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 &...
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Leaky Sheep & Plundering Pigs | 4M #8
Welcome to the eighth 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...
Best Suits For Funeral Directors | FFFW #59
THE HOLIDAYS ARE UPON US I know some think it’s too early to really start celebrating the holidays. To those people, let me say- I disagree! The FFFW...
BATESVILLE PUMPKINS? | FFFW #58
HAPPY HALLOWEEN Y’all, it is time for Halloween! Many communities will be trick-or-treating this weekend, while you’ll be getting several comments about how every day is spooky for...
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...
Carla Harvey, Grief Counselor and Heavy Metal Star
Many heavy metal musicians want to portray a tough image–but Butcher Babies frontwoman Carla Harvey has quite literally stared death in the face. As a former embalmer and...
NFDA POST GAME REVIEW | FFFW #57
BACK TO THE GRIND By now, most NFDA attendees have left Music City and are back to the daily routine of funeral home life. Nashville was a blast...