Halloween 2024: Some people might find my hobby “morbid.” I find it incredibly soothing.

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I 'died' for half an hour while giving birth in a gruelling 54-hour labour, what I saw made me not afraid of death anymore

Nilufer Atik, 49, a writer from Surrey, collapsed and was unresponsive for half an hour as she felt herself slowly 'slipping away'. Nilufer Atik, 49, from Surrey, nearly died and was completely unresponsive following a gruelling 54-hour labour Nilufer is pictured in hospital after coming round following the lifechanging experience I couldn't cope any longer and every contraction was making …

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1 day, 14 hours ago

Notes from a graveyard shift: Life Hacks by Charles Assisi

Hindustan Times

This Monday, I went with my wife to a cemetery to exhume her father’s remains. The kind that doesn’t just make you sweat, but makes your skin feel like it is being slow-roasted. My wife stood quietly as her father’s remains were collected. All this while, my mind was making its way to that inevitable thought: One day, I would …

Life Hacks Live My Wife

2 weeks, 3 days ago

A morbid imagination is a lovely thing for an obituary writer

The Hindu

A leading Indian newspaper recently asked me to write an obituary for a well-known writer. In a spoof-shot at writing her own memorial, The New York Times obituary writer Margalit Fox describes this practice as “the Sisyphean task of obit editors to stockpile ‘advances’ for as many of the newsworthy undead as possible”, to which she herself contributed “dozens”. “He …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

I died and was sent back to deliver an urgent message. Here's what heaven looks like... and the daunting decision I had to make before I returned

Daily Mail

When Amber Cavanagh woke on the morning of December 23, 2021, she knew something was very wrong with her normally healthy body. When Amber Cavanagh woke on the morning of December 23, 2021, she knew something was very wrong with her normally healthy body Amber's neuroscientist called her his miracle patient following her recovery The Canadian-based psychic recounts her story …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

What the dead have to say to the living: Lessons from a psychic reading

LA Times

With shoulder-length blond hair, black dress and black knee-high boots, Jennifer Rose cuts a preacherly silhouette — less Bible-thumping, more New Age — standing on a small stage in the retirement community of Laguna Woods Village. It’s a split second,” Rose says, “and what we take with us when we pass over to that place is love and our memories.” …

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1 month ago

A grisly horror movie death can be so much more than just useless carnage — if it's well-written

Salon

If you asked my parents to describe what I was like as a child using only one word, they’d spit out “anxious” before you even finished the question. It’s also what makes those films from the “Final Destination” franchise so much fun: Some will perish, and one or two others will avoid balconies and heavy machinery for the movie’s duration. …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Benedict Cumberbatch explains how a near-death experience in South Africa changed the way he looks at life

CNN

CNN — Benedict Cumberbatch has played a superhero involved in some precarious situations, but it turns out the actor has also experienced an actual life-threatening situation in his past. In an interview with Variety published this week, the “Doctor Strange” star revealed that in 2004, he was with friends in South Africa while shooting the BBC miniseries “To the Ends …

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Tips on overcoming the loss of cherished, personal belongings in disasters

Associated Press

Losing important sentimental belongings — those items that represented who you are — can be traumatic for those who go through disasters that destroy homes. “Our body also takes time to absorb the blow.” Recovering from loss requires “understanding the impact that it’s having,” says O’Connor. Document the stories,” says Matt Paxton, a decluttering expert and author of “Keep the …

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3 months ago

Four directors take wildly different looks at mortality

LA Times

Auteurs may be known for the distinctive personal themes their films often address. Of course, Azazel Jacobs’ “His Three Daughters,” Paul Schrader’s “Oh, Canada,” David Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds” and Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” offer wildly different looks at mortality, with their creators’ signatures all over them. “It’s the biggest story of all of our lives,” says Jacobs, whose …

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3 months ago

I want to forget my nightmare 2024 - I was left close to despair by Mum's cancer death and my own very expensive divorce, by the Mail's wealth guru JEFF PRESTRIDGE

