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...
Deathcare Abroad
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...
International Death Toll: Black Death, Spanish Flu, and COVID-19
The challenge to deal with excessive death on a practical level has been met before. You’d expect that humanity, having weathered the Black Plague and Spanish Flu, would...
International Death Count: Impact of COVID on Caring for the Dead in All Corners of the Globe
In densely-populated countries with high COVID mortality rates – for example, India, Mexico, and Brazil – eventually it all comes down to the numbers. Sheer volume becomes the...
Update: New UK Funeral Costs Pricing Order Issued
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has imposed new pricing regulations on its funeral industry. Beginning September 16, 2021, UK funeral directors must present a printed list...