There are a couple reasons funeral directors don’t tell their stories. One, it takes a lot of tact to narrate funeral experiences that are so very personal, so sensitive and so interconnected. Two, the stories are often too complex to tell. We sit at the hub of multiple narratives – the deceased’s story, the family’s […]
The Frenchmen Damiens attempted to assassinate King Louis XV, inflicting, however, only a slight dagger wound. He was, of course, condemned to death … albeit a very, very bad death. From Foucault’s Discipline and Punish: ***This account of Damien’s death — to say the least — is very disturbing.*** On 1 March 1757 Damiens the regicide was condemned “to […]
Every funeral director has had a moment when some mechanical failure has caused a brief moment of near hysteria. A couple months ago I experienced a gurney failure while I attempted to load a deceased at the back end of a hospital. The gurney that was loaded with a deceased’s body wouldn’t collapse and for […]
I found this letter, oddly enough, on Craigslist. Anything on the internet always has the potential to be fake. That potential only increases when it’s on Craigslist. I have idea if this is real or fake. And I have no way of finding out. Read it for yourself. A letter to my dead girlfriend – […]
The Men of Mortuaries Calendar lasted two years. This 2008 calendar is by far more spicy than the 2007 and it’s also the last edition. Although, after speaking with Ken McKenzie over the phone (the creator of the 2007 and 2008 calendar), he would consider bringing the calendar back if there was enough popular demand. […]