IT was the third night of the wake for my brother Carlo. His widow was seated at the first row of chairs in the funeral parlor. She was quiet, alone, perhaps a bit sleepy after those long vigil at the ...

Tucked away in Houston’s northern reaches sits a museum that gives new meaning to the phrase “deadly serious” – the National Museum of Funeral History. This isn’t your typical “let’s go see some ...

Welcome to “The Parlor,” where the embalming room is now a public restroom, the casket showroom is an opera singer’s studio and the chapel is soon to be the new home of No Land Beyond ...

As a boy in the 1930s, Theodore Williamson saw funeral homes in Niagara Falls turn away his aunt’s body, and the lone parlor that accepted blacks was disrespectful to his family.

Boy, 14, Ate Lunch in Teacher's Classroom Because He Had 'Issues Fitting In.' Now She's Accused of Drawing Curtains and Raping Him Sarah Jacas allegedly raped the boy multiple times, and later ...

This week’s photo theme is, well, it’s death. Not because we’re trying to be overly morbid, but because Thursday 5 April is Qingming Festival in China, a day where families traditionally tend to the ...

Heat-Blocking Curtains No matter where you live in the South, heat-blocking curtains can feel heaven-sent. Able to block out the frigid rays of cold winters and the staggering heat of Southern summers ...