Dead Honest

Bob and Karen are Coroners Officers who investigate sudden deaths, from fatal car accidents to deadly cliff falls. We discuss how you prepare families for viewings, the challenge of dealing with suicides, and the cases they will never forget.

This episode includes references to suicide so listener discretion is advised.

When Andy Holter sees his first dead body he is riveted. He also knows he’s found his vocation. 

He leaves the police and decides to become a funeral director. We discuss working with death, the mourners that get forgotten and why some people are actually quite pleased to see the back of us. 

This episode includes references to suicide so listener discretion is advised.

Click here to find out more about Andy and the work of his firm CPJ Field.

For information and advice about natural burial options visit Natural Death Centre.

Cheryl Johnson has a heartbreaking day job. She photographs babies whose lives are cut short. For the parents she helps, her photographs are more than precious. They are often the only memory they will have of a much-loved child.

You can find out more about Cheryl Johnson and Remember My Baby.

Listener discretion is advised especially if you have been affected by the loss of a baby. 

Join Georgie Vestey for Season 1 of Dead Honest as she talks to the people who helps us as we die and when we're dead.  Meet Cheryl a photographer who takes photos of babies whose lives are cut short, Andy a funeral director who cares as much about the living as the dead, Bob and Karen, Coroner's officers who investigate sudden deaths, Lizzie a death doula who brings comfort as we die, Mo a DVI expert who spends his time identifying our dead and Lou, a family liaison officer who supports families after traumatic death. 

Some midwives guide us into the world. Lizzie Neville guides us out. She’s part of a growing band of Death Doulas supporting us as we die. Lizzie Neville shares her upbeat observations of the many deaths she has attended revealing common regrets and offering sage advice on how to die well.

For more information about Lizzie Neville visit End of Life Doula UK

For support, information and end of life doula training in the UK visit Living Well Dying Well 

Cheryl Johnson has a heartbreaking day job. She photographs babies whose lives are cut short. For the parents she helps, her photographs are more than precious. They are often the only memory they will have of a much-loved child. 

You can find out more about Cheryl Johnson and Remember My Baby.

Listener discretion is advised especially if you have been affected by the loss of a baby. 

When Andy Holter saw his first dead body he was riveted. He also realised he’d found his vocation.

He left the police and decided to become a funeral director. We discuss the deaths that hit hardest, the mourners that get forgotten and why some people are actually quite pleased to see the back of us.

This episode includes references to suicide so listener discretion is advised.

Click here to find out more about Andy and the work of his firm CPJ Field.

For information and advice about natural burial options visit Natural Death Centre.