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
Deathstination: Disneyland
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
The Final Frontier… for your Dead Body.
My sixth grade teacher was the stern but fair Mrs. Onizuka. She was the cousin of Elison Onizuka, notable Hawaiian and the first Asian American in space. Elison is best known, unfortunately,…
October 25, 2011 | Blog // Experimental Death
Deathstination: The LaBrea Tar Pits
Today’s Deathstination: The LaBrea Tar Pits Location: Los Angeles, CA First Impressions Saturday morning my roommate and I arrived at the LaBrea Tar Pits, which I had never actually been to, despite…
October 4, 2011 | Morbid Travel
Grief is Different. Grief has no distance.
“Grief is different. Grief has no distance. Grief comes in waves, paroxysms, sudden apprehensions that weaken the knees and blind the eyes and obliterate the dailiness of life.” Joan Didion, The Year…
September 7, 2011 | Illustrious Corpses
Miss. Lohan & The Morgue You Know
Here we speak of the legal woes of one Lindsay Lohan. For those of you not familiar with her current legal battle (understandable, as it is difficult to keep track of her various…
April 28, 2011 | Illustrious Corpses
Eros & Thanatos in the Age of Twilight
Go right on ahead and make fun of the Twilight series, like you’re soooo above its childish vampyre love schmaltz. I suppose you’re the type of person that doesn’t enjoy sex &…
April 6, 2011 | Eros & Thanatos
Fauxmains, or Man Made Death
I’m now going to share with you something I hate. I hate when people are REALLY SUPER PROUD of themselves for doing something sort- of- mildly “quirky” with cremated ashes. Now, by…
March 30, 2011 | Experimental Death
One Track Baby, Born to Decay
This post features the lyrical stylings of Shannon Cwikla, valiant comrade of the Order, who you may know from her portrayal of the grotesque corpse in our most recent Ecstasy of…
March 7, 2011 | Experimental Death
Requiem for a Body Van
Deathlings, I am despondent to report that after five months and over 20,000 miles of corpse driving, I am no longer a body van driver. The Man took my beloved Mercedes Sprinter…
March 4, 2011 | Illustrious Corpses
Eros & Thanatos in the Age of The Bachelor
Unbeknownst to me, this season of The Bachelor had its very own mortician bachelorette! I admit I have never actually seen an episode of this show- though lord knows I shun you…
February 25, 2011 | Eros & Thanatos
The Obscene Genius of Dr. Chan
A few weeks ago your Mortician put out a call to some associates, asking them to imagine what they would do with a small portion of my cremated ashes to them in…
February 21, 2011 | Experimental Death