Go Visit the National Parks, But Don’t Die In Them
Full-on summer is here at last. This is the time for swimming in lakes, lying on the beach, backyard barbecues, family road trips and…dying in ...
Category: Death in Popular Culture
Dying to Climb Mount Everest—Again!
Everest is in the news again. As of late last week, 11 climbers had died this season on the storied mountain.
Royal Babies, Royal Blood, Royal Death
Earlier this month the royal couple Prince Harry and Meghan Markle gave birth to their first child, a baby boy. It was perhaps one of ...
A Garbage Truck Funeral Procession, And Other Great Marches of the Dead
A convoy of garbage trucks marched with a coffin to the grave earlier this month in Springfield, Illinois.
Viral Funeral Videos Take the Stage – From Coffin Rising to Worm Burials
There is another viral funeral video tearing across the internet, and this one is truly special.
What to Expect on the Funeral Front in 2019, From Digital Dying
A new dawn, a new day, a new year, and it promises to be a stunning one for the funeral industry and all its related ...
The Day Of The Post-Mortal Avatar Has Arrived—Are You Prepared?
In the 1993 film “My Life” doctors tell Bob Jones, played by Michael Keaton, that he is dying of cancer and has just four months ...
Are you Death Positive? Wait…What is Death Positive?
At Digital Dying we talk a lot about death. It’s certainly not something you can avoid and it’s a topic that has fascinated historians, scientists, ...
Drama in the Tombs: Cemetery Theater Takes Center Stage
America is divided. Cremations are up, burials are down, and one group of people appears to be running from cemeteries as fast as they can, moving ...
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 spoke five years ago.
Life in America’s Only Airbnb Cemetery House is Awesome
On Airbnb you can stay in a Mongolian yurt, on the side of a volcano, or in any number of houseboats, but there appears to ...
Remembering Dads Gone By
For those of us who have lost our dad, Father’s Day stirs many emotions. The holiday makes us think of happy times, sad times, scary ...
Entering the Doorway of Death with Dina Taylor
For hospice aide Dina Taylor death is a doorway. Some people pass through that doorway with grace, others struggle.
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 Francis A. Countway Library of ...
Just What The Heck is Holiday Heart?
The condition was first reported in the early 1970s, though it likely dates back to the invention of the wine goblet, approximately 12,000 years ago.
