Funeral Customs

Lazarus Syndrome strikes a Brazilian drunk and a New Yorker named Mildred

While Ademir Jorge Goncalves and friends were drinking sugarcane liquor in a park in Santo Antonio de Platina, Brazil, a…

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Man’s futile obsession with coffins that allow you to escape

The philosopher Blessed John Duns Scotus lapsed into a coma in November 1308 and was reportedly buried alive. Sometime later…

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Uma Thurman, Harry Houdini and Saint Vitalis of Milan have all once been worm food

On a Virginia mountaintop, a man and a woman are buried alive by a massive mushroom which induces a hallucinogenic…

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The deadly world of funeral processions

The woman pulled left to pass a slow car and was face-to-face with the oncoming procession. Spooked, she swerved back…

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Dying wishes of the rich and misogynistic

David Morales Colon was murdered last month in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was 22 and loved motorcycles. (more…)

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Don’t die on the same day as dictator says pianist

Mark Twain was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835; the same day Halley’s Comet streaked the sky. (more…)

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To leave your body, walk straight with the dead and beware of Jenny Burn-Tail

Gita Jarrant’s 91 year-old husband Willi was wearing sunglasses and seated in a wheelchair when security officials at Liverpool Airport…

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Scottish murderers go home for funerals but not Texas stalkers

Kentrell Amerson is back in jail. He was released to attend the funeral of his brother Jonas, who was shot…

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South Koreans play dead to lower suicide rate

In Daejeon South Korea, for just $35, you can experience death. First is a photo shoot, then a lecture on…

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Burning Viagra in China to stimulate the dead

Next month, millions of Chinese will head to cemeteries to burn Viagra, brandy bottles, toiletries, tweed shoes, stiletto heels, credit…

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