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Would you want your skeleton to be used as decoration and repentance-inspo? What if you were a 17th century Portuguese Catholic? Destinations: Evora, Alcantarilha, and Faro Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath *$5+ PATRONS! Check out Caitlin’s SECRET Shop for a limited edition item inspired by this video*: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/collections/patreon-exclusive *Earnings from the Secret Shop go to supporting The Order of the Good Death!* ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW THE ORDER OF THE GOOD DEATH*** Donations: https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/donate Become a member! The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***PRODUCTION CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Andy Windak Thumbnail: Landis Blair (@LandisBlair) Bone Houses & Sardines Song performed by DARRENCORP (@darrencorp) Thank you to our friend Dr. Paul Koudounaris for being so generous with his research and insight on charnel houses. Find him at @hexenkult on Instagram. ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** Koudounaris, Dr. Paul The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses Thames & Hudson, 2011
Let's Visit the Churches Made of Human Skulls
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“I made a huge mistake.” – Ray Loewen (probably) Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath *$5+ PATRONS! Check out Caitlin’s SECRET Shop for a limited edition item inspired by this video*: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/collections/patreon-exclusive ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW THE ORDER OF THE GOOD DEATH*** Donations: https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/donate Become a member! The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***PRODUCTION CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer and Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Andy Windak Thumbnail: Landis Blair (@LandisBlair) Thank you to our friend Tanya Marsh, professor of funeral and cemetery law, for lending her eyes to our script and helping us navigate all the legal speak and courtroom drama as we created this video. https://law.wfu.edu/faculty/profile/marshtd/ ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** “Fight to the Death” http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,135163,00.html “In Mississippi, deal with funeral home giant helped sway a jury” https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1997/10/25/in-mississippi-deal-with-funeral-home-giant-helped-sway-a-jury/ “The Burial” by Jonathan Harr http://www.condenet.com/mags/newyorker/asme/categories/artwork/pdf/11_01_99_Harr_Well.pdf “Brash Funeral Chain Meets Its Match in Old South” https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/27/us/brash-funeral-chain-meets-its-match-in-old-south.html “A Homegrown Disaster” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrishamby/homegrown-disaster “IN THE MATTER OF: THE LOEWEN GROUP, INC. and RAYMOND L. LOEWEN, Claimants/Investors, v. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent/Party.” https://www.italaw.com/sites/default/files/case-documents/italaw9047_0.pdf “History of the Loewen Group Inc.” https://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/58/The-Loewen-Group-Inc.html
The Man Who Took Down a $3 Billion Funeral Empire
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"They have to remember Jack alive." Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath *$5+ PATRONS! Check out Caitlin’s SECRET Shop for a limited edition item inspired by this video*: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/collections/patreon-exclusive ***Films and Images Courtesy of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza*** Abraham Zapruder Film Orville Nix Film Tina Towner Film Ivan Sharp Collection Towner Collection Bill Winfrey Collection KRLD-TV/KDFW-TV Collection WFAA-TV Collection Dallas Times Herald Collection (photographers Darryl Heikes, Eamon Kennedy, John Mazziotta) Dallas Morning News Collection (donated in the interest of preserving history) ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW THE ORDER OF THE GOOD DEATH*** Donations: https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/donate Become a member! The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***PRODUCTION CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer and Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Timothy Meier Thumbnail: Landis Blair (@LandisBlair) This video was greatly informed by the book “The Death of a President" by the late William Manchester. Since new information has come to light in the past decades, a huge thank you to Stephen Fagin from The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza for your assistance and insight into many of the details in this story. A portion of this video features The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas. Thank you to Megan Bryant and the Museum staff for your thoughtful assistance. Learn more about the Museum at https://www.jfk.org/ ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** Manchester, William The Death of a President Little, Brown and Company; reprint edition 2013 The Loved One (1965 film) directed by Tony Richardson based on the book by Evelyn Waugh The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza https://www.jfk.org/page-timeline/ “Fond Farewells” https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/death/fond-farewells “JFK assassiantion – timeline” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/22/jfk-assassination-timeline “Jackie Kennedy's Secret Service Agent Remembers President Kennedy's Funeral” https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a8643/jackie-kennedy-jfk-assassination/ “Burial At Sea: The Odyssey of JFK’s Original Casket” https://anthonybergen.medium.com/burial-at-sea-the-odyssey-of-jfk-s-original-casket-8c458b758c64 “How Jackie Kennedy Orchestrated The Perfect Funeral” https://www.businessinsider.com/jfk-funeral-arrangement-2013-11 “Eyewitness to the Autopsy of JFK” https://countryroadsmagazine.com/art-and-culture/history/eyewitness-to-history/ “Funeral Arrangements for John Fitzgerald Kennedy” (Gawler account) https://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/arrb/master_med_set/pdf/md134.pdf “The woman who forced us to look death in the face” https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160721-how-jessica-mitford-changed-our-ideas-about-death
Why JFK's Casket Stayed Closed
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Caitlin Doughty: Ghost for Hire Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath Learn more about Jolene’s work: Jolenelupo.com Stay updated on any classes or events with Jolene! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jolenelupo/ Learn more about Penumbra Foundation: https://www.penumbrafoundation.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penumbrafoundation/ Vox Darkroom also did a great video on spirit photography, check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsx6xqi0vzU&t=1s *$5+ PATRONS! Check out Caitlin’s SECRET Shop for a limited edition item inspired by this video*: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/collections/patreon-exclusive ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, updates, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ The Order of the Good Death on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ordergooddeath/ The Order of the Good Death on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrderGoodDeath ***OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW OUR NON-PROFIT*** Donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath A one time donation: https://bit.ly/3iaz9jN The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Website: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath ***PRODUCTION CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer and Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Andy Windak This video was greatly informed by the book "The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost" by Peter Manseau. Thank you Mr. Manseau, for your insightful, exhaustive research as well as your engaging storytelling. Another invaluable resource was the book “The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer” by Louis Kaplan. Thank you Mr. Kaplan, for so artfully gathering such a wealth of Mumler documentation. ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** Manseau, Peter The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. New York, 2017. Kaplan, Louis The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer University of Minnesota Press, 2008. “But it looks so real! The parallel rise of photography and Spiritualism” https://www.artstor.org/2016/10/20/but-it-looks-so-real-the-parallel-rise-of-photography-and-spiritualism/ “Alexander Gardner Saw Himself as an Artist, Crafting the Image of War in All Its Brutality” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/alexander-gardner-saw-himself-artist-crafting-image-war-all-its-brutality-180956852/ “Spirit Photography Captured Love, Loss and Longing” https://theconversation.com/spirit-photography-captured-love-loss-and-longing-169239 “When Cameras Took Pictures of Ghosts” https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/when-cameras-took-pictures-of-ghosts/281010/ “A History of Photographing Ghosts” https://hyperallergic.com/332625/with-you-always-a-history-of-photographing-ghosts/
The 19th-Century Spirit Photography Grift
