Death for Profit: How Corruption Has Infiltrated Ukraine’s Funeral Industry
As the people of Ukraine endure the long shadow of nearly three-year-long war, death is a constant specter. While the number of military casualties is estimated in the...
Deathcare Abroad
Exploding Chests & Nutmeg Enemas: A Short History of Papal Embalmings
Last week, the world mourned the death of Pope Francis, one of the kindest, coolest, and most unconventional pontiffs in the history of the Roman Catholic Church. Just...
50-Year-Old Grudges & $12 Million Funerals | 4M #55
Welcome to the fifty-fifth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #55, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations...
Death Care Artisans: Centuries of Intergenerational Craftsmanship
New generations of artisans are keeping traditional rituals alive, protecting old ways of honoring the dead in ways and reflecting the culture in its current forms. Gift-giving, Afterlife-style...
4 Odd International Deathcare Roles
The United States is a young country, relatively speaking. Most of the traditions we observe in caring for our dead came along with the original settlers, absorbed more...
Funerals Continue in Ukraine Amid Fighting, But Russian Soldiers Aren’t So Lucky
It’s difficult to watch the ongoing, unprovoked devastation in Ukraine, but at the same time, Americans are glued to our television sets, anxiously awaiting the next news report....
Day of the Dead: Todos Somos Calaveras (“We Are All Skeletons”)
Every year around this time, they start showing up. The elaborate skulls are instantly recognizable: gaping black eyeholes, mouth sliced ear to ear, maybe stitched back together; festooned...