"Grave robbing has had a long and storied history in both Europe and North America... However, despite the assumption that grave robbing has become a thing of the past, this unfortunate practice continues on into the 21st century in various forms."

Our latest article "Parenting Without My Mother: the Strange Relief of Raising my Daughter Beyond my Mother’s Reach" by Kelsey Erin Shipman explores the grief and relief of parenthood after the loss of a complicated parent www.talkdeath.com/parenting-wi...

Here at TalkDeath, we have talked about how LGBTQ people are not represented in death in ways that affirm who they were, who they loved, and how they lived their lives.

Montreal, are you interested in learning more about Funeral Myths & Cemetery Conspiracies? What about What Television Fails To Teach Us About Loss? Or Living and Documenting Humanitarian Work in a War Zone? Join us on July 8 and you can hear presentations on all this and more!

How much do you know about cremation? Despite being a very common choice, there is a fair amount of confusion around it! www.talkdeath.com/what-is-the-...

Do you have a secret you don't want discovered when you die? If so, do you want to leave a hint 👀 Still from Eyes Without A Face (Les Yeux Sans Visage) (1960)

Life Forest’s Guardianship Burial Program provides burials to those who die while wards of the State of New Hampshire’s Guardianship program and have no one to claim their remains. Burials are offered on a sliding scale basis and no one is turned away because of their inability to pay.

Have you heard of the Iku before? Learn all about how the history and meaning behind the orisha that teaches Brazilians about death in our latest guest article by Gabriel Leão www.talkdeath.com/iku-the-oris...

Happy May Day to workers in fields, mines, sweatshops, kitchens, delivery bikes, factories, homes, on the street & beyond. To freedom fighters, caregivers & the ancestors who make our work possible. May we work for freedom, for a world with no rulers, no kings, where all labor & lives are valued.

How has grief impacted labor issues in your work environment?

Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions in move to ramp up capital punishment

Thank you @talkdeath.bsky.social for making this piece happen! 🖤 talkdeath.com/five-poetry-...

“Poetry has always had a strong pulse on the human condition. Part of the human condition that is universal is how death will come for all of us...

In the shadows #CemeterySaturday St. Casimir Cemetery, Chicago, IL

I wrote a harrowing ghost story about the horrors of the probate process and @talkdeath.bsky.social was kind enough to publish it! talkdeath.com/the-harrowin...

What details catch your eye in this painting? What draws you in further? Memento Mori by Jessie Homer French Oil on canvas, 2022 #art #mementomori #cemeteries

Montreal, join us this Thursday!

Hey, Montreal! TalkDeath is hosting a Death Cafe style event on April 9th. All are welcome.

If you’re a death doula, or interested in becoming one, you’ve probably been trying to keep up with the legal case concerning the death doula practice of Lauren Richwine, or Death Done Differently.

Parlons de mort!/ Let’s Talk Death! Open to death care workers and the general public, offering a space to gather and be in community This is not a grief support group La Feuille Verte Cafe 9 Avril / April 9 18h30/ 6:30pm Free but you must RSVP- www.eventbrite.ca/e/parlons-de...

In our latest guest article, author @amyshea_author shares about how a shared interest in cemeteries and advocacy with her father lead to her writing Too Poor to Die talkdeath.com/exploring-ce...

From my Sunday lunchtime visit to West Ham Cemetery 🪦 #cemeteriesofinstagram #cemetery #taphophiles_only

The impact of traumatic death on social networks Our next seminar co-hosted with Bereavement Network Europe featuring Georgie Akehurst 5th March 5pm - 6pm GMT, online. Free and all welcome www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bereavemen....

Death care practices and funeral rituals have been around for thousands of years, so it is no surprise that there is an entire lexicon of terms related to these landscapes.

We hope you can join us for a special screening, panel discussion, and Q&A of Stitch & Time (2025) on March 26 at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT

In North America, interest in green burial practices has grown significantly over the last decade. There are many ecological products and services to help us honor our loved ones. One example of a sustainable, nature-connected practice is the memorial reef.

In our latest opinion piece, guest writer Christa Ovenell explores how she came to see the good in the polarizing practice of embalming- talkdeath.com/embalming-is...

Maher Tarabishi was detained in October during a scheduled check-in at an ICE facility. He was the primary caretaker of his son, who died last week. The family is seeking Maher's release so he can attend his son's funeral. ICE reportedly denied the request. Unimaginable cruelty.

The Imperial boomerang is defined as the theory that “governments that develop repressive techniques to control colonial territories will eventually deploy those same techniques domestically against their own citizens.”

Remembrance gifts and sympathy gifts can be a meaningful way to offer comfort during a difficult time. But they can also be challenging to shop for and there are some important factors to which you will need to be sensitive. Check out our guide with tips and suggestions talkdeath.com/unique-memor...

TalkDeath’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2025 – WINNERS ANNOUNCED! We’re thrilled to announce the winners!! We hope that taking a moment to cherish one another and ground in the good can inspire hope, resilience, and strength 🌹🌹🌹🌹 talkdeath.com/best25/

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Hosting an event about death or grief? Submit it to our community events calendar! Whether it be a death cafe, a workshop related to sitting with grief, cemetery tour, a class on home funerals, and more. It’s free to submit and find events! Talkdeath.com/events

When the dead visit you in dreams it isn’t always pleasant 😂 Fruma-Sarah from Fiddler on the Roof is nothing less than iconic. What are some of your favorite ghosts and spectres on screen? From Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

What do you want your obituary to say? What kind of life do you hope is reflected in those words? How do you want to be remembered?

What are you burying in 2025? What are you letting die at the end of this calendar year? Image: Vasilisa at the Hut of Baba Yaga by Ivan Bilibin

Why are winter burials different in colder locations, such as areas in Canada and the Northern United States? Learn all about the history of dead houses here!

Can you name these famous poets and writers (who I can only assume imagined that their works would one day be paired with Japanese mascots getting stuck on their commutes)?

Brew yourself a warm drink, light a fire in the hearth, and curl up with your loved ones as we share the history of telling ghost stories at Christmastime.

Have you ever participated in an ice candle ceremony? Many cold-weather places claim the invention of ice candles or ice lanterns, while it is probably an instance of simultaneous invention. Regardless, ice candles continue to be in many winter rituals around the world- especially for cemeteries.

"It’s December. You step out for a walk and immediately sense something different from the busy world you left behind...You realize this peace comes from the simple fact that nearly everything is dead. You are walking through a temporary graveyard, a landscape in the midst of necessary dying."

Long time readers of TalkDeath will recognize that we typically put together a ‘Best Popular Media and Death and Grief’ guide around this time of year. But this year we’re doing things a little differently!

The poet Emily Dickinson was born #OTD 10 December 1830. 'Because I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me The Carriage held but just Ourselves And Immortality' A shrouded skeleton and hourglass on the 1640 Crosby pew, Little Barningham, Norfolk, a modern replica of one stolen in 1995.

The holiday season can be an especially painful time for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. As a time of year that is marked by celebration and joy, knowing how to engage with and express your grief can be very difficult.

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What can death care learn from disability justice? talkdeath.com/what-death-c...

Epidemie (Epidemic) by Alfred Kubin from 1901.

Eternal Silence in the snow, this morning at Graceland Cemetery

Our latest article written by guest writer Radiana Piț explores the important roles women have held with funerary rites and rituals in rural Romania. You can read it here 🌿 talkdeath.com/women-at-the...

whattaya say we turn this funeral house into a funeral home