Do Italian Ghosts Haunt New Orleans? A Look at America’s Forgotten Lynch Mob
Ghosts haunt the streets of New Orleans, and a few months back I may have heard one.
Category: Death in Popular Culture
Celebrity Death Pools: Betting on who will go this year.
Celebrity death pools are where fantasy sports leagues meet pop culture. The concept is simple. You pick a slate of celebrities, usually ten; that you think ...
The Inspiring Life of Alexandra David-Neel, and the Enchanting World of Death She Discovered in Tibet
She first ran away at age five, she wrote an anarchist treatise that was translated into five languages, she has slept on a bed of ...
Celebrating Ireland’s Patron Saint, St. Patrick
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day we celebrate the birth of Martin Luther King. On President's Day we celebrate the birth of two presidents: George ...
Frozen Dead Guy and how he started a festival.
From all accounts, Norwegian Bredo Morstoel’s 1989 death from a heart condition wasn’t anything out of the ordinary. Bredo’s story certainly didn’t stay ordinary though. ...
TED Talks about death and dying can inspire us to plan for the inevitable.
Death and dying are not topics that most of us are particularly fond of thinking about. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t. In fact, not ...
David Bowie, And The Art of Dying
“David Bowie died the way he lived,” said the Australian newscaster Richard Wilkins, “with dignity and style, a class act all the way.”
As Winter Ends, Slavic School Kids Welcome the Drowning of Marzanna
Her name alone means death, and every year, as winter winds down and springs looms on the horizon, in certain parts of the Czech Republic, ...
Celebrity Death Pools: What do you think?
We're working on a story about the phenomena of celebrity death pools and want to know what you think. Take our poll to let us know.
Donald Trump Burned in Effigy in Mexico
The Carnaval parade in Chapala, Mexico is a grand colorful affair, and this year a new character livened up the festivities: Donald Trump.
Making Resinous Replicas of Dead People: Wax Museums of the World
The Musee Conti, in New Orleans’ French Quarter, is filled with life-sized wax figures depicting vignettes from Louisiana history: Napoleon as he sells Louisiana, Jean ...
When Hollywood Actors Crawl Out Of Tombs – The Revenant, Leonardo DiCaprio and the Six Strangest Buried Alive Movies of All Time
“As long as you can still grab a breath you fight! You breathe! You keep breathing!”
Are Futurists Just Scared of Death?
Perhaps it’s the turning of the seasons, but something strange is in the air. A growing number of prominent academics appear to be convinced that ...
Who Was The First Death of 2016?
Who was the first person to die in 2016? According to a gaming site called Steam, it was Australian newsman Brian Johns, “who passed away on ...
