About two miles (three kilometers) per hour. ...  ...of adults correlated inversely with their risk of death . The Grim Reaper’s preferred walking speed is...  ...about 5 km) per hour) or greater had contact with Death , this seems to be the Grim Reaper’s most likely...

Burial in the United States is increasingly ex...  ...u can be involved in at least this aspect of your death .” Marilyn Bader’s friends have seen her ca...

I don't know about you guys, but I'm still uncertain about whether or not I would want my body to be buried or cremated after I die. That being said, I certainly would love to be a part of any of these unique and coo...

The dance of death (usually represented by a skeleton) has been a re...

Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedi...  ...indeed have a sense of humor. Obviously, no man's death is funny or amusing, but "Tragedy plus time equal...

From a hook being left on a door handle by a craze...  ...e Via neekatnite [Flickr]Spooky Acts Resulting In Death Whether it involves a trained escape artist fa...  ...e noose tightened around his neck, choking him to death . Days later, Joseph Burrus performed an act that...

Gordon and Norma Yeager, aged 94 and 90 respectively, were married for 72 years. They were inseparable and deeply in love with each other during those seven decades. They died an hour apart last week in a hospital. There...

It’s that time of year, when we look to grav...  ...pire named Mercy Lena Brown. She was preceded in death by her mother and sister, victims of tuberculosi...

Atlas Obscura continues with their 31 Days of Hall...  ...y about the world's ghosts, goblins, legends, and death rituals. This post deals with the widespread fear...  ...ease victims were buried almost immediately after death , and sometimes beforehand. These circumstances wo...  ...ctors were learning more abo...

If you’re the kind of person who finds commercia...  ...you’re squeamish and don’t like to read about death or look at pictures of long-dead bodies, then you...  ...ery year, with a record-setting body count of 108 deaths in 2004. The government has put out a number o...  ...their names and the victim�...