Dead People Suck: Why It’s OK to Be the Kind of Guy Who Laughs at a Funeral
If you remember the band Barenaked Ladies, you’ll probably recognize that part of the title of this article is a line from the chorus of their 1998 song...
Fashion Designer Creates Dissolvable “Garments for the Grave”
Like many of our readers, Dr. Pia Interlandi’s fascination with death care was sparked at an early age. For Interlandi, it started when she and her aunt were...
Digital Urns: The Latest Innovation From The Guys Who Brought You The Virtual Cemetery
We know that there are at least 23 things families can do with their loved one’s ashes, including spreading them, sending them to the moon, or turning them...
See Lindner’s Racy Coffin Calendars that Use Sex to Sell Death
“ For a decade, it has become our hallmark to combine opposites: beautiful, naked body of man with the perfect matter of exclusive coffins. Eros with Tanatos.” ~...
Alabama’s State Mortuary Operations Response Team Helps Out in Latest Disaster
Tornadoes are commonplace here in Alabama. Since 2008 we’ve averaged 60 tornadoes each year--that’s up significantly from the 50-year average of 38. But that doesn’t mean we don’t...
Cremation of Radioactive Cancer Patient is a Cautionary Tale for Directors
Articles in medical journals don’t often make the news. But within hours of the February 26, 2019 release of a research letter in the prestigious Journal of the...
Should You Show Up Baked at the Wake?
In an archived Reddit thread entitled “Today, I was high at my gramma’s funeral,” a Redditer confesses to delivering a eulogy at the wake and reading from the...
Finecetek Urns do Double Duty as Death Vessels and Sculpture
Italy has produced some of the most brilliant artists and artwork in the history of the world; the Italian Renaissance solidified Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli, and Raphael as...
See a Rare Visualization of Grief in the Art of Jennifer Rodgers
People deal with the loss of a loved one in a myriad of ways. Some throw themselves into physical activity, others temporarily isolate themselves or participate in a...
Koffin Challenges Tradition with Affordable, Eco-friendly, Oval-shaped Burial Vessels
With an industry as old and fundamentally unchanged as deathcare, innovation and disruption are inevitable. UK artist Gina Czarnecki is one of those innovators. Inspired by her love...