A gathering of death related links that I have encountered in the past month or so. From somber to hilarious, from informative to creepy, here’s a snippet of things that have been reported on or journaled about in or related to the Death Industry recently.

This time last year: Links of the Dead {March 2017} | {March 2016} | {March 2014}

💀 The London Necropolis Railway

💀 The Grave Girl on the legacy of traumatic experiences

💀 Thinking About Having a ‘Green’ Funeral? Here’s What to Know

💀 Wearing My Dying Mother’s Clothes

💀 Stuffed in a Bell Jar: A Taxidermy Piece

💀 How the Oscar-winning ‘Coco’ and its fantastical afterlife forced us to talk about death.

💀 Collector, Protector & Keeper: The Art Of Rebecca Reeves

💀 Grieving family reclaims old ways, brings son’s body home to say good-bye

💀 Sex and death in the classical world

💀 The Mysterious Seashell Graves of Comfort Cemetery

💀 My first date was at a wake, on an island off the west coast

💀 Man Says He’s Not Dead. Court Doesn’t Buy It

💀 From Yoga to Movie Nights: How Cemeteries Are Trying to Attract the Living

💀 These Women Make A Living By Singing at People’s Funerals

💀 Saving Face: Death, Necropolitics and the Hiroshima Maidens

💀 Bodies ‘Eat Themselves’ While Researchers Watch and Learn

💀 Claudia Crobatia on morbid fascinations and becoming comfortable with death through engaging with different aspects of it

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