Another Funeral Home Scandal in Georgia? Maybe … But Maybe Not
Less than a month after 18 bodies were found in various states of decomposition in a Douglas, Georgia funeral home, another discovery of human remains within the state...
Dubious Inheritances & Regulatory Ruckus | 4M #166
Welcome to the hundred-and-sixty-sixth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #166, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Make These 2025 Hiring & Retention Trends Work for Your Funeral Home
Year after year, respondents to the Connecting Directors Deathcare Survey rank hiring and keeping the right employees as one of their biggest challenges. Industry supporters are working hard...
Why “Cremation or Burial?” Should NEVER Be Your First (or Second, or Third) Question for Families
If you were to ask a few random strangers what they want for their funerals, what do you think they’d say? They probably won’t answer with their ideal...
Embattled Texas Body Donation Program Is Now In Even More Hot Water
A few months ago, NBC News exposed the highly-questionable practices of the Willed Body Program at the University of North Texas (UNT) Health Science Center (HSC) in Fort...
Secret Santas & Coffin Experiences | 4M #165
Welcome to the hundred-and-sixty-fifth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #165, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
“Death of Deathcare?” British Columbia’s Funeral Profession Is Facing Multiple Challenges
The deathcare business in the Canadian province of British Columbia has garnered more than its fair share of media attention over the last few weeks — and it’s...
Weird Ways That Cemeteries & Caskets Made News on Election Day
As this election season seems to have been one of the oddest in American history, it might not be a surprise that last week, several cemeteries and a...
10 Things You’ll Learn About Ryan Thogmartin from Curtis Funk’s Latest PodCasket Episode
As the founder and CEO of Tukios, Curtis Funk is one of deathcare’s best and brightest (as in both intellect and those bright green shirts). As someone who’s...
Wyoming’s Crystal Castle, Constructed of Embalming Fluid Bottles, Could Be Yours!
“You might say this home built from 30,000 glass embalming fluid bottles has been perfectly preserved…” That’s how one real estate agent described Cheyenne, Wyoming’s one-of-a-kind Crystal Castle,...