In which we discuss post mortem tattooing, organ donation, and vultures. Thanks to Dr. John Troyer for help with our first question. Visit him a http://deathreferencedesk.org/ which is another great resource for…
December 6, 2011 | Videos
The insanely talented (and tenacious) writer Susie Kahlich wrote an essay about her experience with natural burial for the Order of the Good Death. I literally cannot recommend it highly enough. READ…
December 6, 2011 | Blog
Mortician’s Note: The following essay was written for The Order of the Good Death by Susie Kahlich (website) an American writer living in France. She contacted me about natural burial and after…
December 6, 2011 | Essays // Essays by Contributors
Starting next week I will be featured in Fortnight Journal, an online journal documenting innovative members of the millennial generation in traditional fields. I qualify because you think, “oh, Mortician, you just…
December 5, 2011 | Blog
Of the sweetest perfection, dearest shelving unit, I desire thee! Nay, require thee! These shelves, rather attractive to begin with, dismantle to become an eco friendly coffin when you die. A furniture…
December 5, 2011 | Blog
This is a picture of a pretty gnarly accident I saw this weekend. I was driving behind the grey SUV when it made a left turn directly into the driver’s side of…
December 2, 2011 | Blog
All sorts of exciting things today. I’m up way early- #FML – except NOT, because it’s to do an interview on NPR. WHAT?! NPR-U-FOR-REAL? The show is called Word of Mouth, based…
November 29, 2011 | Blog
1) Being featured on German blogs fills me with intense waves of joy. This is the fourth or fifth one I’ve found so far. Of course I Google translate them like, immediately. …
November 27, 2011 | Blog
Death theory is always like, “if you show your kids cartoons and they see Wile E. Coyote falling off a cliff and then popping up and being fine 3 seconds later it’s…
November 25, 2011 | Blog
…and it’s about Disneyland. In my last Ask a Mortician video I mentioned that I would be a patron at the happiest place on earth. Not on your list of Morbid Travel…
November 21, 2011 | Blog
Today’s Deathstination: Disneyland Location: Anaheim, CA Dispatches from the most magical place on earth! I had never been to Disneyland before this past weekend. Sadly my mother and father were clearly deficient…
November 21, 2011 | Blog // Morbid Travel
Order of the Good Death facebook member Robert Caron brought this to our attention: Did you ever see the original album art for Cher’s Heart of Stone record? She claimed that she…
November 21, 2011 | Blog