Man Selling Plasticized Corpses Online?

Plasticized corpse huckster Gunther von Hagens is jumping on the grisly express again. The German millionaire bizman scientist is preparing to offer plasticized body parts and entire bodies for sale online, sparking public outrage. Von Hagens developed a way to preserve corpses by replacing body fluids and fat with plastic resin, and has launched a [...]

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Crist Mortuary Apologizes for Dropping Casket

Responding to a lawsuit’s allegations that Crist Mortuary employees dropped the casket of a 20-year-old Boulder High School graduate on the day of his funeral, letting his body roll onto the pavement, the mortuary’s general manager apologized. “We made a mistake,” said Michael Greenwood, who is named as a defendant in the lawsuit along with [...]

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Cemetery Charging Visitors for Leaving Gifts?

I can only imagine the craziness of Forest Lawn Cemetery since the death of Michael Jackson, but charging visitors for leaving gifts? With the cremation rate rapidly rising I guess Forest Lawn is grabbing the “bull by the horns” and carving out a whole new revenue stream. From JumpOff.tv: It’s gonna cost Michael Jackson fans [...]

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Have Your Ashes Pressed Into a Vinyl Record?

Music lovers can now be immortalized when they die by having their ashes baked into vinyl records to leave behind for loved ones. A UK company called And Vinyly is offering people the chance to press their ashes in a vinyl recording of their own voice, their favorite tunes or their last will and testament. [...]

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Businesses: Keep Nasty Complaints off the Web by Offering Great Customer Service

By Marc LeVine, Director of Social Media, RiaEnjolie, Inc. You and your family began your funeral home business with the best intentions in mind. There isn’t a funeral home director with an ounce of integrity, who launches his or her new business deliberately intending to disappoint their customers. Nor, can any sane business person – [...]

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10 Bizarre Last Statements of Death Row Inmates

Before being put to death, criminals are given the opportunity to say a few parting words. Some use this opportunity to apologize for their wrongdoings; some try to let their families know they love them; and others use it as a chance to proclaim their innocence. Then, you have the death row inmates who use [...]

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New Life Tributes Software From FuneralOne Blew Me Away

I received a phone call last week from FuneralOne CEO Joey Joachim, asking me to review their new version of Life Tributes. Life Tributes is described as: Life Tributes by funeralOne gives you the ability to produce world-class memorialization products with the click of a mouse, and it’s all done in-house, in-minutes! Joey told to [...]

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Ex-LA Mortuary Worker Guilty of Faking Funerals

A former Los Angeles mortuary employee was convicted in an elaborate scheme to defraud insurance companies of $1.2 million by faking deaths and funerals, the U.S. Attorney’s office said Monday. Jean Crump, 67, was found guilty of two federal counts of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud. Prosecutors said Crump, who worked at [...]

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Online Obituary Sites, Speadsheet Keeps You in The Know

There have been a number of new obituary sites popping up all over the internet and for end-users as well as funeral homes it is almost impossible to keep up with all the options. Most obituary sites are on this helpful spreadsheet published by www.onlineobituaryreviews.com. Service Corporation International has its’ own memorial website, Making Everlasting [...]

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Big 3 Casket Companies Being Sued, Creating a Monopoly?

This week a federal judge in Houston, Texas will determine whether the three biggest casket companies (Batesville, Aurora, and Matthews) are shirking FTC rules and creating a monopoly in the deathcare market according to recent audio from marketplace.publicradio.org. Bill Radke: Until the 1980s, a funeral home was the only place you could buy a casket. [...]

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