This Special 9/11 Viewing Room Holds Bodies Reduced to Dust, 21 Years On Others Are Still Being Identified
The September 11th attacks happened 21 years ago, but many families still wait to see the bodies of the loved ones they lost that day.
Category: Life & Death
Where Do Tombstones Come From, and What Makes a Good One?
Who on earth is scared of some rocks? Well, what if they are haunted rocks. What if they are the remains of a rock quarry ...
The Rise of the Pet Death Psychics, And a New Brand of Death Care
It can be said that Laura Stinchfield represents a new type of death care worker.
The Artists Come to Uvalde, to Mourn the Dead with Paint and Music
The artists have come to Uvalde to mourn the dead with paint and music.
Sweet Donna – Remembering The Woman You Love, With A Song
When Donna’s sickness took a turn for the worst, her husband Larry wrote a song.
Welcome Spring! Now Here Are Three Ways to Compost—Your Human Body..
With the beginning of Spring, the time of yard chores has begun. Planting flowers, putting out the lawn furniture, and getting that compost pile going. ...
Still Fantasizing About Fantasy Coffins
If you are an early follower of Digital Dying and tuned in your radio dials to just the right station last week, you would have ...
Dead Alone In A Hotel Room In A Lonely Era
It was just about a year ago that a housekeeper at a Homewood Suites in Brandon, Florida, walked into a room to find the former ...
Can A Cardboard Square Tell You How You’ll Die? – An Interview with Robert Murch, the Master of Ouija
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.
The Many Ways to Die by Climate Change – Hurricane Ida And A World of Compounding Disasters
Climate scientists have been ringing the alarm for years. Bigger storms, more floods, more droughts, more fires. And now it is suddenly seeming all too ...
Temperatures Soar And A New Way Of Dying Emerges—Death By Heat
Another heat dome is building over the Western United States, more records are expected to shatter and unfortunately, there may well be more deaths too.
FEMA COVID-19 Funeral Expense Program Now Open
(Updated 4/14/2021) FEMA is now accepting applications for their COVID-19 Reimbursement Program. To apply, call the COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Line Number -- 844-684-6333 | TTY: 800-462-7585. The hotline ...
In Honor of Embalming – Rock Star Louisiana Funeral Director Courtney Baloney Defends the Corpse
“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 ...
The Louisiana Funeral Director at the Center of Covid-19: An Exclusive Interview With Courtney Baloney
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 ...
Dying To Vote – As Election Day Nears, Some Older Americans Go To Extremes
The great COVID-19 election is at last upon us and given the hardships and limitations presented by the virus many Americans have to take extra ...
