Hess and Koch Sentenced for Sunset Mesa Atrocities
The two owners of the now-infamous Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors in Montrose, Colorado received their respective prison sentences on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, and for some victims of...
New York Becomes Sixth State to Legalize Natural Organic Reduction
Whatever you call it — natural organic reduction (NOR), recomposition, human composting, or Terramation™ — there’s no denying that the process of transforming human remains into soil is...
Death Pranks & Comic Book Grief | 4M #68
Welcome to the sixty-eighth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #68, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Top 20 Connecting Directors Stories of 2022
So… How was your 2022? Here at Connecting Directors it feels like this year has been dominated by news of mergers and acquisitions and a fair share of...
Prison Punishment & COVID in China | 4M #67
Welcome to the sixty-seventh edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #67, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Divorce Deeds & Deflated Mortuaries | 4M #66
Welcome to the sixty-sixth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #66, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Batesville To Be Acquired by Private Investment Firm LongRange Capital
Hillenbrand, Inc. announced today that private investment firm LongRange Capital has agreed to acquire Batesville Casket Company. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of...
Disposition, Catholic Style
As someone who grew up Catholic with a former Benedictine nun for a mother (yes, seriously) and is now a writer at Connecting Directors — a publication that...
Toy Balls & Cathartic Comedy | 4M #65
Welcome to the sixty-fifth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #65, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Flushed Ashes & Dead Bodies Everywhere | 4M #64
Welcome to the sixty-fourth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #64, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...