Sam Altman is among those linked to a startup exploring brain preservation that could one day enable digital consciousness, a ...

The Mortuary Assistant, the new movie based on Brian Clarke’s horror-filled game, is now streaming on Shudder. The Jeremiah Kipp-directed ...

A funeral that was intended to be a loving memorial to a father from South Gate took a turn for the horrifying when family members approached the casket and found him in a grotesque and oozing state ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A family is suing Risher Mortuary & Cremation Service in Montebello. (Google Maps) A funeral that was intended to be a loving ...

A funeral that was intended to be a loving memorial to a father from South Gate took a turn for the horrifying when family members approached the casket and found him in a grotesque and oozing state ...

Relatives of a man who died of heart problems are suing a Montebello mortuary, saying they were “horrified” that the embalming was done so poorly that liquid was oozing from the decedent’s face during ...

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A newly translated papyrus from ancient Egypt dating back 3,500 years provides a rare insight into Egyptian embalming techniques. The ancient medical text details a procedure never identified before ...

In nearly 40 years as a funeral director and embalmer, I’ve been asked more times than I can count, “What exactly is embalming, and how do you do it?” Most people have heard of it, but very few ...

Even something as simple as refrigeration helped, as it allowed for the embalming process to be delayed a few days because the body could be preserved longer. The McGuire family said that one of the ...

Note: Some of the details in this story are disturbing. CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A Chesapeake family has filed a lawsuit against a well-known funeral home claiming negligence in the way their loved ...