The Sad, Sweet Story of the Man Who Lived In a Mausoleum
Every cemetery has its stories, as does every soul at rest within its grounds. Cemeteries serve as sacred places where visitors can remember those souls and those stories...
Hallfords Ordered to Pay Return to Nature Families $950 Million
In what has been described as a “symbolic” victory, a judge has ordered former Return to Nature Jon and Carie Hallford to pay $950 million to the families...
Casket Selfies & Free Graves | 4M #151
Welcome to the hundred-and-fifty-first edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #151, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
NFDA Generational Survey: Why Does Gen Z Prefer Burial, and What Does It Mean For You?
On July 9, 2024, the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) released the results of a first-of-its-kind survey conducted two months earlier. These results offered valuable insight into the...
Cemetery Flippers & Taxi Caskets | 4M #149
Welcome to the hundred-and-forty-ninth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #149, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Deathcare A.M.A. Q10: What Does a Body Look Like After Being Buried for Years?
Welcome to Deathcare A.M.A. (Ask Morticians Anything), where you’ll learn all about what regular people (read: non-morticians) are asking the Internet … and how their questions are being...
Keanu Reeves Thinks About Death “All The Time” (Oh, and He Wrote a Novel)
Actor Keanu Reeves is making the rounds to media outlets all over the United States to promote his latest project — and it’s not a new movie. The...
Four Ways the Specter of Death Infiltrated the Republican National Convention
The events and images from Saturday, July 13, 2024 will surely remain in Americans’ collective memories for quite a while. It’s not often that a former president and/or...
Paranormal Plots & Cremains Conundrums | 4M #148
Welcome to the hundred-and-forty-eighth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #148, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
They’re Human, Too: Celebrities Are Going Public About Their Personal Grief and Loss
A long-running feature of the celebrity-focused Us Weekly magazine called “Stars — They’re Just Like Us!” regularly features photos of famous people doing everyday things like buying groceries,...