Lighter Side

Christmas is so close! We are less than two weeks away. The timing of Christmas always feels odd, right? Like,...

Dating from the Roman Empire, the first funeral clowns were known asarchimimes (from Greek roots for archi- “chief” and mimos...

Welcome to the two-hundred-and-eighteenth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #218, where we're serving up Self-Incriminating Selfies & Super...

Welcome to December! I forgot to get our holiday counter going this year- but it’s never too late to start!...

The purpose behind grave dirt collection is magical. Depending on the practitioner’s intent, soil may be taken from the grave...

Posthumous prosecutions! We’re such a litigious people it’s almost believable of 2025 America, but no: this is another one of...

Welcome to the two-hundred-and-seventeenth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #217, where we're serving up Sketchy Sextons & Family...

Welcome to the two-hundred-and-sixteenth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #216, where we're serving up Melted Mementos & Prison...

Y’all, this is the final Friday before Thanksgiving, which means it’s our FFFW Thanksgiving special!! So, let’s start talking politics...

The full moon gets blamed for all kinds of nonsense: spates of weirdness or bad luck, general craziness, psychosis.