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There are three reasons people are typically buried alive. The first is a tragic accident: a person who seems to be dead but is not gets buried and awakens in the claustrophobic horror of a casket.

It’s beautiful tribute to the friends who define much of one’s life. Unlike human remains, animal remains can legally be buried on one’s private property.

The last English monarch to be killed in battle was Richard III, end of the Plantagenets, killed in 1485 at the battle of Bosworth Field. In 2012, his remains were…

My dear friend Charlie died by suicide when he was just 18 years old. He was not the first person I knew who died young, or the first person to…

Five Mourning Behaviors & Rituals Chimpanzees Similar mourning behaviors to humans have been seen by primate researchers often unintentionally. Both gorillas and chimpanzees and other non-human primates have displayed distinctly…

Have you have ever wondered why the dark and horror literature written or published during the Victorian era is so potent? Rain-slick cobblestone shining wet with the spill of blood…

In the oldest human stories, the question always arises: who will bury my body? Who will lay me to rest? Heroes are tormented by their unburied soldiers; villains leave their…

The Hanging Coffins of Sagada – The Philippines While this tradition can be seen in a few other areas globally, the hanging coffins of Sagada are perhaps some of the…

The term “bog bodies” sounds like something out of a science-fiction novel where peat submerged bodies emerge from the earth in some strange zombie-esque awakening. However, these bodies are the…

The Bubonic Plague has been known by a variety of names from the Black Death to the Great Mortality. This disease has been with humanity for thousands of years and…