A Tale of Two Plots (and Four Bodies)
Every deathcare professional understands that even the slightest error in any part of the disposition process — even a misspelled name on an inconsequential form — can tamper...
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Medieval Funeral Directors, Hellmouths, and Churchyards
Before cemeteries had gates and grave liners, the dead were protected from hell itself. This was necessary because Medieval Europeans believed that hell’s many front doors were literally...
New Video Resource Available for Cemeteries and Funeral Homes to Promote the Importance of Permanent Memorialization
STERLING, Va. (October 13, 2025) - The International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association’s Educational Foundation and Park Lawn Corporation (PLC) have partnered to produce a powerful new video...
11 Ways Cemeteries Are Keeping Criminals From Stealing Vases for Scrap Metal
Last week, authorities in Council Bluffs, Iowa arrested four members of an eight-person theft ring accused of stealing more than 1,000 bronze vases from gravesites in the Omaha,...
Necropolis 4.0 and Tree Pods: A Design Professor Imagines the Future of Urban Deathscapes
The global population is growing, more people are dying, and despite rising cremation rates, conventional burials are still consuming land and other natural resources. What’s a densely populated...
Weird Ways That Cemeteries & Caskets Made News on Election Day
As this election season seems to have been one of the oddest in American history, it might not be a surprise that last week, several cemeteries and a...
Football, Fundraising, and Funerals Under the 50-Yard-Line
We all have that one friend who lives and breathes for their football team — so it figures that they’d also like to extend that devotion into death....