Celebrity Death Hoaxes Just Keep Coming
CELEBRITY DEATH HOAXES JUST KEEP COMING Poor Jackie Chan. Not only has the movie star died once, but twice. Not really. But he has been the subject of ...
Category: Death in Popular Culture
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When the podcast Serial hit the Internet last fall, like millions of other listeners I quickly fell under its spell. The spin-off of Chicago Public Media’s This American ...
My Name is Katharine Lowrie and I Talk to Dead People
Katharine Lowrie often introduces herself as someone who talks to dead people. It might be a bit more accurate to say she talks about dead ...
Death by Bee: When Killer Bees Attack, From Utah to Shaanxi to Wutang
Spring has sprung and summer is fast approaching, that means pool parties and potato salad and sleepaway camp and killer bees.
Death and dying in the digital age. How our approach to grief is changing.
Death and dying and how we approach grief has always been a very personal matter. But times are changing. The explosion of social media has ...
Talking about death and dying in the African American community
It's never easy to talk about death and dying. Unfortunately, putting off the conversation about what you want to happen when you die can leave ...
Fish in the Dark: Larry David brings death to Broadway.
Fish in the Dark, a new play written and starring Larry David, officially opens at New York's Cort Theater on Tuesday, March 3rd. The story is ...
What is a hellhound? The many faces of the devil dog
A hellhound is a supernatural dog. One thinks of mangled black fur, hot breath steaming forth on cold moonlit nights, glowing red eyes, superhuman strength, ...
Sultan the Police Dog: Goodbye to two brave K-9s.
The use of trained dogs in police work dates back to ancient times. Today, we find K9s used as an integral part of the police ...
Earth’s Ten Most Haunted Pet Cemeteries
Recently, I found myself wondering if there were any haunted pet cemeteries in New Orleans. The good lady Miss Karret then showed me a story ...
Euthanasia Roller Coaster. Yes. It’s a real thing.
The concept of the euthanasia roller coaster has been around for a while. A scale model of the coaster was designed in 2010 by its ...
Facebook adds new “legacy contact” feature.
Facebook's new "legacy contact" is the latest response to the growing need for better options to help manage digital assets upon death.
Give makesafehappen.com a second chance.
Nationwide’s makesafehappen.com Super Bowl commercial (aka “The Boy Who Will Never Grow Up”) was one the most talked about subjects following the big game. In ...
Talking about death: How Americans handle the subject.
Talking about death doesn't come naturally to most of us. It's a topic that we often avoid until it's absolutely necessary. To be sure, it ...
Commemorating the historic Winston Churchill funeral.
Saturday, January 24, 2015 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill. He was laid to rest on January 30th, 1965. Until the funeral ...