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CW: Discussions of suicide. If you are struggling, please sit this video out. If you need help or want to talk with someone, contact: UNITED STATES National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 suicidepreventionlifeline.org The Trevor Project — 24/7 LGBTQ+ support 1-866-488-7386 Thetrevorproject.org INTERNATIONAL Find a Helpline https://findahelpline.com/i/iasp Befrienders Worldwide https://www.befrienders.org/ Resources from Trevor Project for international individuals: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/resources-for-international-lgbtq-youth/ Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath *$5+ PATRONS! Check out Caitlin’s SECRET Shop for a limited edition item inspired by this video*: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/collections/patreon-exclusive ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, updates, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ The Order of the Good Death on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ordergooddeath/ The Order of the Good Death on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrderGoodDeath ***OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW OUR NON-PROFIT*** Donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath A one time donation: https://bit.ly/3iaz9jN The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Website: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath ***PRODUCTION CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer and Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Timothy Meier ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** “I Knew the Vessel Was Going to Have a Suicide Problem Years Before It Was Built” https://www.curbed.com/2021/01/vessel-hudson-yards-suicide-problem.html “Learning from the Vessel: How cities can be designed to prevent suicide” https://www.fastcompany.com/90665053/learning-from-the-vessel-how-cities-can-be-designed-to-prevent-suicide “Fourth Suicide at the Vessel Leads to Calls for Higher Barriers” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/29/nyregion/vessel-suicide-hudson-yards.html “Is This the Neighborhood New York Deserves?” https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/14/arts/design/hudson-yards-nyc.html “Can New York City’s ‘Vessel’ Be Saved?” https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/heatherwick-vessel-saved “What do New Yorkers get when privately-funded public art goes big?” https://www.archpaper.com/2016/12/heatherwick-hudson-yards-vessel-public-space-art/ “NYU Installs Aluminum Screens To Prevent Suicides In Bobst Library” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nyu-bobst-library-suicides-aluminum-screens_n_1812743 “Why suicide barriers work, especially at magnets like the Golden Gate Bridge” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/03/27/why-suicide-barriers-work-especially-at-magnets-like-the-golden-gate-bridge/
Is This $250 Million Selfie Spot Dangerous?
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By the skin of our books... Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath *$5+ PATRONS! Check out Caitlin’s SECRET Shop for a limited edition item inspired by this video*: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/collections/patreon-exclusive DARK ARCHIVES by Megan Rosenbloom is now in paperback: https://bookshop.org/books/dark-archives-a-librarian-s-investigation-into-the-science-and-history-of-books-bound-in-human-skin-9781250800169/9781250800169 More about Megan: https://meganrosenbloom.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/LibraryatNight Anthropodermic Book Project: https://anthropodermicbooks.org/ Learn more about The Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia: https://collegeofphysicians.org/library Twitter: https://twitter.com/CollegeofPhys ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, updates, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ The Order of the Good Death on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ordergooddeath/ The Order of the Good Death on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrderGoodDeath ***OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW OUR NON-PROFIT*** Donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath A one time donation: https://bit.ly/3iaz9jN The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Website: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath ***PRODUCTION CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer and Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Andy Windak A big thanks to Heidi Nance and her team at The Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia for talking with us, introducing us to the Marys, and most of all for your stewardship. Thank you for your hard work and collaboration! ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin Rosenbloom, Megan. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. New York, 2020. The Skin She Lived In: Anthropodermic Books in the Historical Medical Library https://histmed.collegeofphysicians.org/skin-she-lived-in/ Poetry Month and ARB-Phillis Wheatley's Poetry https://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/liblog/2014/04/poetry-month-and-arb-phillis-wheatleys-poetry/#more-24543 Blockley Almshouse https://collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/blockley-almshouse Philadelphia General Hospital (Old Blockley): Philadelphians "Ain't Goin' to no Bellevue" http://m.philaplace.org/story/897/ The History of the Necronomicon https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/hn.aspx A BINDING OF HUMAN SKIN IN THE HOUGHTON LIBRARY: A RECOMMENDATION https://www.princeton.edu/~needham/Bouland.pdf
Were Books Really Bound in Human Skin?
