Isomu goes to her workplace knowing she has a tough job, which includes dressing bodies and treating them so that they can be ...

The first time Victor M. Sweeney observed an embalming, it was for an 18-year-old woman who had died in a car crash just ...

In a follow-up video, Cobb shared that when she was just 7 years old, she was sexually abused by her father while her mother did nothing to intervene. Although some viewers were appalled by the way ...

A death can feel catastrophic and overwhelming, not only for mourners who loved the deceased person but also for anyone outside the loss who understands the pain it has caused. That is one of the ...

“To sit there and hope that you buy them in the throes of some panic, that you would take the attitude of a mortician waiting for a flu epidemic, I’m not sure that will be a great technique ...

These are the words of Fred Olela, the mortician in charge of the Homa Bay County Referral Hospital mortuary. There is a perception that morticians are people who are haunted by evil spirits.

Mortician Evie Vargas looks at 10 dead-body scenes from popular TV shows and movies and rates them based on realism. She looks at "Six Feet Under" (2001–2005), "American Horror Story ...

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Three members of the state panel that ...

She is warm, soft-spoken and friendly; traits that many don’t associate with mortuary attendants. “Karibuni sana,” she says with a mile-wide smile as she welcomes us to her home in Ruaka ...

Though not as glamorous as the bridal make-up artistry and focused solely on lifeless bodies, Aileen Ong takes pride in her career as a mortician and funeral director, a profession she has ...