In the land where they kill kings for lack of rain
Nicolae Ceausescu ruled Romania from 1974 through December 1989, when a revolution forced him and his wife Elena to flee the capitol.
Month: August 2010
Coffin Cartel tells Louisiana monks they can’t sell caskets
An embalming board referred to by critics as the Coffin Cartel has told Benedictine monk carpenters in the woods of Louisiana that they can’t sell ...
Houston’s giant flower of death and President Andrew Jackson both stunk
Thousands of people visited the Houston Museum of Natural Science last month to observe the slow birth and quick death of Lois, the pet name ...
The sad story of how to appear at your own funeral
Last month, Theodore “Pete” Peterson sat at a New Jersey bar with a vodka tonic in hand and an oxygen tank at his side. There ...
Japan’s mummy-monks rise again
Last week, police in Tokyo broke into the home of Sogen Kato. According to local records he was 111, the fifth oldest man on earth. ...
