When cemetery maven Loren Rhoads asked me what my favorite cemetery was, I had to take a moment, because that’s some Sophie’s Choice s*%t right there. How does a mother chose between…
December 5, 2013 | Morbid Travel
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
I used to think that NPR was a little over-the-top with their fundraising drives, but at least they never offered to show me a dead body if I donated enough cash. Some…
April 17, 2013 | Essays by Contributors
We’re not usually a true crime operation here at the Order of the Good Death, but Sarah Marshall’s original piece on Ted Bundy (and spectacle, evil, and earthly remains) warmed our death…
January 4, 2013 | Essays by Contributors
Cole Imperi is the owner of Doth Brands, a creative agency that primarily serves the health, wellness, end-of-life and deathcare professions. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Right now, my godmother, aunt-in-law, and a guy I went…
December 29, 2012 | Essays by Contributors
The third installment from awesome Austin-based funeral director Sarah Wambold documenting the process of opening her own funeral home. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hello Funeral Fam — It’s been all back to school around here for the past…
October 13, 2012 | Blog // Essays by Contributors
Andy Prendergast is a developmental biologist studying fate choice in neural crest. He lives in Seattle and just published this paper in Development. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Every malefactor, by attacking social rights, becomes…
March 2, 2012 | Essays by Contributors
Lukas McLaughlin is an embalming student at the British Institute of Embalmers and the Irish College of Funeral Directing and Embalming. He contacted me first on Twitter (where you can find him…
February 22, 2012 | Essays // Essays by Contributors
Mortician’s note: Sarah Wambold is the thing. THE. THING. I spent a day with her in Austin this month and we are morticianly kindred spirits of the highest order. Sarah shares many…
January 26, 2012 | Essays // Essays by Contributors
Mortician’s Note: Look who’s back, everyone. It’s the near flawless Susie Kahlich, vigilante for all that is creative and primal and borderline illegal in the death world. In other words, my hero. …
January 20, 2012 | Essays // Essays by Contributors
Deathstination: Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Sculpture Location: Joshua Tree, CA Deep in the Mojave Desert, down several insanely bumpy dirt roads (if you happen to go the wrong…
January 3, 2012 | Blog // Morbid Travel
Mortician’s note: This is the first piece from Austin funeral director Sarah Wambold, who I first met via this interview with Thought Catalog, where she proved to be a kindred spirit in…
December 15, 2011 | Essays // Essays by Contributors