In the mid-1960s, government-supported gangsters in Indonesia killed between half a million and 2.5 million of their own countrymen. Fast-forward…
What will it be like to live in a world where we all record our own deaths on tiny video…
Why are some people compelled to commit suicide in public spaces? (more…)
He has buried more than 234 bodies from the river. Most are men and boys, their hands bound behind their…
The parents of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the dead Boston Bombing suspect want his body shipped back to Russia. And just what…
My heart goes out to those in Boston. Sadly, the U.S. has a grisly and often forgotten history of bombings...…
In Italy last week it happened again, three people ruined by the financial crisis committed suicide. (more…)
What do Rasputin’s penis, Shelley’s heart and Einstein’s brain have in common? (more…)
A funeral home in Compton offers drive-thru funerals behind bullet proof glass, no different from a McDonald’s. (more…)
A major American battle occurred just a mile from my home, earlier this week I visited the old battlefield. (more…)