, Kelly Bakst. ...
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 ...
Colma, California: City of Souls
Colma, California is a quiet town at the northern end of the San Francisco peninsula. If you know about the town then you are hardly ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Taking the James Gurney Grave Challenge: Down Among the Dead Men
For most of my life, I have lived within three miles of a cemetery. Once, I kid you not, our home was located so that ...
George Bell, and the Lonely Deaths of Japan
After the New York Times poignant story of George Bell, a 72-year-old New York City man who died alone in a Jackson Heights apartment “splashed ...
Quality of Death Index: UK is the best place to die.
A funny thing happens when you follow news coverage of certain topics--you start to spot trends. So it wasn’t too surprising when the EIU’s 2015 ...
Artist James Gurney Issues A Grave Challenge
What do dinosaurs and graveyards have in common? Aside from reduction to skeletal remains and inspiration for Halloween costumes, the surprising connection is famed artist ...
