Obsessed With Death

The Crowded Bookshelf is an independent online and pop-up bookstore based in Fort Collins, CO. They sell new, used, audio, and e-books, as well as bookish gift items. They also host virtual and in person author events. 

Visit www.thecrowdedbookshelf.com for more!

We are starting a death book club! Kinda, sorta. 

The Crowded Bookshelf is an independent online and pop-up bookstore based in Fort Collins, CO. They sell new, used, audio, and e-books, as well as bookish gift items. They also host virtual and in person author events. 

Visit www.thecrowdedbookshelf.com for more! 

Mary-Frances O'Connor is a renowned grief expert and neuroscientist who shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in our brain when we grieve, providing a new paradigm for understanding love, loss, and learning.

Make sure you check out her new book, The Grieving Brain.

In recent years, much of the developed world has seen the emergence of end-of-life debates and increasing pressures for legalization of physician-assisted dying. This is the practice where a physician provides a terminally ill patient, at their explicit request, with a prescription for a lethal medication that they can take on their own. 

Chris Buck is a photographer and director based in New York and Los Angeles.His portraits have won placement in the prestigious annual American Photography over forty times, and he was the first recipient of the Arnold Newman Portrait Prize. 

Chris has photographed some of the biggest names in the world. He spoke with me about his time working with, Chris Farley, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Elliot Smith, and more. Sharing stories I've never heard before. 

Kelly Christian is a Chicago-based archivist and writer. She is interested in the intersection of technology and systems of power in relation to death and mourning in American culture. Kelly photographed military funerals in Maine at the height of the Iraq War. Her graduate work explored post-mortem photography, and related visual representations of grief and their cultural ramifications.

Alyse holds a master's degree in pathology, a bachelor's degree in psychology, and an associate degree in mortuary science. She has over 13 years of experience working in hospitals, morgues, and funeral homes throughout her region. Follow her @autopsy.pathology - and check out her free ebook! 

Crimes, unfortunately, continue to happen. Which means someone needs to clean them. Join us as we discuss the process of cleaning up after a death, crime, or murder. Make sure you leave a review, give five stars, and subscribe. Follow @obessedwithdeathpod for more. 

The world is ending. Like, currently. The end is here; let us talk about it.