death

A Sack of Sacred Skulls That Makes It Rain Has Disappeared

On the rolling prairie of western North Dakota, fields of wheat, barley and rye kiss a sky that is too…

9 years ago

Strange deaths 2015 mid-year check-up:  Selfie deaths keep coming.

We normally save our strange death report for the end of the year, but with two men meeting their maker…

9 years ago

Weekly News 7/3/2015: Tama the stationmaster cat elevated to goddess

Don't miss the story of the Japanese stationmaster cat, Tama. So revered was this famous feline that on her death…

9 years ago

Sleeping in Cemeteries: In Hard Times, People around the World Choose to Live Among the Dead

Bratislav Stojanovic wakes up every morning in a tomb. For 15 years the Serbian man has been sleeping in a…

9 years ago

“Exquisite Corpse” celebrates Woodlawn Cemetery’s jazz legacy.

Each April, Woodlawn hosts a special Jazz Appreciation Month. But this year, the cemetery was also a featured venue for…

9 years ago

At the Bonnie and Clyde Museum: Why Louisiana Man Happily Runs a Room Dedicated to Murderers

Ted Prince has devoted his life to Bonnie and Clyde. As a young man he journeyed from Georgia to Gibsland…

9 years ago

Weekly News 6/5/2015: Beau Biden death and Swedish “death test”

Topping this week's news was the news of Beau Biden's death, word of a Swedish "death test," and the laying…

9 years ago

Sheryl Sandberg Shares Her Grief

Today Sheryl Sandberg shared an extraordinary essay regarding the lessons she has learned over the month since her husband's death.…

9 years ago

Celebrity Death Hoaxes Just Keep Coming

While celebrity death hoaxes are nothing new, we have seen a dramatic increase in their frequency in recent years. The…

9 years ago

Want to learn more about the funeral industry? Try a funeral industry podcast.

The funeral industry, generally a community tied to traditional business tools and techniques, began to embrace the medium some time…

9 years ago

Strange Deaths 2014: The Year of Death by Selfie

This year’s edition of strangest deaths reveals a disturbing trend—death by selfie. We found 10 confirmed instances of people who…

9 years ago