Daily Mail

On New Year’s Eve, I intend to dance the night away with friends at a hotel in Berkshire. Mum’s funeral was beautifully choreographed by my younger sister Joy – a tribute to a life well-lived rather than an occasion for mourning. Sorting out Mum’s estate proved tricky and time-consuming – not easy when, right up to her death, she had …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘No Place to Bury the Dead’ is a moving meditation on migration, displacement and loss

LA Times

Book Review No Place to Bury the Dead By Karina Sainz Borgo Random House: 256 pages, $26 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. In a fictional town not far from the border of an unnamed Latin American country, a woman named Visitación Salazar has made …

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4 months, 1 week ago

A bleak life

New Indian Express

Things go from bad to worse when Madina’s brother finds the courage to share a painful secret from the past that threatens to destroy the relationships in the extended family. Should they continue to maintain their silence or find the voice and courage to bring the horror to light, one which has all but ruined a young man’s life? Filmmaker …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

When My Husband Died, I Did Something That May Shock And Disturb You. I Hope This Explains Why.

Huff Post

In the 13 months Jeff lived while dying of pancreatic cancer, we walked a 1-mile loop in our small mountain town every day, sometimes twice a day, mostly holding hands. Questions like, “Who do you want to speak at your memorial?” and, “Do you think I was a good partner?” And “Is it hard for you — all these hard …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Help! I Am Overcome With a Bone-Shuddering Terror That the Grim Reaper Is About to Pull Me Into the Void.

Slate

Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. My sister couldn’t handle her and when her husband would come home and set Josie straight—it ended in a war. Dear Live Once, Do you think a life where you aren’t married to a person you don’t love, have never loved, and don’t want to be married to, is a destroyed version of your …

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5 months ago

What owning a cemetery taught me about love

Salon

“This is a completely crazy place — look at those graves!” A young, well-heeled couple stood at a window of the renovated church where my partner and I had found ourselves on a Sunday afternoon. Despite being featured on the Zillow Gone Wild Instagram account, the house sat on the market for nearly a year with no offers I’d recently …

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5 months ago

Everything you need to know about Death before the ‘Agatha All Along’ finale

LA Times

This story contains spoilers for Episode 7 of “Agatha All Along.” One thing “Agatha All Along” has made clear over the course of the series is that death comes for us all. The seventh episode of the Disney+ series, aptly titled “Death’s Hand in Mine,” sees the rest of Agatha’s makeshift coven finally learn that the mysteriously dangerous but charismatic …

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5 months ago

The people who came back from the dead: Thrashing around during organ removal, waking up in body bags and a 'knock, knock' from inside the coffin... terrifying tales of life after 'death'

Daily Mail

Death is one of few certainties in life, and everybody has their time. Kiara Crislayne de Moura dos Santos was admitted to Faustino Riscarolli Hospital in Correia Pinto, in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, in the early hours of October 19 Paramedics are seen at the funeral of the baby who was found to be alive at her own …

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5 months ago

Sorting through an old box of photographs is a nostalgia rush

The Independent

PHOTOGRAPHS Repurposing a room is like moving home, furniture in the hallway Waits for the carpet to be re-cut to accommodate New shelves, empty cupboards and vacant drawers. My mother emerges from my knowledge of her death Sweetly smiling as if she were in the next room, waiting, With her young face on. Long-dead friends Wave and pose, while those …

5 months, 1 week ago

Each year at this time, tombstone tourists take in the sights at cemeteries

NPR

Each year at this time, tombstone tourists take in the sights at cemeteries Loren Rhoads — the author of “222 Cemeteries to See Before You Die” — acts as our cemetery travel guide this Halloween season. Loren Rhoads is the author of "222 Cemeteries To See Before You Die." But I think sometimes, people don't realize the amount of beauty …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

How I learned to cope with my fear of death.

