Funeral Customs

Welcome to the Age of the Drive-Thru Funeral—Is It Here To Stay?

As the United States moves into its fourth month of quarantine mode, Americans have gotten accustomed to drive-thru medical checkups,…

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Will coronavirus forever change the American way of death & the meaning of life? – Interview with Morbid Anatomy’s Joanna Ebenstein

In the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Digital Dying connected with Morbid Anatomy artistic director and co-founder Joanna Ebenstein for…

4 years ago

Hart Island Back in the News

  With its curious and often dark history, New York City’s Hart Island is no stranger to notoriety. Now it…

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The Other Coronavirus Death, From Loneliness, Anxiety And A Failure Of the Heart

As officials work to keep pace with the rising number of coronavirus deaths, another type of death may be overlooked--lonely…

4 years ago

Is Joe Biden Dead? Political Coffins, From Margaret Thatcher to Andrew Jackson

Coffins have a long and fascinating political arc. On the one hand, a coffin is a metaphor for death—and the…

4 years ago

How To Not Die in Your Car on Christmas In A Blizzard

If you live in a cold climate, at some point you are invariably given the wintertime advice that if you…

4 years ago

Welcome To The Age Of The Bicycle Hearse

Bicycles are blazing in cities across the United States, with bike-share programs, bike shops, bicycle-friendly cafes and bicycle-friendly clothing lines…

4 years ago

The Best Cemetery Road Trip List Ever – Fifty Cemeteries Fifty States, Maine to Illinois

Travel along with Justin Nobel as he takes a summer road trip that will inspire you to hit the trail…

5 years ago

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. (more…)

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