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 death. Then you lie down in ...
Category: Death in Popular Culture
Suicides In Public Places, A Strange And Troubling History
Why are some people compelled to commit suicide in public spaces?
Researchers Say Rituals Can Ease Grief And Even Make Chocolate Bars Taste Better
What’s the difference between a ritual and OCD?
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 backs, their skulls broken by ...
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 what about the people who ...
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 as this type of accident ...
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.
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.
Boston Marathon Bombing Forces a Look at the Grisly and Often Forgotten History of U.S. Bombings
My heart goes out to those in Boston. Sadly, the U.S. has a grisly and often forgotten history of bombings...
Economic Suicides Spread Through Europe – People in Italy, Ireland and Greece are Jumping to their Deaths
In Italy last week it happened again, three people ruined by the financial crisis committed suicide.
How to Fake Your Own Death, Like That Woman in China Just Did
“I feel so good coming out of the coffin.” These are the words of Zeng Jia, a Chinese student who faked her own death last week.
What do Rasputin’s Penis and Einstein’s Brain Have in Common? Interview with Corpse Expert Bess Lovejoy
What do Rasputin’s penis, Shelley’s heart and Einstein’s brain have in common?
The Week in Death and Dying, as a Prose Poem – Hugo Chavez, Sean Penn and Deviled Eggs
A funeral home in Compton offers drive-thru funerals behind bullet proof glass, no different from a McDonald’s.
When Mountain Lions Attack, And Sometimes Give You Rabies – Dealing with Death Caused by Big Cats
Dianna Hanson loved big cats, but on Wednesday one of them attacked and killed her.
Dying at the Ritz – Can You Name History’s 3 Most Famous Hotel Deaths?
Earlier this week, guests in a Los Angeles hotel got horrifying news: there was a corpse rotting in the rooftop water tank.
