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Precious SECRET Porpoise

Greetings Deathlings! 

Today we have a whale of a tale (again). OK...not quite...more of a porpoise of a purpose

You asked for it, we delivered:

SECRET PORPOISE. 

Few things are as weird and wonderful as when you, my dark babies, glom onto a littl...

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HARDCORE EMBALMERS & Maggy the Maggot: It's Never Dull with Monica Torres!

Hello Deathlings, 

Today we have another Monica Torres collaboration video for you! We're talking HARDCORE EMBALMING. 

(Don't worry, like I say in the video, we shot this way before QUARANTINE happened. The Before Time. Monica and I aren't just bucking social distancing and ...

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A Whale of Tale! (shiver)

Ahoy Deathlings!

Today we bring you a tale that cashes in on so many of our greatest fears:

Cannibalism

Your ship sinking

Starvation/dehydration 

"Survivor" But Make it Maybe/Probably Racist

Whales

OK, maybe that last one is one of MY greatest fears,...

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Animal Crossing and Crafting Digital Memorials Under COVID-19

Hello Deathlings! 

Today we have a new article for you about something I know nothing about: video games. 

That's not to say that I don't love what video games can do for people – in this case provide opportunities for ritual and community when grieving. I'll tell you what...

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NEW Video: How Funeral Directors are Coping with COVID

Hello Deathlings, 

Surprise! It's a midweek video! 

About coronavirus. 

[TIRED TROMBONE.]

I know, we're all suffering from corona-fatigue. I'm there too. 

<...

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New Article: Privilege Does Not End With Death

Hello Deathlings!

We have a new article on the Order website today that is a great tie to the video we released over the weekend

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"How can we integrate in life if we can't integrate in death?"

Greetings Deathlings, 

How are you all doing? 

Have you plundered the depths of Netflix? Created a new Instagram dedicated to the 173 loaves of bread you've baked? Is napping your new hobby?

I joke. I know that many of you are essential workers and are going out there ...

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NEW Video: New York, COVID-19, & ALL THE DEATH MISINFORMATION

Greetings Deathlings, 

How was your weekend? 

A friend of mine in New York City, at a loss for how to give her young son the whole VIP Easter treatment, told him that the Easter bunny was quarantined. Don't worry, he still got pancakes and Black Panther movie time.&...

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Peter Stefan's Go Fund Me Page

Hello Deathlings!

We don't normally do stuff like this – sharing fundraisers on our Patreon page – but because of our recent video about Peter Stefan and the special circumstances of these difficult time...

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Coffee, Donuts, and Funeral Director

Hello Deathlings!

How are you hanging in there? I feel like I've asked you all this question a thousand times in the last few days, but things can change so quickly! As demonstrated by the fact that in the span of 10 days I've gone from ROAD TRIPPIN' to shelter in place. 

This is...

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New Video: Funerals in the Age of Coronavirus

Hello Deathlings!

After a whirlwind ONE DAY turn around of composing, shooting, and releasing this video, I'm really happy that it's out there in YouTube Land and that we are able to provide the information that so many of you were asking for. 

Thank you to everyone who wrote in ...

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Talking About Death During COVID-19

Hello Deathlings, 

How are you doing? 

In our continuing effort to bring you resources and information during these difficult times, we have a new article today from Order writer/researcher, Louise Hung: 2020-03-25 17:58:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Burials & Funerals Under COVID-19

Hello Deathlings! 

I'll keep this brief. Here is a document we've created to answer some of the questions you've posed to us about burials and funerals during the spread of COVID-...

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YOU have rights! And YOU have rights! EVERYONE has end of life rights!

Hello Deathlings, 

Welcome to the video that many of you have been asking for for years. I'm so happy that we are finally bringing you a video focused on transgender rights at the end of life and after death. 

Everyone on the Order team and Team Death Video PLUS the team at ...

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Mortuary School: So Glamorous, So SCANDALOUS

Hello Deathlings!

OK, I don't know if anybody ever said mortuary school was GLAMOROUS (sorry to burst that bubble), but sadly in the case of the American Academy McAllister Institute (AAMI) AKA the HARVARD OF MORTUARY SCHOOLS, scandal is their middle name. 

I've been wanting to t...

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Getting a Good Deal When You Have to Deal With Death

Hello Deathlings! 

