Do you know what NOT to do at a funeral?
Think you've seen it all? Talk to a funeral director and you'll get the real scoop on bad funeral behavior. Trust us, you don't want ...
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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.
Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery
While Veterans Cemeteries across the nation will hold special celebrations in honor of Memorial Day, no place is the holiday more revered than at Arlington National ...
As I Lay Dying…Some Awful Relative Stole My Home!
Could an awful relative steal your home? It's more common than you think. Here is an awful story I heard recently.
Five Amazingly Dangerous Foods That Are Surprisingly Easy to Avoid
If you are what you eat, as the saying goes, then some of us would be Danger Man, while others of us would remain Mr. ...
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 ...
New York Researchers Will Light British Cemetery With Decomposing Bodies
Imagine a world where your decomposing body produces electricity, in a cemetery.
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 ...
Beware! Beware the Ides of March
Well, it's that day again: March 15. Also known as the Ides of March, we're supposed to beware. Why? What's so ominous about March 15? ...
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. ...
Nursing Home Robots Will Bathe And Hug You
Imagine you are being massaged by the smoothest of hands. They knead and rub your back like an angel, working out the knots from a ...
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, ...
