Food Banks & Underground Funeral Homes | 4M #3
Welcome to the third edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare...
Leverage the 5th Annual Before I Die Festival as a Community Outreach Opportunity
Gail Rubin, also known as the Doyenne of Death®, gets excited when she talks about her upcoming Before I Die...
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...
“Buried by the Bernards” Funeral Home Under Investigation for Alleged Mix-Up With Cremains
According to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, R. Bernard Funeral Services is currently under investigation by the Tennessee Department of Commerce...
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...
Fear and Loathing in Deathcare: Why Most “Disrupters” Aren’t the Enemy
Coexistence with the disrupters doesn’t have to be a challenge. Instead, these startups and the products and services they provide...
Why It’s Super Uncool to Be a Mortician in China
For a number of reasons, and for as long as anyone can remember, Chinese morticians have been held in disregard,...
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...
10 Ways Sextons and Senators Have Historically Defended Corpses and Their Rights
Throughout history everyone from cemetery sextons to loved ones to legislators have sought to defend the rights of corpses to...
Last Things: Detailing All the Ways to Die in Maine — With or Without a Funeral Director
The handling of Chuck Lakin's father’s death prompted him to create the LastThings.net, an altruistic, not-at-all-for-profit endeavor that educates others...
