How a Body is Placed in a Casket
Are you curious about how morticians prepare a body after death? This article provides everything you need to know about preparing a body, placing it in a casket, and arranging it for a viewing.
Everything You Need to Know About Shipping a Coffin
Where can you ship a coffin, and how much will it cost?
This article covers everything you need to know about shipping new coffins or coffins with human remains anywhere within the United States.
Where Coffins Used in the United States Are Made
The $550 million casket industry is one of the largest duopolies in the United States.
This article examines the rise of the casket monopoly, the two behemoths who now control it, and how it has caused the caskets to be made in America.
The Maximum Amount of Time You Can Refrigerate a Body
This article has everything you want to know about the types of refrigeration, how long a body can be refrigerated, and when refrigeration is the right choice for you.
Proper Highway Etiquette for Funeral Processions
Understanding proper etiquette for a highway funeral procession can be difficult.,/p>
This post describes funeral procession procedures and details the proper etiquette to use when driving in or encountering funeral processions.
The Reason People Die with Their Eyes Open
While we tend to associate open eyes with death, your eyes can actually be open or closed when you die.
This article explores the biology behind what happens to your eyes and eyelids when you die, and the superstitions behind open eyes at death.
The Length of Time a Body Stays in Its Grave
The amount of time a body stays in its grave is dependent on biological factors, as well as the potential for the grave to be relocated or reused.
This article gives the answer, and also covers the factors that control how long a body remains in its grave, as well as burial plot legality in the United States.
The Amount of People Who Poop When They Die, and Why
About 20-50% of people defecate when they die.
This article examines why only some people poop when they die, the biological reason we defecate, and some of the other similar and related things that happen during death.
The Pain of Dying: An Examination of Whether Dead Bodies Feel Pain
Do dead bodies feel pain? What is the biological process of death? What are near-death experiences?
This article examines the biological, psychological, and neurological relationship between pain and death.
