dead people
The Art and Science of Making Dead People Look Alive Again
We talked to Daniella Marcantoni, a licensed embalmer and makeup artist for the deceased, about how she works to make corpses look a little less lifeless.
Did a Minnesota Man Pull a 'Weekend At Bernie's' with His Dead Mom?
After collecting her dead body on the day she died, police found out that 90-year-old Caryl Vanzo's son had taken her to the bank earlier that day to take out money in her name.
This Mortician Wants You to Take a Hands-On Approach with Corpses
"We are entrenched in the idea that dead bodies are dangerous, and we are entrenched in the idea that it is better to have professionals do it... American death is a really recent invention."
Maybe We Shouldn't Be So Quick to Idolize a Gay-Bashing Skateboarder
Why do so many obituaries of legendary Z-Boy Jay Adams gloss over the time he participated in an assault that left a man dead?
A Visit to the Little Shop Where Hollywood Buys Its Dead Bodies
Dapper Cadaver is where the prop masters of your favorite movies and TV shows shop. Sure you could make your own corpses from scratch, but when there's a shop that offers medically realistic dead bodies, not just of humans, but of all creatures great...
'Lelo' Is the Most Insane Sport in the World
The Georgian wrestling-rugby hybrid usually involves broken bones and the destruction of a village.
Nighttime of the City - A Short Story by Robert Coover
Robert Coover's new novel, The Brunist Day of Wrath, is a sequel to his 1966 debut, The Origin of the Brunists. You may be wondering: Why did he wait so long to write a sequel? Is it possible to enjoy the new book without reading the...
I Ate Cake in a German Cemetery Café
I recently heard about Berlin's Café Strauss because it allows one to enjoy coffee and cake in an unexpectedly peaceful place: the cemetery. Drinking coffee among dead people is a new experience around here. They even host birthday parties (for the...
You Can Shoot the Ashes of Your Loved Ones into Space for $2,000
Going to space isn't just for crazy billionaires anymore. Now, if you're dead, you can go to space for less money than it costs to buy a mid-sized sedan.
How Will the David Foster Wallace Legacy Survive Itself?
As much as I despise the thought that all this post-death doing is killing what was wonderful about what had been, it is a good reminder to anybody that what you do or say or create often only begins to define what you always are.
What I Know About Death
I haven’t cried for a patient in over five years. I worry I’ve become a cold-hearted bitch who makes small children scream, jabs old ladies with needles, and remains unfazed in the face of relentless suffering.
The Dead Won't Rise Again
Ill this autumn? Better hurry up and die before the hospital releases its medical students upon you.