Colorado and the Complicated History of Funeral Regulations
This in-depth investigative story originally appeared in Parting Stone's Death Curious blog. By now everyone who watches the news or looks at social media is aware that Colorado...
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Penrose, Colorado’s Return to Nature Body Count Rises to 189
The nightmare continues for authorities investigating the horrific October 6 discovery of decomposing bodies at a storage building owned by a Colorado green funeral home. Although initial reports...
115 Decomposing Bodies Discovered at “Green” Colorado FH Facility on October 6; Are Lax Laws to Blame?
Authorities investigating reports of a putrid smell emanating from a nondescript storage building in Penrose, Colorado on Friday, October 6 found 115 decomposing human bodies inside. Each had...
Bougie Soaps & DNA Dupes | 4M #20
Welcome to the twentieth 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...
Potlucks and Yoga: Seven Stones Cemetery Is More About Living Than Dying
When was the last time a new cemetery opened up in your community? For most of us, it wasn’t within our lifetimes. In Douglas County, Colorado it was...
Proposed Law Will Prohibit Colorado Funeral Homes from Operating Body Broker Businesses
Following the FBI raid and closure of Sunset Mesa Funeral Home in Colorado for alleged illegal practices in body brokering, lawmakers have proposed a bill to prevent this...