Real Housewife Phaedra Parks Says Her Mortuary is “Jam-Packed”
Some say any publicity is good publicity. It seems reality TV personality Phaedra Parks has taken this to heart. Phaedra of all trades Parks, 46, was fired from...
Springfield Coach’s All-in-One 2020 Mercedes Metris V-Class Makes So Much Sense
Sometimes you come across an incredibly innovative or smart idea and you just have to wonder why someone didn’t come up with it sooner. That’s the case with...
Springfield Coach Group Provides Transport Van Prototype to Medical Examiner’s Office
SPRINGFIELD, MO - Springfield Coach Group, a leader in premier limousines and funeral home fleet vehicles, has generously provided the Greene County Medical Examiner’s Office a state-of-the-art Mercedes...
What I Learned From Arranging Two Pandemic Funerals
I am by no means a funeral or death expert. I worked in a funeral home for three years during college, and I’ve written for Connecting Directors for...
Bring Out Your Dead: COVID-19 Body Collection and Disposal Varies Across the Globe
We’re well aware of the body storage woes that plagued New York at the height of the pandemic. These same problems are now mounting in Texas, Arizona, and...
Think 2020 Is Cursed? Let Me Tell You About 1919…
There’s no doubt about it: 2020 has been a dumpster fire. COVID-19. Racial unrest. Murder bees. We lost Kobe, Little Richard, Neil Peart, and Kenny Rogers. Plus, we...
Spikes in Cremation and Online Funeral Planning Thanks to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally shifted economies, lifestyles, and industries. Of course, the death care profession hasn’t escaped unscathed. The repercussions of overwhelmed and undersupplied staff and dipping...
“Coffin Confessor” Gets Paid To Crash Funerals, Clean Up Messes, and Air Dirty Laundry
What started as with a dying man’s simple request for post-death revenge has become a booming business for an Australian man. Today, Bill Edgar, a.k.a. the “Coffin Confessor,”...
Celebrities Footing the Bills for Violence Victims’ Funerals
Celebrities, influencers, and billionaires — or at least their agents or advisors — understand that sharing their wealth is good PR. Some celebrities choose to devote their time...
Are Death Care Professionals Still the “Poor Stepchildren” of Emergency Preparedness?
Death care professionals weren’t the only front-line workers bearing the brunt of COVID-19’s supply shortages. The public’s initial frenzy to snatch up N95 masks, gloves, and sanitizers put...