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What’s It Like to Autopsy Marilyn Monroe?

By: Justin Nobel | Date: Fri, December 15th, 2023

The most famous coroner on earth may well be Dr. Thomas Tsunetomi Noguchi, who was born on January 4, 1927, in Fukuoka, Japan, and was ...

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The Rise of the Pet Death Psychics, And a New Brand of Death Care

By: Justin Nobel | Date: Wed, June 22nd, 2022

It can be said that Laura Stinchfield represents a new type of deathcare worker.

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Donna Anspach

Sweet Donna – Remembering The Woman You Love, With A Song

By: Justin Nobel | Date: Wed, April 20th, 2022

When Donna’s sickness took a turn for the worst, her husband Larry wrote a song.

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Can A Cardboard Square Tell You How You’ll Die? – An Interview with Robert Murch, the Master of Ouija

By: Justin Nobel | Date: Thu, December 23rd, 2021

In 1986, Robert Murch was 13 years old and his grandmother snuck him in to see a movie called Witchboard—the experience changed his life.

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An Interview With Gory Girl, Queen of Spooky Coffins and Haunted Halloween Props

By: Justin Nobel | Date: Mon, October 25th, 2021

Digital Dying has always covered Halloween and its many conventions and customs. After all, spookiness is at the core of Halloween, and spookiness is typically ...

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In Honor of Embalming – Rock Star Louisiana Funeral Director Courtney Baloney Defends the Corpse

By: Justin Nobel | Date: Fri, February 19th, 2021

“Prior to Covid, would you attend a wedding ceremony without the bride and groom? No. Well then why would you attend a funeral service without ...

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The Louisiana Funeral Director at the Center of Covid-19: An Exclusive Interview With Courtney Baloney

By: Justin Nobel | Date: Thu, December 24th, 2020

Back in April, newspapers reported that in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, the COVID-19 death rate was the highest of any county in America ...

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What’s the Best Way to Face Death? Now There’s A Zoom Class For That.

By: Justin Nobel | Date: Tue, August 18th, 2020

“If we woke up each morning, knowing we only had a year to live what would change? How would we greet the day, our partner, ...

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

By: Justin Nobel | Date: Mon, April 27th, 2020

Why is toilet paper the thing Americans happen to be hoarding? Will coronavirus forever change the American way of death? How is this similar to ...

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Cat Portrait in home of Katrin Hecker

How To Live And Die With 40 Cats? An Interview with a Country Cat Lady

By: Justin Nobel | Date: Wed, January 29th, 2020

Where do cats go when they die? Can they come back as other cats? How do you know when to euthanize an animal? Can dogs ...

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Is Live Streaming Funerals The Future? An Interview With David Lutterman

By: Justin Nobel | Date: Tue, October 15th, 2019

Seven years ago, David Lutterman was running a business called OneRoom that live streamed videos for corporate meetings and shareholder events when someone told him ...

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Honoring Pets Through Ceremony

Honoring Animals with Ceremony: An Interview with Laura King

By: Molly Gorny | Date: Thu, May 23rd, 2019

When a family member or loved one dies we turn to ceremonies to help build a bridge toward healing. For most pet owners, however, things ...

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What to Wear In the Afterlife? – Interview TWO With Rock Star Animal Communicator Charles Peden

By: Justin Nobel | Date: Thu, October 4th, 2018

“I can communicate with insects, and I can communicate with whales,” animal communicator Charles Peden told Digital Dying when we spoke five years ago.

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Josh Slocum – Interview With the Funeral Industry’s Number One Critic

By: Justin Nobel | Date: Fri, June 22nd, 2018

These are turbulent and extraordinary times for the funeral industry. Cremations are up, death positive is in, and shooting grandma’s cremation remains out of a ...

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Entering the Doorway of Death with Dina Taylor

By: Justin Nobel | Date: Wed, May 30th, 2018

For hospice aide Dina Taylor death is a doorway. Some people pass through that doorway with grace, others struggle.

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