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Enter the Land of Floating Tombs
The hurricane was not a major one but the sea still punched through a levee in tiny Braithwaite, 15 miles south of New Orleans and submerged citrus groves and...
Billy Casper, golf great, dies at age 83.
Golf legend Billy Casper, a native of San Diego, California, died on February 7th at his home in Utah at the age of 83. Casper, who was also nicknamed...
The Man Who Saves Graves – How John Fogerty, Bonnie Raitt and a former vintage guitar dealer named Skip Henderson helped preserve Mississippi’s Blues
Mississippi is red dirt, green fields, crumbling small towns and looping muddy rivers overhung by thick forest, like mini Amazons, but if you take a step back, or one hundred steps back, Mississippi more than anything else is tombs; it is ten thousand tiny graveyards beside ten thousand tiny churches. These cemeteries are quaint but forgettable, except that some of them contain the bones of musicians more famous than most dead presidents. Read on...
Actress Elizabeth Peña dies at 55
Elizabeth Maria Peña, an actress known for her versatility, died on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. According to a spokesperson, Ms. Peña...
Bonnie and Clyde and the undertaker.
The trail of crimes left in the wake of Bonnie and Clyde are the stuff of legends. In April 1933 the two crossed paths with a Louisiana undertaker. Read on to see what happened.
David Garvin, founder of Camping World, dies
David Garvin, 71, founder of Camping World, one of the largest suppliers of recreational vehicles and camping gear in the U.S., died at his home in Bowling Green, KY...
How Do You Feel About Being Turned Into Compost When You Die?
Would you want to be turned into compost when you die? You may soon have that option. With her Urban Death Project, designer Katrina Spade has been working on a greener alternative for...
The Distance Between Art and Death – An Interview with Visual Artist Susan Silas
There is something sacred about taking a walk, seeing the places others have seen, following in the footsteps of another’s journey. Your own images leave your head, new images...
The Act of Killing, and the 3 Most Frightening and Surreal Best Documentary Oscars From Years Past
The Oscars are coming up, and few who saw the film will likely be surprised that The Act of Killing has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature. The film...
107 Year Old Man Shot Dead By Police, and Other Strange Ways Centenarians Die
Here’s a strange and tragic ending: A 107 year old man named Monroe Isadore was shot dead by SWAT officers at his home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
Bury Me Under The Wandering Llama – Interview with Australia’s Darkest Fashion Designer, Part II
I went to lift one of the pigs out of the garment, I put my hand under its back and was holding a spinal cord…
What do Rasputin’s Penis and Einstein’s Brain Have in Common? Interview with Corpse Expert Bess Lovejoy
What do Rasputin’s penis, Shelley’s heart and Einstein’s brain have in common?
The Mayan Sport That Makes Football Look Lame – Losers Actually Got Decapitated
Sunday is the Super Bowl, the culminating game in a sport that involves teams of men tackling each other into the ground as they try to advance a thick-skinned...
Death by Video Game and the Unfortunate Case of “Evil Otto”
Earlier this week, President Obama outlined a series of possible actions in response to the Sandy Hook Shooting. On the list is the allocation of $10 million to the...
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