My Funeral Home Stories

He didn’t just kill himself… he made sure it worked.

In this episode, a Grant, a funeral director's assasistant, shares one of the most disturbing and confusing calls of his life. A man everyone loved. A house that should have been filled with Christmas lights. And a suicide so extreme it didn’t make sense.

He slit both of his arms open.

And then started his car.

Just in case.

But this story isn’t just about how he died.

It’s about trying to understand why.

Why someone who seemed happy would do something so violent.
Why some suicides feel impulsive… and others feel calculated.
And what goes through your mind when you’re standing over the body of someone you actually knew.

After years working in a funeral home, Grant has seen death in every form. But some scenes don’t leave you. This is one of them.

And what happened after the call might be even worse.

A desperate lie.
A moment of guilt. 
And the realization that sometimes the living don’t handle death much better than the dead.

This is a raw, unfiltered, true story from inside the funeral industry. Graphic, honest, and deeply human.
 
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He wound the clock… then pulled the trigger.

In this episode of My Funeral Home Stories, a real funeral director shares one of the most unsettling calls of his career. A late-night police pickup. A shotgun suicide. A silent house. And one detail that doesn’t make sense. A perfectly polished grandfather clock.

But this story isn’t just about what happened in that bedroom.

It’s about what happens after.
What happens to the body.
What happens to the people left behind.
And the question no one wants to ask out loud:

What happens to you if you do it?

After years working in a funeral home, Grant has seen more death than most people will in a lifetime. But some calls don’t leave you. This is one of them.

Raised in religion but surrounded by real death, he wrestles with a question that never really goes away.

Can a good person make one irreversible decision and lose everything?
Do suicides really go to hell?
Or is that just something we tell ourselves to survive the unknown?

This is a raw, unfiltered, true story from inside the funeral industry. Graphic, honest, and deeply human.

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Title: The Man Who Killed Himself Twice
In this chapter, Grant is confronted by the brutal suicide death of a family friend. Some people REALLY want to do... Also in this chapter, Grant considers what makes a death "ideal" vs "less than ideal" and has a major clash with his post-modern lit teacher.

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Grant's taking his first vacation from the funeral home in years to rest and recover from the grind of summer...Unfortunately, he's neither rested or recovered when Jenifer, the new funeral director, calls him for a favor that ends up turning into one of the craziest nights he's ever had on call.... ALSO what's up with that Steve guy?!?

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In this entry, Grant tries to decompress after a crazy start to the summer but is rudely interupted by Ned and a guy who decided to drive himself into a tree at 120 mph. Grant also recounts a time he was pooped on 3 times by the same lady...What a glorious and dignified profession!

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What's the most embarrassing way to be found dead? There are so many ways to go, it's almost impossible to decide... until you remember that Autoerotic Asphyxiation exists.

Grant tells several stories in this episode about carelessness and the price it pays on burnt out funeral director's assistants.

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In this entry, Grant finally comes to a conclusion about Mary and has a surprisingly emotional reaction to a fairly routine house call. Grant's gonna have to get better about taking his pills if he wants them to work!
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Grant's internal chemistry is off and he feels like he's going crazy after 72 sleepless hours on his new prescribed medications. The funeral home has changed him and he's having difficulty coping. Be sure to listen next week to hear the conclusion of The Mixed Medication Account.
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