This little bit of old news sounds like something out of a movie.  Let’s hope it is: Orlando, FL (AHN) — A man was arrested by officials last Sunday for attacking a body during an open casket funeral at a local church. The man, identified as Timothy Cleary, reportedly showed up during the funeral being […]

Funeral directors don’t have a great history of responding to criticism (think Jessica Mitford).  Generally, instead of listening to the critiques of outsiders, we put our pretentiousness to work and wallow in our self-built views of respect and professionalism. It’s healthy to listen.  It’s healthy to allow intelligent, honest critiques from the outside to sink in […]

  So this happened in Spain: A gravedigger has been suspended for posting a photo with a rotting corpse that he’d just exhumed. Celestino Reyna, 55, was pictured smiling with the dead man after digging up the body to rebury it in the same grave as the deceased’s wife. The dead man’s nephew also appears in […]