Bloody and forgotten journalist deaths, from a female Mexican blogger to an Azerbaijani critical of Iran
Mukarram Khan Atif was number two. The second journalist killed so far in 2012, that is. He was gunned down while praying at a mosque ...
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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.
Famous prison deaths, from the mafia to the Manson Family
Diane McCloud was freed from jail earlier this week, but only so she could die. McCloud, 48, was in Nassau County jail for shoplifting more ...
Interview with the country’s oldest funeral officiant, a 93-year-old Freemason named Norman
Norman Miller fought in World War II then Korea and has been leading Freemason funeral services ever since.
The weirdest deaths of 2011 – Killed by a cock, crushed by a cow, smashed by a horny black bear..
It was a strange year for weather and perhaps an even stranger one for dying, here are some of the weirdest deaths of 2011:
The lesser-known famous deaths of late December 2011
The past week saw the death of three very different famous figures: North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Il; Czech playwright and president, Vaclav Havel and ...
Have you considered “grief tourism” in your holiday travel plans?
People come to Paris for the food, the museums, and the shops, but also for the cemeteries. There is the Pere-Lachaise Cemetery, which opened in ...
Kid’s last wishes: Some feed the homeless, most go to Disney World
“On June 12th, 2011, I’m turning nine, and I found out that millions of people don’t live to see their 5th birthday,” Rachel Beckwith, of ...
JFK and the 3 most horrible assassinations you’ve never heard of
Last week marked the 38th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, an event that only grows more epic with time.
Texas droughts unearth cemeteries, Mississippi floods bury them
Hurricane Irene roared up the East Coast last August, leaving a wide and varied path of destruction.
The Shocking Secrets of Inca Child Sacrifice
Shocking child deaths were all over the news last week. A 6 year-old in Collinsville, Illinois dropped dead on the playground from a brain aneurism, ...
Australia’s favorite cop killer will finally be properly buried, 130 years later
Ned Kelly murdered three police officers in Australia during the 1870s and was hung in 1880, sometime this month he’ll finally be properly buried, but ...
The Year’s Top Seven Weird Funeral Crimes
Maybe it’s the bad economy but weird funeral crimes are on the rise. Earlier this fall a Wisconsin cemetery worker allegedly swiped a $2,000 guitar ...
A Victorian death expert explains what Amy Winehouse took from John Keats
Deborah Lutz has written about Gothic villains, Victorian sex rebels and the Cannibal Club; her latest book is on Victorian death culture. She is an ...
Famous Death Row Last Words and the Weird Art they Inspired
“You’re not about to witness an execution; you’re about to witness a murder,” said Stephen Woods, just over a month ago, from the execution chamber ...
An Iraq War Widow Speaks Out, and Starts a Project
Taryn Davis married the love of her life and was about to finish college, then she got the worst news of her life. Her husband ...
