Mortician Caitlin Doughty explains why you can’t take a human skull home, from a lack of dermestid beetles to vague abuse-of-corpse laws.

DEATH
Soft drinks invite a host of health complications. A major new study warns that consuming even two glasses a day can have you fizzing out.
Meriwether Lewis was found mortally wounded on October 11, 1809. Some believe it was suicide. Others think it was murder. But what if it was something else entirely?
The new iHeartRadio original podcast is the story of one writer's descent from podcast researcher to its surprising subject.
In recent years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has regularly been compared to HBO’s 'Game of Thrones,' as not even the most beloved characters have been immune to sudden deaths.
From research labs to 'body farms' used by forensics students, here's where your donated cadaver might end up.
Decades after John W. Hayes died in World War II, his remains were discovered in a Belgian American military cemetery.
Research data indicates men can expect to live an average of five fewer years than women. The reason might surprise you.
On May 19, 1536, Anne Boleyn was relieved of her head. So where is her body today? Much like Boleyn's life, it's complicated.
When 11-year-old Terry Jo Duperrault was found in the middle of the ocean, she was hours from death. And she was the only member of her family left alive.
George R.R. Martin may have a reputation for killing off characters, but let’s not downplay the homicidal tendencies of 'Game of Thrones' showrunners D.B. Weiss and Davis Benioff.
One valiant YouTuber attempted to document every man, woman, child, and animal who has died on 'Game of Thrones'—and there are still more to come.
Composting human remains is cheaper and more eco-friendly than traditional burial options, and Washington state may soon make it legal.
Urns often come in the form of drab-looking vases that, for some people, are a painful reminder of a loved one's death. So an LA-based designer set out to provide a different option.
Whether it's leaving playing cards or bullets, or drinking a cognac toast, there are a variety of traditional ways to pay tribute at famous tombs.
Did Clementine Barnabet, priestess of a strange sacrificial cult, bludgeon seven families to death with an ax?
At the "Bone Church" (a.k.a. the Sedlec Ossuary), you can see a chandelier made from almost every bone in the human body.
Greek leader Alexander the Great had a pretty miserable death. A new theory says he may have been paralyzed—yet still conscious—for six days after he was pronounced dead.
The decidedly unromantic holiday is regularly—and probably erroneously—cited as the earliest version of Valentine's Day.
It seemed like a work of fiction, but the Red Barn murder was very real.
Few space stations want a body stinking up the place. Fortunately, there's always the garbage room.
Did a typo help end World War II? Does a realtor have to disclose if a house is supposedly haunted? What's the best way to wipe your butt? We answered all these questions and more in 2018.
It's been called "one of the grisliest events in papal history"—for good reason.
Fearing attacks on his corpse, the Secret Service guarded Lee Harvey Oswald well into the afterlife.