No matter how long you’ve been working with dead bodies, it can still be emotionally difficult. But what if the person was someone you knew? Nora Menkin, funeral director, tells us this story. 

February 5, 2015 | Blog

Liz Kelly takes us behind the scenes of her job as a grief counselor at the Washington DC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. 

January 15, 2015 | Blog

Order-member Carla Valentine is the technical curator of Barts Pathology Museum in London. I asked her to explain what it’s like to share human specimens for educational purposes in the UK, where the restrictions are borderline draconian. Here’s how she fought the system (and why we just might need the system). 

January 7, 2015 | Blog

Order-member John Carbone is a forensic psychiatrist and, until last month, the Director of Mental Health Services for the North Carolina prison system. You can also find his words at Alienist’s Compendium. 

January 4, 2015 | Blog