Missouri’s “Jedi Bill” Paves the Way for Open-Air Cremations
If Missouri Senator Jason Holsman has his way, he’ll be cremated atop an open-air outdoor pyre worthy of a Jedi master or Darth Vader’s cybernetic armor. In April...
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“My Mom Was Chiseling My Dad’s Solidified Ashes” and Other Cremains Conundrums
What do you do when you find your mother in her kitchen, chisel in hand, desperately trying to break off a chunk of your deceased father’s solidified eight-year-old...
2 Former Nike Executives are Taking Digital Death Care to the Next Level
It’s not everyday that a death care provider is featured in AdWeek, a publication which is to the marketing elite what The Wall Street Journal is to, well,...
Cremation of Radioactive Cancer Patient is a Cautionary Tale for Directors
Articles in medical journals don’t often make the news. But within hours of the February 26, 2019 release of a research letter in the prestigious Journal of the...
Fenicetek Urns do Double Duty as Death Vessels and Sculpture
Italy has produced some of the most brilliant artists and artwork in the history of the world; the Italian Renaissance solidified Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli, and Raphael as...
Learn How The Institute for Canine Forensics is Sniffing Out The Past
This unique team of specially trained canines show their handlers where the bodies are buried. If it weren’t for Adela Morris’ “nosy” dog Cholla, the Institute for Canine...
4 UK Funeral Ads Banned for “widespread offense” Amidst Government Investigation into Pricing
The British online funeral planning website Beyond recently had 4 advertisements bound for the UK subway system banned by Transport for London. The playful ads parodied pop-culter ad-styles like those for...