Deathcare Controversies Brew Across the Globe
The American deathcare profession has had our share of bad press these past 12 months, with COVID bodies spilling over into unrefrigerated trucks and babies’ bodies being discovered...
Reincarnated: The Second Lives of Shuttered Funeral Homes
Does your October horror movie lineup include the 2002 horror movie “A Haunting in Connecticut?” (Because it’s perfectly acceptable to binge watch scary movies in October.) In this...
“Third Means of Disposition:” Spade’s Recompose Has First Two Competitors
It was late in 2018 when Connecting Directors first covered the concept of recomposition and innovator Katrina Spade’s efforts to legalize it as an ecological alternative to burial...
9 Ways Funerals are Becoming More Like Weddings
After eight months of hardcore planning and preparation, my son’s wedding is finally behind me. If you’ve ever been through this yourself or with one of your children,...
Fascinating Places Cremains Have Been Lost … and Found
One of the many reasons people prefer cremation is the portability of cremains. Families travel and move more often than ever before, and many want to take their...
Actors, Athletes, and Alt-Rockers Who Worked in Deathcare
Our recent story about baseball legend Andre Dawson’s second career as a funeral home owner got us thinking: Have other famous people been drawn to deathcare? We found...
Which Funeral Home Is REALLY The Oldest in America?
I love history. And I love the folks in the death care industry. Naturally, when I spotted the words “America’s Oldest Funeral Home” I wanted to know more...
TV’s Closure Based on Baseball’s Andre Dawson’s New Career as Funeral Director
From line drives to driving hearses. From center field to cemeteries. Andre Dawson’s transition from baseball Hall of Famer to funeral home owner has intrigued his fans and...
Woman Found Alive in Body Bag: Risen From the Dead, Misdiagnosis, or Negligence?
Imagine you’ve just switched on your tunes, donned your PPE, and prepped your room and equipment to begin an embalming. You turn to the body bag on your...
Andrew Cleckley F.H. U-Haul Body Storage Case Raises Important Questions
When news first broke that Andrew Cleckley Funeral Home in New York was storing bodies in U-Haul trucks, reactions were immediate. “Appalling.” “Horrible situation.” “Absolutely unacceptable.” Those last...