A Fantastic New York Times Obituary
New Yorkers rarely miss opportunities to make their feelings known--even if that opportunity presents itself at the oddest of moments. Earlier this month, an obituary for Amos Shuchman appeared in...
Police Notify Mother About Son’s Death Over Facebook
Anna Lamb-Creasey's son had disappeared without a trace. She called hospitals and jails. She waited for days and then weeks and then a month, desperate for a sign...
‘LivesOn’: New App To Keep You Tweeting After Death
A new application will soon allow users to keep posting Twitter updates from beyond the grave, independently using intricate knowledge of your online character to create a virtual...
Hilarious Funeral Home Advertisement Prank
Sure, it's just a prank and mildly inappropriate, but do you think this kind of prank/advertisement could work for a real funeral home? We have been witness to nude...
Learning to Grieve on Social Media
Whether publicly or via intimate messages, people's Facebook interactions with the dead mimic the grieving rituals we've held throughout time. In Mexico, families honor their departed ancestors by...
What Does The Law Say About Obtaining Access To A Dead Family Member’s Facebook Profile?
What Does The Law Say About Obtaining Access To A Dead Family Member's Facebook Profile? What if the bereaved feel entitled to a deeper closure, specifically, by seeking...
What Is Facebook’s Official Policy For Handling User Deaths?
So what happens to all those suddenly abandoned profiles? Their fate could go one of four ways: The profile remains untouched, unaccessed, unreported and therefore open to everyday...
Can You Die of a Broken Heart? [Infographic]
Why do we celebrate Valentine's day? Can you die of a broken heart? What did one creepy noblewoman bathe in to keep her skin youthful? The answers to...
The 23 Worst Funeral Home Names
Buzzfeed put together a list of the 23 worst funeral home names. Many of these we've seen before but they're still as funny as they were the first time....
The Best Valentine’s Day Box Is A Hummer Hearse
This is the Valentine's Day box of the son of Bryan Chandler, funeral director in Caldwell, Ohio (Chandler Funeral and Cremation Service). We of course got Bryan's permission...