funerals Ground collapses under pallbearers carrying coffin, dumping them into grave (video) Allan Rose Hill

movies Family refuses late French actor's request to kill dog Ruben Bolling

burials Human body composting services up and running in Washington state David Pescovitz

death Your "Morbid Minute;" more on dead babies wearing other babies' skulls as hats Gareth Branwyn

death Luke Perry was buried in a mushroom suit David Pescovitz

Delightful Creatures Watch a vulture lands on paraglider mid-ride Popkin

History Homo naledi buried dead and carved symbols more than 100,000 years ago Rob Beschizza

death Human burials in the sky count on assistance from vultures David Pescovitz

micronations In 1948 James T. Mangan declared the entire universe to be a country under his protection Mark Frauenfelder

funerals You can now legally compost dead bodies in Washington state Thom Dunn

COVID-19 New York's 'system for managing our dead' overwhelmed, says NYC councilman Xeni Jardin

History Water pipe dig in England unearths site of human sacrifices David Pescovitz

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

class war Western Illinois coroner will hold your family's ashes hostage for $1,000, won't produce a death certificate without payment Cory Doctorow

Liquid cremation Dead bodies can soon be liquified under new California law Robert Spallone

texas The Remains of the Day… Every Day: Texas's batshit abortion law Lizz Winstead

california Native Californian mother and son's 600 mile "Walk for Ancestors" Jason Weisberger

the dead 277 bodies found under UK tram line Rob Beschizza

disease Shedding light on the Black Death Maggie Koerth