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...
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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...
5 Quick Questions (and Answers) About Queen Elizabeth’s Coffin
For 11 somber days, the world watched as the United Kingdom prepared to bury its Queen. From September 8, 2022 — the day Queen Elizabeth II died —...
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....
Modern-Day Human Sacrifice: Cult Leader Dead, Funeral Home Warned
Occasionally the world of deathcare calls on the pros to handle the aftermath of some extraordinarily nasty pieces of work: John Wayne Gacy, BTK, and Ian Brady &...
Urn Basil & Verboten Stroopwafel | 4M #4
Welcome to the fourth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations in the...