Friend of the Order Chad Weber gives us the highlight reel of Stanford neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky’s lecture “Poverty’s Remains.” The lecture is available (for a fairly large sum) on the Great Courses…
July 10, 2013 | Blog
Yearly Archives: 2013
Ask a Mortician Dangerous Corpses
July 3, 2013 | Videos
New Ask a Mortician- Are Dead Bodies Dangerous?
July 3, 2013 | Blog
“But You’re Too Young For That!” — PART 3
The conclusion of a three-part series by Maureen Shockey on being a young person suddenly confronted with the responsibilities of death. To catch up, read part one here and part two here.…
July 3, 2013 | Blog
“But You’re Too Young For That!” — PART 2
This is part two in a three part series by Maureen Shockey on being a young person suddenly confronted with the responsibilities of death. To catch up, read part one here. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*…
July 3, 2013 | Blog
“But You’re Too Young For That!” — Two Friends and A Terminal Diagnosis
This is part one in a three-part series by Maureen Shockey on being a young person suddenly confronted with the responsibilities of death. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* For my age, I’ve seen a lot of…
June 19, 2013 | Blog
The Italian Bride of Chicago
One of the hardest parts of running ghost tours is being polite to people that I think are nuts. I regularly receive e-mails from people who expect me to confirm that photographs…
June 13, 2013 | Essays by Contributors
Finally a contest you’re dying to win.
Jeff Jorgenson, Order of the Good Death member and owner of Seattle’s green funeral home Elemental, has bought his company its first zero emissions electric vehicle. Hell yeah, the environment. His little…
June 11, 2013 | Blog
On the Death Rituals of Ants
This is something that I think is absolutely fascinating and I’ve been hoarding for YEARS to go into the book. Now that I’m actually writing the book, there isn’t a place for…
June 7, 2013 | Blog
Deathstination: Cementerio General de Santiago
This Chilean Deathstination comes from Abigail Carney, a student at Roger Williams University who’s currently studying abroad in Santiago. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Today, I would like to invite you to join me in a…
May 27, 2013 | Blog
Independent UK
Death becomes her: Meet the very modern mortician who champions ‘cool’ funerals Ever considered baking a loved one’s remains into a cake or putting their ashes in fireworks? If so, talk to…
May 25, 2013 | Press
Pacific Standard
The Death-Positive Movement Meet three young women who want to teach our repressed society how to explore its relationship with death. By Kim O’Conner At first, it might sound gross or a…
May 25, 2013 | Press