Was Yasser Arafat Poisoned? These Famous Actors, Spies and Philosophers Were
Last week, former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was exhumed to see if his death eight years ago was actually brought on by poison. With tensions ...
Author: Justin Nobel
Digital Dying is written by Justin Nobel, whose stories about science, culture and travel have appeared in publications such as the Chicago Tribune, Audubon, Gourmet.com, Nunatsiaq News, Point Reyes Light and The Smart Set www.justinnobel.com. Comments and ideas can be sent to justinnobel@gmail.com.
The World’s Largest Funeral Processions, from Brazilian Racecar Drivers to Iranian Leaders
More than 200,000 people recently gathered in Mumbai for the funeral procession of Balasaheb Thackeray, a famous newspaper cartoonist, creating a veritable “ocean of humanity ...
The Best James Bond Deaths Ever, from Goldfinger to Baron Samedi
Bond is back. "Skyfall", the new film in the epic series, stars Daniel Craig as James Bond and Javier Bardem as the elusive Bond villain.
Famous Hobos and their Sad Deaths, from Alexander Supertramp to T Bone Slim
This past August the 112th National Hobo Convention was held in Britt, Iowa. A friend of mine attended the event in true hobo style, that ...
Solving Murders and Sculpting Skulls, Interview with a Forensic Artist
Barbara Anderson has spent more than two decades working as a forensic artist for police departments in California. When a body is found rotted beyond ...
The Country’s Top Haunted Houses: Ghosts of Murdered School Children, Haunted Corn Fields and Zombie Clowns
There was a time when haunted houses were simple; slap some fake blood on a freaky looking guy, paint a few spooky cardboard dioramas and ...
The Best Real Life Zombie Halloween Costumes, From Pete the Marsh Man to Juanita the Ice Maiden
Zombies are still huge and this year stores are offering numerous variations on the traditional zombie Halloween costume. There is the zombie doctor outfit, the ...
Sleeping with Skeletons and Dressing Up Skulls, Halloweens Across the World
A house across the street from me has a miniature warlock looking creature standing out front, their porch is covered in cobwebs. Another home has ...
How Napoleon’s “Death Mask” got to New Orleans
The French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is buried in a crypt in Paris but if you want to see his “death mask” you need only go ...
The Boring Deaths of Extraordinary People, from Belle Boyd the Civil War Spy to Casanova
Edwin Wilson, a CIA operative turned illegal arms dealer lived a life like something out of a James Bond movie. And yet, he recently died ...
The Hazards of Serving the President, 3 Recent Deaths Examined
One man was killed when a pickup truck ran him over on a highway in Florida. Another died when Libyan rebels attacked his compound with ...
The spectacular funeral of Sun Myung Moon and other cult leader deaths, from David Koresh to Joseph Di Mambro
He called himself the messiah. He was imprisoned in North Korea. He became famous for conducting mass weddings, including one in 1982 at New York ...
Hells Around The World, Including Those Created By Children
What kind of hell will we go to? For some people, it is one of the most essential and confounding questions of life.
Death in Space: From the Dog Laika to the Cosmonauts the Soviets Abandoned
The funeral service for Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was held last Friday at a private club in suburban Cincinnati.
Voodoo Grave Peeping in New Orleans – Touring America’s Oldest Cemetery
On a hot overcast day earlier this week I joined a group of tourists outside Reverend Zombie’s House of Voodoo, in the French Quarter of ...
