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fromFuturism
3 days ago

You Will Never Guess What This Startup Is Turning Human Remains Into

"I started to get emails from all kinds of people asking if I could glaze pieces of pottery with their loved ones' remains," he told the WSJ. Unfortunately, dealing with the flood of requests helped Crowe realize that pottery wasn't a great avenue for scaling a business, as it only uses a fraction of a person's dusty leftovers. He ended up revamping his enterprise, coming up with Parting Stones' "solidification service," which begins at $1,195 for pets and $2,495 for humans.
Startup companies
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Thai woman found alive in coffin before temple cremation

A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation. Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in the province of Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok , posted a video on its Facebook page, showing a woman lying in a white coffin in the back of a pick-up truck, slightly moving her arms and head, leaving temple staff bewildered.
World news
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

New burial laws to modernize German funeral culture DW 09/20/2025

Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt reformed burial laws to allow river scattering, home urns, garden scattering, and creation of memorial diamonds.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
4 months ago

'Family killer' Ian Rutledge cremated in secret ceremony attended by just five relatives

Ian Rutledge, suspected of a triple murder-suicide, was cremated privately with five family members in attendance.
Real estate
from24/7 Wall St.
5 months ago

Burial Space Scarcity Turns Cemetery Plots Into High ROI Real Estate Assets

Cremation is often preferred in densely populated areas due to limited burial space and exhumation laws.
Fundraising
from24/7 Wall St.
5 months ago

Cremation Nation: Why Traditional Burials Are Dying Out

Cremation's rise to 61.9% in 2024 is reshaping the funeral economy, driven by affordability and cultural changes.
Black Lives Matter
fromNew York Post
7 months ago

New York family claims they cremated 'missing' sister - only to find out they'd grieved the wrong person

A New York family mistakenly cremated a stranger's remains, believing them to be their missing sister's.
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