What's the Difference Between a Coffin and a Casket?
Though the terms are often used interchangeably, there is a difference between the two. And it's all in the shape of things.
Though the terms are often used interchangeably, there is a difference between the two. And it's all in the shape of things.
These famous folks managed to convey a great deal of meaning through just one word.
“The big question we had was, ‘Who were these people?’ We didn't really have any idea where they came from."
Rest in peace, man and man's best friend.
Washington Irving Bishop was an American mentalist and mind reader of some repute toward the end of the 1800s. But he probably didn't see this story coming.
At the end of the 1800s, one St. Louis company marketed their signature pain-relieving product with a series of macabre calendars.
These findings potentially throw a big wrench in the field of forensic science, which often uses pig and other non-human corpses to study human decomposition.
But we don’t know for sure, because we don’t actually keep track.
You don't see "indiscreet use of laudanum" on death certificates much anymore.
From over 100 different euphemisms for death.
Face your mortality with raw data.
The Bios Incube lets your loved ones live on close to home.
Once a common type of memorial, death masks have been used in science, art, and beyond.
Renato Bialetti made the Moka pot a fixture in kitchens around the world.
Romania's Merry Cemetery takes a different approach to dealing with death.
Don't be afraid to laugh—or wear a color other than black.
Grave-robbers, beware!
Whether it's poisonous dyes, pestilential fabrics, or flammable skirts, here are some reasons to be glad you're not getting dressed in 1837.
Funerals don't necessarily have to be somber events. These memorials and traditions are heavy on quirk.
Professor Sharon Ruston surveys the scientific background to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, considering contemporary investigations into resuscitation, galvanism, and the possibility of states between life and death.
The famed writer died 75 years ago today, but at the time of his death, the Catholic church that housed his family's burial plots wouldn't allow Fitzgerald to be buried there.
And they could help determine time of death. Paging CSI.
Here are seven of the most picturesque and historically fascinating catacombs open for visits around the world.