funeral homes Funeral parlor owner arrested for leaving corpse in hearse… for two years David Pescovitz

ghosts Funeral home for sale, sign warns that it's "Probably Haunted" David Pescovitz

dead wrong An 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead, but found breathing 3 hours later at the funeral home Carla Sinclair

politics Why exactly does Carson City, Nevada public administrator Scott Hoen need to keep all those corpses on ice? Rob Beschizza

King Charles dead in 6 months, and Biden & Trump "get down and dirty" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Weird Grow freaky fruit in the shape of people's faces David Pescovitz

botany Remembering 31-year-old botanist Gabriel Trujillo Jennifer Sandlin

literature Moby Dick translated into Gen Z English Thom Dunn

surveillance business model When workplace surveillance software targets hospital chaplains Thom Dunn

death No more funeral home markups — you can now buy caskets direct for your corpse! Thom Dunn

tabloids World War 3 and Royals at War in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

skulls The U.S. has a lot of laws around the possession and ownership of human skulls Thom Dunn

health England bans gatherings of 6 or more as coronavirus cases re-spike Xeni Jardin

ebay Six members of eBay's global security team charged with sending bloody pig mask to critic Mark Frauenfelder

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

social distancing Annalee Newitz looks at the Great Plague of London and 17th century social distancing Gareth Branwyn

health American health care's life-destroying "surprise bills" are the fault of local, private-equity monopolies Cory Doctorow

picks Creek Indians donate $180,000 to cover funeral costs for 23 Alabama tornado victims Xeni Jardin

books The Myth of Capitalism: an ardent capitalist decries monopoly Cory Doctorow

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