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 —...
Deathcare Abroad
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...
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 &...
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...
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 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...