Why don’t we photograph the dead anymore?
We’ve come to the end of our quest to have our biggest questions about death answered. Mortician and founder of The…
How exactly do you prop a dead person up on a motorcycle?
In our ongoing quest to have our biggest questions about death answered, we asked mortician and founder of The Order Of…
From Loved One to Departures: Mortician Caitlin Doughty’s 5 favorite movies about death
The Order Of The Good Death is a nonprofit organization that aims to “bring discussions of mortality back into the…
What are you reading in January?
In our monthly book club, we discuss whatever we happen to be reading and ask everyone in the comments to do the same. W…
How do morticians help families deal with a disfigured loved one?
In our ongoing quest to have our biggest questions about death answered, we asked mortician and founder of The Order Of…
We asked a mortician: What’s the worst way to die?
If we had to choose the way we died, we probably wouldn’t choose the medieval form of torture known as scaphism. In our…
We asked a mortician: What do TV shows and movies get wrong about dead bodies?
Modern film and television is littered with images of dead bodies, but according to mortician Caitlin Doughty, not many…
We asked a mortician: Do you really poop when you die?
Founded in 2011 by mortician Caitlin Doughty, The Order Of The Good Death aims to “bring discussions of mortality back…
YouTube mortician Caitlin Doughty’s memoirs to be adapted for TV
Plenty of young women with black bangs and a morbid sense of humor talk about becoming morticians, but Caitlin Doughty…