Funeral directors are using hard sell tactics on vulnerable families, trying to push added extras such as embalming, to increase the price. Requests for a ‘simple’ funeral are often ignored with the ...

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 most ...

SINGAPORE - Licensed funeral parlours here will be held to higher standards by the National Environment Agency (NEA) after a mix-up at a funeral home late last month resulted in a wrong body being ...

An abandoned funeral home has been discovered where everything remains intact - including embalming equipment and a bucket filled with blood. Gaby, who is well known online for exploring funeral made ...

Abraham Lincoln was embalmed after his death. This was the first time most Americans saw an embalmed body, and it quickly became a national sensation. Getty If you died 200 years ago in America, your ...

NEW ORLEANS (WLS) -- A New Orleans woman's funeral is going viral, as another example of "extreme embalming." Miriam Burbank, 53, was posed at a table with a glass of Busch beer, a menthol cigarette ...