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Just a spoon full of ashes helps the (vampire) medicine go down. Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath *Our NEWLY REDESIGNED MERCH STORE*: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, updates, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ The Order of the Good Death on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ordergooddeath/ The Order of the Good Death on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrderGoodDeath ***OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW OUR NON-PROFIT*** Donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath A one time donation: https://bit.ly/3iaz9jN The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Website: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath ***CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer and Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Andy Windak A special thanks to Michael E. Bell, whose book “Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England’s Vampires” was incredibly informative in the creation of this video. We are so grateful for your scholarship and VAMPIRE SLEUTHING. Thank you to the National Museum of Health and Medicine for your thoughtful response to our questions and your important work with JB-55. ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England’s Vampires Bell, Michael E. Wesleyan University Press. Middletown, Connecticut, 2001. Vampire Forensics: Uncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend Jenkins, Mark Collins The National Geographic Society. Washington, DC, 2010. A History of Vampires in New England D’Agostino, Thomas The History Press. Charleston, South Carolina, 2010. “The Great New England Vampire Panic” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-new-england-vampire-panic-36482878/ “Mysterious Connecticut 'Vampire' Finally Identified 200 Years After Burial” https://www.livescience.com/66087-vampire-connecticut-dna.html “The Vampires of Rhode Island: Bright, Like An Angel. Nancy Young, 19, Foster. 1827” https://the-avocado.org/2019/10/23/the-vampires-of-rhode-island-bright-like-an-angel-nancy-young-19-foster-1827/ “A ‘vampire’s’ remains were found about 30 years ago in Connecticut. Now DNA is giving him new life.” https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-connecticut-vampire-20190731-oo4trsxg3vakflfiddzvipepri-story.html "Deadly Professions: Dracula, Undertakers, and the Embalmed Corpse" https://www.jstor.org/stable/3828796
America's Forgotten Vampire Panic
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For the DIE hard gardening enthusiast... Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath Learn more about Recompose: https://recompose.life/ Learn more about Bells Mountain: https://www.rememberland.org/ Explore our NEWLY REDESIGNED website: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, updates, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ The Order of the Good Death on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ordergooddeath/ The Order of the Good Death on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrderGoodDeath ***OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW OUR NON-PROFIT*** Donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath A one time donation: https://bit.ly/3iaz9jN The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Website: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath ***CREDITS*** Producer and Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Timothy Meier Thank you to Katrina Spade, Anna Swenson, and everyone at Recompose! We so appreciate your giving us a look behind the scenes at the important work you do. ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** Recompose https://recompose.life Bells Mountain (Remember Land) https://www.rememberland.org/ “Recompose, the human-composting alternative to burial and cremation, finds a home in Seattle’s Sodo area” https://www.seattletimes.com/life/recompose-the-human-composting-project-finds-a-home-in-seattles-sodo/ “Recompose, the first human-composting funeral home in the U.S., is now open for business” https://www.seattletimes.com/life/recompose-the-first-human-compositing-funeral-home-in-the-u-s-is-now-open-for-business/ “Compost your departed loved one and save the planet, L.A. lawmaker says” https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-24/california-human-compost-legislation “Cremation rate in the United States from 1975 to 2020” https://www.statista.com/statistics/251702/cremation-rate-in-the-united-states/ “Dust to dust: Will California lawmakers legalize human composting — transforming bodies into soil?” https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/08/human-composting-california-law/
Let's Visit the Human Composting Facility!
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The locals feared her wellness retreat was not what it seemed. Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath A special thanks to our Olalla guide, author and historian Gregg Olsen. You and your meticulously researched book, "Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest" were instrumental to this video. Follow Gregg at https://www.facebook.com/GreggOlsenAuthor/ Starting today you can read the ebook of "Starvation Heights" for only $2.99. Shop at https://amzn.to/3kxv0I9 A big thanks to author and independent researcher, Bess Lovejoy. Learn more about Bess at http://www.besslovejoy.com/ and https://twitter.com/besslovejoy ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, updates, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ The Order of the Good Death on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ordergooddeath/ The Order of the Good Death on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrderGoodDeath ***OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW OUR NON-PROFIT*** Donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath A one time donation: https://bit.ly/3iaz9jN The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Website: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath ***CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer and Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Andy Windak Starvation Heights/Olalla Expert: Gregg Olsen Research Consultant: Bess Lovejoy Voice Talent: Sarah Chavez Alex Rogals Megan Rosenbloom H. Rosenbloom ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** Olsen, Gregg Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest. Crown Publishing Group. New York, 1997. "The Doctor Who Starved Her Patients to Death" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/doctor-who-starved-her-patients-death-180953158/ "Exquisite Corpses" https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2012/03/butterworth-mortuarys-exquisite-corpses-april-2012
The Doctor, the Mortician, and the Murder
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Did Flying Corpses Spread the Plague?
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