Facebook’s NEW ‘Tributes’ Section Could Signal the End of Online Obits
In 2009 Facebook began switching the profiles of dead users to "memorial status" and in 2015 Facebook added a feature in which users can indicate a "legacy contract"...
Introducing the “Leave Me Alurn.” See SNL’s Brilliant Comedy Urn Commercial.
“Saturday Night Live” is getting into death care. Recently the classic nighttime comedy show imagined a new type of memorial product - the product is called the "......
A Review of Casketeers | This Netflix Documentary Comedy Follows a New Zealand Mortuary
The Netflix documentary/reality show Casketeers chronicles the daily events at Tipene Funerals in Onehunga, New Zealand. The manager and focus of the show is Francis Tipene who is...
This App Sends Daily Reminders of Your Imminent Mortality… to Improve Your Living.
Back in 1984, the late, great Prince Rogers Nelson reminded us--in a most Prince-like way--that life won’t last forever: All excited but we don't know why Maybe it's...
Providence Equity did in Church-tech What They are About to do in Death-tech. Here’s What it Looks Like…
We recently wrote about the private equity firm Providence Equity and outlined their recent activity and investments in the death care technology space (Read the article here). The private equity...
“Time Capsule” Modern Casket Rethinks the Burial Container from Manufacturing to Function
Designer Will Mullins has a fresh vision for the future of caskets. Inspired by observing a niche with little change in manufacturing methods, design, and functionality he's conceptualized...
4 UK Funeral Ads Banned for “widespread offense” Amidst Government Investigation into Pricing
The British online funeral planning website Beyond recently had 4 advertisements bound for the UK subway system banned by Transport for London. The playful ads parodied pop-culter ad-styles like those for...
How to Increase Call Volume by Hosting an Entertaining Local Podcast
It always confuses me when I tell people that I'm in the death care profession and they respond: "What a great industry! You will always have customers" ......
The Case Involving 63 Fetus Remains is a Legal, Logistical, and Psychological Nightmare
Recently, Detroit has been in the news for disturbing practices related to funeral service. On October 12th police discovered the remains of 11 infants or fetuses that were...
People Have Been Scattering Ashes at Disney Parks and Everyone Has Questions
For over a decade now, a legend has been forming about people scattering the cremated remains of their loved ones at Disney World and Disneyland. The Wall Street...