Category Archives: Death Professions

Dead White Girls

This was a course assignment for Death and the MaidenClass: Death and the MaidenOriginal Date: September 22, 2022 I will confess upfront that I am a devotee of crime shows.  I watch NCIS, FBI, and the Law and Orders.  I’ve also been known … Continue reading

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Book: What the Dead Know

True crime aficionados know that medical examiners, like the late great Dr. Donald Mallard (Ducky) on NCIS, talk to the dead and the dead talk back. It is not unusual when watching an episode of NCIS to hear Ducky, or … Continue reading

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Books: All the Living and the Dead

When I think of people who work with the dead, I think of people who work in funeral homes, including funeral directors and embalmers, police detectives and that’s about it. However, in her entertaining book All the Living and the … Continue reading

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