Death in Popular Culture

Imagine A Future Where We Record Our Own Deaths On Tiny Video Cameras Implanted In Our Foreheads

What will it be like to live in a world where we all record our own deaths on tiny video…

11 years ago

Forget Eau de Cologne, This Company’s Perfumes Smell Like “Dirt” and “Funeral Home”

You lean in to kiss the lady you love and are overwhelmed by a rich floral fragrance you can’t quite…

11 years ago

In Asia, Lying in Coffins Helps You Live Longer

The name of the event was “Experience Being Placed in a Coffin”. You drink beer, eat snacks, and talk about…

11 years ago

Suicides In Public Places, A Strange And Troubling History

Why are some people compelled to commit suicide in public spaces? (more…)

11 years ago

The Last Funeral Director on Earth – Profile of a Man Burying Bodies in Syria

He has buried more than 234 bodies from the river. Most are men and boys, their hands bound behind their…

11 years ago

Swallowed, Chewed and Drowned By Hippos – Strange Deaths by Africa’s Most Dangerous Animal

The web is burning this week with the story of the man who survived being swallowed by a hippo, but…

11 years ago

Another Mangled Meat Death, And Other Sad Slaughterhouse Accidents

A man fell into a meat blender at an Oregon meat distributing plant earlier this week. As strange and horrible…

11 years ago

What To Do When You Find A Massive Potentially Deadly Spider In Your Car?

A few months back I found what I believed to be the deadly brown recluse spider, living in my car.…

11 years ago

Death by Ants, from Africa and Australia to Florida

Imagine being attacked by a living raft of ants that can put you in the hospital, or even kill you.…

11 years ago