Video Dump: The Best of “Ask a Mortician”
Queen of all things death, Caitlin Doughty, answers her viewers’ most curious Qs. Like do corpses shit themselves and can caskets explode and what is a bog body?
Pretend the malls aren’t queuing up the Christmas tuneage already and get one last dash of All Hallows spooks.
Ask a Mortician: Corpse Poo
“It’s not universal: It’s not like you walk towards the white light, and then defecate.”
Ask a Mortician: Exploding Caskets
“Just putting the FACT in putreFACTion.”
Ask a Mortician: Bone Grinding
“Beast! Look upon your own mortality!”
Ask a Mortician: Decomposition
“The house that decomposition built.”
Ask a Mortician: Cremated Remains Chocolate Cake
“Can you hear the crunching?”
See more of Ms. Doughty online: www.orderofthegooddeath.com.
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“Video Dump: The Best of “Ask a Mortician””
4:29 am on December 5th, 2012
Are we sure we want to bring back the dead? It can be a touchy bneiusss, this necromancy. The dead, by virtue of having been in that state, have the gift (or curse) of knowing the answer to the question of eternity. But, over time among acts of immeasurable kindness and love there has also been treachery and hatred by those seeking the power of knowing. Raising the dead has potential for rapture or chaos. Its a palpable risk that we might want to ponder before taking. On the other hand, there must be many who have someone they would love to have known better and others they desire to see just one more time. Perhaps that’s just better left alone. I don’t know.By the way, great story Paul. Obviously, stirred up some powerful feelings in the reader and lots of what happens next.