Death in Popular Culture

What to Wear In the Afterlife? – Interview TWO With Rock Star Animal Communicator Charles Peden

“I can communicate with insects, and I can communicate with whales,” animal communicator Charles Peden told Digital Dying when we…

6 years ago

Remembering Dads Gone By

To help commemorate the day when we say thank you to fathers everywhere, we found several articles that are both…

6 years ago

Entering the Doorway of Death with Dina Taylor

One thing hospice nurse, Dina Taylor, has come to understand after 27 years of hospice work: Too often Americans are…

6 years ago

The Death of Learning – A Visit To One Of The US’s Last Surviving Anatomy And Pathology Museums

In a busy Boston neighborhood of honking delivery trucks, hard-hatted construction men and urban hospitals is the Harvard Medical School’s…

6 years ago

Just What The Heck is Holiday Heart?

The two weeks starting with Christmas have on average about 40,000 more natural deaths than the overall winter average. After…

6 years ago

Elephants Love Their Dead – Is That Why We Love Them?

Elephants are an issue that can cut across America’s political divide, but why? On the surface, the answer seems obvious.…

6 years ago

Would you like to play a game? A Look at “A Mortician’s Tale”

"A Mortician's Tale" lets you assume the role of funeral director. As a newly minted mortician, you'll learn the ropes…

7 years ago

Baylor Adds Course in Death and Dying.

Students at Baylor University in Waco, Texas can now take a course that explores the topic of death and dying.…

7 years ago

People Are Dying, No One Is Crying (Updated)

Woman getting paid to weep at funerals dates back to antiquity. Israelite funeral processions began with the raspy cries of…

7 years ago

The Media Is Obsessed with Florida’s Nursing Home Deaths—The Real Problem Is We’ve Abandoned the Elderly

The news was devastating, and it came in dribs and drabs. First there were three dead. Then five. Then seven.…

7 years ago