It's no secret that families are now spending less on traditional merchandise and are instead focusing more on experiences that feel personal, meaningful, and reflective of the person...
Last week a video of a hearse pulling through a McDonald’s drive-thru in Australia went viral because a casket with a full floral blanket (and thus assumed to...
Welcome to the two-hundred-and-twenty-fifth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #225, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
For a number of reasons, conversations about grief have increasingly moved beyond funeral homes, therapy couches, and church pews. They’re happening in cafes, bars, films, novels — and...
The next time a stranger complains to you about the outrageous cost of funerals these days, just tell them they’d better be glad they don’t live in China....
There’s a reason no one wants a crematorium in their neighborhood — and it’s not (always) because they don’t want a reminder of their mortality so close to...
Welcome to the two-hundred-and-twenty-fourth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #224, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Every deathcare professional understands that even the slightest error in any part of the disposition process — even a misspelled name on an inconsequential form — can tamper...
On Tuesday, January 6, Pennsylvania authorities arrested 34-year-old Jonathan Gerlach in connection with a months-long series of burglaries at Mount Moriah Cemetery, a historic burial ground near Philadelphia....
Welcome to the two-hundred-and-twenty-third edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #223, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...