Why Does ‘Late’ Mean “Dead”?
There’s a historical reason, but there may be a social one as well.
There’s a historical reason, but there may be a social one as well.
Victor Noir was killed by a Bonaparte. These days, he’s more famous for something else.
From King Tut’s treasure-stuffed tomb to one of the world's oldest human burial sites, these ancient resting places sent their occupants to the afterlife in style.
The first thing Burr did after fatally shooting Hamilton was go home and eat some breakfast. His later years included treason and a drawn-out divorce.
The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that shaped our modern world. The assassination of an Austrian duke on June 28, 1914, put the events in motion.
Whatever a person’s accomplishments in life, death tends to be a humbling experience. Can you guess how these notables expired?
The poem “The Rainbow Bridge” has long comforted animal lovers who are mourning a pet. But for decades, its author remained a mystery.
When she was trying to fly under the radar, Queen Elizabeth II went by the name ‘Sharon.’
The best hit man movies expand beyond the simple idea of murder-for-hire stories.
The Route 91 Harvest Festival, Astroworld, South by Southwest, and more have been afflicted by tragedy.
Different versions of “eeny, meeny, miny, moe” exist around the world, and there seem to be just as many theories about the rhyme’s potential origin—ranging from shepherds counting sheep to priests selecting sacrificial victims.
So, you're dead. Do you still need sunscreen?
The ruthless criminal is believed to have buried $100 million in bloody profits nearly 90 years ago. People have been looking for it ever since.
Before his death in 1990, Jim Henson gave very clear instructions about what his memorial service should look like: no attendees should wear black and a jazz band should be in attendance.
Mount Everest’s bitter temperatures, unpredictable weather, icy terrain, and lack of oxygen make climbing it so difficult, in fact, that many don’t survive to tell the tale.
Corpses are less scary than you think.
The history of political dueling in the U.S. doesn’t end with Hamilton and Burr.
When readers failed to warm to a new 'Peanuts' character, Charles Schulz erased her. Permanently.
Deep in London’s historic Brompton Cemetery sits a mausoleum that houses a Victorian heiress, her daughters, and a time-travel story that keeps growing.
Explorers who vanished off the face of the earth. Conquerors, composers, and scientists who expired from strange illnesses. People tantalizingly close to power who wound up dead. When it comes to these deaths, we might never know what really happened.
From funeral homes only using hearses to transport bodies to having to wear black to a memorial service, we’re laying some common myths about funerals to rest in the latest episode of ‘Misconceptions.’
The Black Death—the world's second bubonic plague pandemic—decimated the populations of Asia, the Middle East, and Europe in the 14th century. But there was a silver lining.
The bagpipe is a tradition at first responder services. How did that happen?
Songs about ‘Titanic’ go way beyond Celine Dion’s smash hit “My Heart Will Go On.”