Trying to Make Sense of a Tragic Death
Article by: Caleb Wilde, Confessions of a Funeral Director I picked up the phone with my rehearsed, “Hello. This is the Wilde Funeral Home. Caleb speaking.” The voice...
The Funeral Industry Olympics
Article from Caleb Wilde, CalebWilde.com In Nederland, Colorado, there is an annual “Frozen Dead Guy Days“, which, among other things, includes a casket race (pictured below). This type of macabre...
The Day the Pallbearers Dropped the Casket [Caleb Wilde]
Article from Caleb Wilde, CalebWilde.com The worst thing that every happened at one of our funerals, happened a little over three years ago, during a combination snow and...
Ten Things About Embalming
Article from Caleb Wilde, CalebWilde.com One. It’s weird. Yes, we lay a nekked person on a table and take out their blood, replacing said blood with embalming fluid. ...
The Tragic Story of the Generous Funeral Director
Article provided by Caleb Wilde, Confessions of a Funeral Director The following is a fictitious story based on all too real trends in the funeral industry. ****...
An Attempt To Destroy Your Dreams Of Becoming A Funeral Director
Article by Caleb Wilde, Confessions Of A Funeral Director The following post will be my attempt to destroy your dreams of becoming a funeral director. If you can...
Death Porn
This article was originally published on CalebWilde.com There are two ways you can look at death as being pornographic. In the one sense, pornography is representative of something...
Funeral Director Is Answering A Calling To Serve The World, Will You Help Him?
This article was originally published on Confessions Of A Funeral Director by Caleb Wilde Join Me in Empathy as I Travel to Guatemala with World Vision A couple years...
Have You Ever Been Tackled On A Death Call?
The following post was originally posted on Confessions Of A Funeral Director Blog ******* The following post was submitted by a funeral director who wishes to remain anonymous....
Do Funeral Homes Charge Too Much for Their Services?
Do Funeral Homes Charge Too Much for Their Services? I asked this question on my Facebook page over the weekend. Over 330 people answered. And the discussion became pretty heated....