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Italy is Struggling to Deal with the Bodies of Coronavirus Victims
We asked an expert about the strain on the funeral industry and being forced to call in the army to transport coffins.
Health Department Tells Funeral Home to Stop Storing Applesauce in Embalming Room
Inspectors found crates of applesauce behind a disposal container containing “organs, blood and other hazardous waste.”
Funeral Home Invites You to Eat Free Pizza While Planning for Your Inevitable Death
It's easier to stare into the abyss when your mouth is full of cheesy bread.
We Asked an Undertaker Why He Keeps Strangers’ Unclaimed Ashes for Decades
Lawrence Shrader definitely has more dead people in his basement than you do.
The Strange Case of the Oklahoma Woman Who Dismembered a Corpse at a Funeral
This spring, Shaynna Sims was arrested for "unauthorized dissection" and later charged with stealing the dead woman's shoes.
A Crematory Operator Explains What It's Like to Burn Bodies for a Living
"There's no sugar-coating the burning of a body."
Nonprofit Mortuaries Are Helping Cash-Strapped Families Honor Their Dead
Nonprofit funeral homes have popped up across the country to ensure that grieving people don't get price-gouged after the death of a loved one.
This Is What Happens to Unclaimed Bodies in Washington, DC
Unclaimed bodies are supposed to be buried in marked graves with proper identification, but most end up in mass burial sites, without identification, beside heaps of trash.
Families Still Waiting for Word on Loved Ones in Horrific Mexico Crematorium Case
Emma Sanchez opened her son's ashes this week, and found only white powder. She is one of dozens of people who've come forward with fears that their loved ones were not properly cremated after a facility was found with 60 rotting corpses inside.
What Happens When You Donate Your Body to Science?
By the end of 2015, Australia will have welcomed its first human body farm, giving you a new option for what to do with your body after you die.