Drinkable DNA & Tombstone Fudge | 4M #2
Welcome to the second edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations during the...
“Buried by the Bernards” Funeral Home Under Investigation for Alleged Mix-Up With Cremains
Remember the Bernard family? We first met them in February 2021, when the Netflix series “Buried by the Bernards” debuted. The show offered a behind-the-scenes look at the...
Pancake-Sized Clots & Back-From-the-Dead Blooms | 4M #1
Welcome to the first edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup (aka 4M), where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to know to...
Fear and Loathing in Deathcare: Why Most “Disrupters” Aren’t the Enemy
“My message to those business owners is they better wake up. This industry is ripe for disruption and there are many startups developing new technologies and services that...
Why It’s Super Uncool to Be a Mortician in China
As I’m not a deathcare professional and you guys are way too humble to admit it, I’ll say it for you: You are special, amazing, outstanding people. Most...
FEMA COVID Funeral Assistance Reaches $1 Billion Milestone
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) just announced it has distributed more than $1 billion in funeral expense reimbursements to families who have lost loved ones to COVID-19....
10 Ways Sextons and Senators Have Historically Defended Corpses and Their Rights
Wouldn’t it be nice if “final disposition” was always, well, “final?” Unfortunately, ensuring that corpses actually end up — and stay, intact or otherwise — where they are...
Last Things: Detailing All the Ways to Die in Maine — With or Without a Funeral Director
Chuck Lakin didn’t set out to become one of Maine’s premier authorities on home funerals. A reference librarian by trade, Lakin hadn’t given much thought to embalming, funerals,...
Failing Grades in 33 States: Is Your State Board Actually Helping You to Educate Customers?
In our 2021 Deathcare Survey, nearly 25% of respondents cited “educating families and the public at large” as one of the top professional challenges of 2020. In fact,...
Portraying Death in Advertising: Is It Really Still Taboo?
The Netflix premiere earlier this year of the reality show “Buried with the Bernards” sparked some interesting conversations among deathcare professionals. One of the (many) points of contention...