dead people
The World of Hearses Just Had One of the Strangest Weeks Ever
Four incidents in one week highlight just how hard it is to maintain the air of dignity we insist on from our corpse-mobiles.
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
'American death is a really recent invention'.
A Visit to the Little Shop Where Hollywood Buys Its Dead Bodies
Containers are helpfully adorned with labels like "Rental Skulls" and "Child Bones".
Honouring the Dead of Georgia by Crushing Fences, Trees and Bones
'Lelo' is a combination of wrestling and rugby played by the men of Shukhuti every Easter Sunday.
The Dead Won't Rise Again
Ill this autumn? Better hurry up and die before the hospital releases its medical students upon you.