Tales from the Crypt

Funeral menus old and new: Cup of coffee and sins of the dead

Starbucks has a new market, death. A store recently opened in a funeral home outside Dallas, Texas. Meanwhile, in Massachusetts,…

13 years ago

New green burial method mimics recipe of infamous British “Acid Bath Murderer”

Susanne Wiigh-Mäsak has developed a new way to bury human bodies. First, freeze them with liquid nitrogen, then, use mechanical…

13 years ago

Are skullmongers next for murderous Baltimore?

Virginia McGhee stepped out to make a phone call while at the funeral of her boyfriend in Baltimore and was…

14 years ago

Building Cities for the dead off the Florida Coast

Off the coast of Key Biscayne, Florida, a city of the dead is rising. (more…)

15 years ago

Morticians Draw New Blood: Females

How Caitlin Doughty came to a career in death is unusual. (more…)

15 years ago