What Do You Want to Have Happen to You After You Die?
This week’s issue of The New Yorker features a lengthy profile by Rebecca Mead on the rise of female morticians, with a…
That Time My Job Involved Tossing Dead Babies Into a Crematory
The nightmare revealer of madness unknown,
Of fetuses cooked for the Satanists' feast,
Old witches look on as a baby…
Ask a Mortician: How Can I Give My Pet a Good Death at Home?
Having your pet euthanized at home is more expensive, but for our favorite deathxpert, Caitlin Doughty, it was…
Ask a Mortician: What Happens to Breast Implants When You're Cremated?
It's your lucky day: A new episode of Ask a Mortician has arrived, full of totally true death facts.
Ask a Mortician: How Prevalent Is Necrophilia in the Funeral Industry?
So… Necrophilia. Wow. Our favorite mortician Caitlin Doughty calls it "Grade A transgressive stuff."
Our Favorite Mortician Celebrates Krampus With Morbid Gifts
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Caitlin Doughty of Ask A Mortician fame (yes, FAME) visited Mike Zohn at Obsc…
Ask a Mortician: I Want a Viking Funeral, Is That Legal?
Caitlin Doughty, our favorite mortician, weighs in on Viking funerals. You might like boats, and you might like fire,…
A Passionate Defense of Selfies at Funerals
If you were alive and on the internet yesterday, you're already familiar with the very latest in Tumblr cringe porn:"Sel…
Ask a Mortician (& a Drag Queen): What Song Will Play at Your Funeral?
Here's our favorite mortician, Caitlin Doughty, hanging out with the simply sickening Laganja Estranja and talking…
Ask a Mortician: Is the Funeral Industry a Horrible Pyramid Scheme?
Did you know that about 15% of the American funeral industry is run by large corporations? "Death is a for-profit…
Ask a Mortician: How Do You Protect Yourself From Dead Body Microbes?
Yay! Our favorite mortician, Caitlin Doughty, is back with a new episode of Ask a Mortician. This time, she explains…
TLC Is Looking for 'Fabulous' Funeral Females for a Reality Show
No, really. Our favorite mortician Caitlin Doughty "submits" an "audition" video, and we cross our fingers that…
Ask a Mortician: Do You Believe in Ghosts?
In the new edition of Ask A Mortician, our death-obsessed friend Caitlin Doughty visits Bonaventure Cemetery in…
Ask a Mortician: What Should I Do With My Cat After She Dies?
In the latest episode of Ask a Mortician, our favorite deathxpert, Caitlin Doughty, discusses a subject many of us…
Ask a Mortician: Can You Wear Artificial Nails in Your Coffin?
In the latest edition of Ask A Mortician, our death-obsessed buddy Caitlin Doughty answers questions about artificial…
Our Favorite Mortician Pleads: Talk to Your Children About Death
In light of recent horrifying events, Caitlin Doughty of "Ask a Mortician" fame offers up some advice about how to…
Ask a Mortician: How Do I Donate My Corpse to Science?
In the new installment of Ask A Mortician, our death-obsessed friend Caitlin Doughty explains that you can't really…
Death and Candy: A Special Halloween Edition of Ask a Mortician
Happy Halloween! Our favorite mortician, Caitlin Doughty, would like to talk to you about the morbid origins of the…
Ask a Mortician: What's the Difference Between a Traditional and a Natural Burial?
Did you know that it's practically impossible to put a naked corpse in the ground? Most cemeteries won't allow it.…
Ask a Mortician: Do Funeral Homes Dissolve Bodies in Acid?
Hey looky here, it's a new episode of "Ask a Mortician," in which our favorite death-obsessed lady, Caitlin Doughty,…