(Warning! Child Victim) In this episode, we will discuss the truly horrific killing of 10-year-old Candace Newmaker, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker heard a voice coming from within a body bag. Sources:

www.my.clevelandclinic.org

www.mayoclinic.org

www.allthatsinteresting.com

www.childrenintherapy.org

Wikipedia

In this episode, we discuss death by train, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker explained “crows on the tracks” to his children. Sources:

www.usatoday.com

Wikipedia

www.railway-technology.com

www.stories.usatodaynetwork.com

In this episode, we’ll talk about deaths that inspired songs, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker let an inappropriate song slip into a tribute video. Sources: www.joincake.com

www.faroutmagazine.co.uk

www.sandraheyersongs.com

www.biography.com

www.eric-clapton.co.uk

www.wikipedia.com

In this episode, we talk about people who ate themselves to death, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker responded to a death on Thanksgiving and learned that gratitude is always within reach. Sources:

allthatsinteresting.com

tastemade.com

salon.com

upi.com

newscientist.com

In this episode we talk about cursed objects, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker watched his mentor make a big mistake. Sources:

Wikipedia

vice.com

llewellyn.com

mentalfloss.com

atlasobscura.com

In this episode, we talk about soldiers or veterans who committed murder, and our funeral home story tells of the twist of fate that allowed the undertaker to return home from war. Sources: Wikipedia

journalnow.com

latimes.com

washingtonpost.com

clermontsun.com

In this episode, we explore cases where people expected a little too much from their doctors, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker and his wife thought one of their children wasn’t right in the head. Sources

nst.com.my

listverse.com

dailymail.com.uk

telegram.com

upi.com

cbsnews.com

washingtonpost.com

fredericknewspost.com

Since we recently did an episode all about embalming, it is only fair we do one all about cremation, and our funeral home story tells of the adjustment period the undertaker and his wife went through when they installed a crematory at their funeral home.

Next week we will get back to our usual grim topics but for this episode, I’m going to talk about Heidi. (Hey, she deserves it for leaving!) Rather than a death story, I’ll tell you some funny things about my sister, and our funeral home story tells of the one question every funeral director gets asked at least once in their career.

*Warning — Graphic Content* In this episode, we talk with a real-life embalmer, and our funeral home story tells of what Domonique witnessed while spying on a late-night embalming.