Strange deaths 2015 mid-year check-up: Selfie deaths keep coming.
We normally save our strange death report for the end of the year, but with two men meeting their maker while shooting fireworks off their ...
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Weekly News 7/3/2015: Tama the stationmaster cat elevated to goddess
If you like the unusual then don't miss the story of the Japanese stationmaster cat, Tama. So revered was this famous feline that on her ...
Thank our military on the 4th of July.
On July 4th, we commemorate the anniversary of our country’s independence with parades, picnics, and fireworks spectaculars. And rightfully so. We have a lot to ...
“Exquisite Corpse” celebrates Woodlawn Cemetery’s jazz legacy.
There are a lot of notable people buried in New York City's Woodlawn Cemetery. The 400-acre cemetery is the final resting place to some 300,000 ...
Weekly News 6/19/15: Therapy dogs help ease grief.
The news of the week highlighted the increasing use of therapy dogs in funeral homes to help comfort those grieving over the death of a ...
To Live and Die in Nola: Interview with New Orleans’ Most Famous Obituary Writer
John Pope was born and raised in New Orleans and has been working at the Times-Picayune since 1973, when the paper was called the States-Item. ...
Mystery writer Jaden Terrell talks death, murder, and figuring it all out
For crime novelist, Jaden Terrell, writing about death is a way to confront her own fears. The Nashville-based author has three successful detective novels on ...
Weekly News 6/12/2015: Film Icon Sir Christopher Lee Passes
This week we said goodbye to three unique men, each renowned in his field. Sir Christopher Lee, best recognized for his roles as Dracula and ...
At the Bonnie and Clyde Museum: Why Louisiana Man Happily Runs a Room Dedicated to Murderers
Why visit Gibsland, Louisiana? Because it was near here that America’s most famous love-tangled pair of murderers, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, met their end, ...
Weekly News 6/5/2015: Beau Biden death and Swedish “death test”
Topping this week's news was the news of Beau Biden's death, word of a Swedish "death test," and the laying to rest of the Savopoulos ...
Sheryl Sandberg Shares Her Grief
Thirty days ago Sheryl Sandberg lost her husband, David, in a tragic accident while vacationing in Mexico. Since then, the Facebook executive has been travelling on the ...
Celebrity Death Hoaxes Just Keep Coming
CELEBRITY DEATH HOAXES JUST KEEP COMING Poor Jackie Chan. Not only has the movie star died once, but twice. Not really. But he has been the subject of ...
Want to learn more about the funeral industry? Try a funeral industry podcast.
When the podcast Serial hit the Internet last fall, like millions of other listeners I quickly fell under its spell. The spin-off of Chicago Public Media’s This American ...