I feel like there are two general types of people: 

1) People who dive fearlessly into a negotiation, bargaining with aplomb until they feel satisfied that $3 is a steal for that vintage prairie pickle dish. 

and

2) People who shudder at t...

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Ooh Skull Helmet Baby I Love Your Way, Everyday...

Hello Deathlings!

Could it be? Today's video is a MORBID MINUTE?!

I've gotta say, coming back to a short and sweet video like this was a delight. Plus babies in skull helmets?!  Has there ever been a Morbid Minute that Morbid Minuted more than this Morbid Minute? 

Not ...

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Paula Poundstone, Emily Graslie, and ME

Hello Deathlings! 

To hold you over until our next video, check out these sweet guest spots I got to do with:

Paula Poundstone: https://apple.co/3b...

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Patron Exclusive Bloopers! "The legend lives on...Chippewa on down...Gitche Gumee..."

Hello Deathlings! 

Who doesn't enjoy me weathering the the trials and tribulations of recording?

To distract you from your Tuesday responsibilities, I offer you a short Patron Exclusive blooper reel. 

As always, this video is only for you, dear Patron. Please do not sh...

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What Lies Beneath Lake Superior (and the Song That Will Be Frozen in Your Head for All Time)

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy

That song will never not be in my head. I will be singing it on my death bed. ...

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Does This Video Spark Joy in You?

Greetings Deathlings!

Let me tell you about the genesis of this video. 

(This is not a Genesis vinyl clock that I thanked and let go of, but I couldn't help but clutter this post wit...

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My First EXPOSURE to Tintype Mourning Portraits

Greetings Deathlings,

Welcome to our first video of 2020! 

What we bring to you today is the culmination of one mortician's dream to be the architect of her own postmortem photos. 

DREAMS CAN COME TRUE, DEATHLINGS. 

(If you have the right team!)

OK –...

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What Our Resident Death Law Experts Have to Say About 2019 & the Future of Death

Happy New Year Deathlings!

I hope your decade is off to an excellent start. 

To kick off the year, we bring you our first article of 2020!

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Oh You Know, Just Shooting a Victorian Funeral Video in a New York City Landmark

Hello Deathlings,

We present to you a new video* today – and what a video, if I do say so myself! 

Through means I'm not entirely sure of but I'm not asking too many questions, we were not only allowed into, but warmly invited to shoot a pair of videos at the 2019-12-17 18:42:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Brunch, Bangs, and Cremated Remains: A Week in My Life

Hello Deathlings! 

It's a new MIDWEEK video! Come one, come all!*

Woohoo! [AIRHORN! ROOSTER CROWS! BEAT DROPS!]

Today you get a whole lot of me. A week's worth to be exact. 

I actually started this VLOG as a sort of SECRET project. Candidly, I wasn't sure if it w...

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The Government Has No Fury Like a Band of Female Funeral Arrangers Scorned

Hello my deathy darlings, 

It's a new Order article! This one's about how the fight for a good death incited a revolution. 

Order contributor Rafaela Ferraz, conducts research on the collection and d...

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Death & Disney Part 3: Feeling a Little SCATTERED at Disneyland?

Hello My Darling Deathlings!

Today we bring you the final installment of our "Death and Disney" series. We hope you still find the Magic Kingdom so enchanting the next time you're floating through the It's a Small World ride or the Pirates of the Caribbean, your hand grazes the water, and y...

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Death & Disney Part 2: All Aboard the Dark Ride!

Hello Deathlings! 

Welcome to round two of IT'S A DARK WORLD AFTER ALL. 

There were so many things that didn’t make it into the final scripts, and one of them  is this fascinating bit of Disney lore about the Haunted Mansion and a family of Disney Imagineers.

...

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New MIDWEEK VIDEO + It's Disney Death Week!

What's this?

A video on A TUESDAY?

A DEATH & DISNEY video on a TUESDAY??

THREE DEATH & DISNEY VIDEOS IN ONE WEEK?!?

EMBRACE YOUR FUTU...

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BONUS Caitlin + Kidz Tea Party Video: Real Talk About Bangs & Death

Hello Deathlings!

So remember that time I sat down with two wee deathlings over limeade and cakes and Play-Doh and we talked death?

Well believe it or not that shoot was not the tidy 12 minutes and 59 seconds we presented to you. We had over three hours of footage that was, to be hone...

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