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Australia · AustraliaSometimes they shift. Some huff or groan. It’s expected… sort of; over time, studies have revealed that cadavers are more “restlessness” than we thought. Movements follow generally predictable patterns: excitability in the muscles that lasts a few hours after death, bloating and gas expansion, fluid drainage, gravity. A recent Australian body-farm study even observed recently that contraction of drying ligaments could shift cadavers several feet…Read Article
Restlessly Dead: Cadaveric Spasm
Coal City · Coal CityEvery year, multiple funeral homes submit essays to the National Funeral Directors Association in the hopes of being one of up to 10 recipients of the organization’s Best of the Best Award. By definition, this prestigious award recognizes the “most novel and innovative programs and services in the profession” which have a “positive impact on the families they serve or their community.” Between 2014 and 2024, nearly 50 funeral homes have been na…Read Article
Awesome Ideas From Some of NFDA’s Best of the Best Funeral Homes
Hunan · HunanWelcome to the hundred-and-ninety-eighth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #198, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations in the week ahead. Bon appetit! He loves his momma In order to ensure that his 70-year-old mom sticks around for as long as possible, a man in China’s Hunan province did what we would all do — he marched his very-much-alive mother through …Read Article