Slate

I used to think I had a decent relationship with death. So it became abundantly clear that I needed to find my own way through my fear of death, because it wasn’t going away. My personal death meditation tradition started when I stumbled across a documentary called Obit, about the New York Times’ obituary desk. Without quite meaning to, by …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Preparing for goodbye: How honest talks about death can ease the pain of loss

Hindustan Times

Dr. Vanessa Rodriguez is no stranger to talking about death. Palliative care doctor Dr. Vanessa Rodriguez advocates for open discussions about death to ease family anxieties. Start an open and honest dialogue Thinking through details and resolving loose ends can help families cope when the inevitable happens: Where might their loved one like to be buried? “But there are so …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Talking about death can be tricky. Here’s how to start the conversation

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Dr. Vanessa Rodriguez is no stranger to talking about death. Start an open and honest dialogue Thinking through details and resolving loose ends can help families cope when the inevitable happens: Where might their loved one like to be buried? “But there are so many tough conversations we have to have in life, and this shouldn’t be …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Jeremy Clarke: Laughing in the face of death – a story of the final years

The Independent

But you look so well!” How many times have I heard that lately. “But you should see the rest of it,” I laugh gaily, detailing the bulge in my neck where the chemotherapy tube remains in place; the young Brigitte Bardot breasts; the scarred, punctured jelly belly; the spindle shanks; the lizard-skin calves; the knobbly feet; the black toenails oozing …

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1 year ago

We talked to dozens of people about their experience of grief. Here’s what we learned

ABC

Have you ever felt a sudden pang of sadness? Grief is often imagined as a time-bound period in which one processes the pain of loss — that is, adjusts to absence and works toward "moving on". "Prolonged grief disorder" is the name given to "persistent difficulties associated with bereavement that exceeded expected social, cultural, or religious expectations". As bereaved daughter …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Anaar Daana review: Lived-in account of a child wrestling with the idea of grief

Hindustan Times

Do you remember the first time you learnt of the concept of death? Debutante filmmaker Nishi Dugar's short film Anaar Daana tries to make sense of that pain – not of death, but of learning about it the very first time. A still from Nishi Dugar's Anaar Daana Sweet sourness Premiering in competition at the ongoing Berlin Film Festival, Anaar …

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1 year, 3 months ago

What does healing look like, in unruly and unpredictable grief?

Hindustan Times

So much has changed when it comes to how we grieve. “The one thing that stands out about Millennials and Gen Z is that they have learned to walk with grief, using whatever means they have,” says life coach Chetna Chakravarthy. “I just find it hard to say my feeling to people and so social media was easier because I …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Hayley's morbid curiosity

ABC

Ever since Hayley Campbell was a little girl she has been fascinated by death. Her father was the comic book artist behind the classic graphic novel, From Hell, and oftentimes his violent drawings of murder and death would be lying around the home, and Hayley would use discarded drafts as scrap paper for her homework. As she got older, Hayley …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Life and death and how doctors deal with real intimations of mortality everyday

The Hindu

From the classics till modern works of fiction and non-fiction, the central exploration of literature has been around questions of life and/or mortality. Unexpected antagonist In Paul Kalanithi’s poetic autobiography published posthumously, When Breath Becomes Air, death is the unexpected antagonist, appearing in the form of lung cancer that finally fells him. Inspiring stories Several giants in the Indian health …

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55 years, 2 months ago

Happy Halloween: More than half of Americans say they’ve been visited by a ghost.

Slate

A lot of Americans say they’ve been visited by the dead. Most dramatically, the survey found that women were significantly more likely than men to say they had been “visited” by the dead. “Most Protestantism is trying to banish the supernaturalism.” As one might expect, atheists tended not to believe they’d been visited by a deceased loved one. Plenty of …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Halloween reading guide: 10 terrifying books worth the nightmare

Hindustan Times

Spooky…Terrifying…Spine Chilling… If you're looking to spend some one-on-one time with the witches and ghosts or maybe even accompany them on a few hair-raising murders, we have a list of the 10 books that suit the theme of Halloween horror. The Shining -Stephen King In one of King's most recognizable horror books, you read a tale of a haunted hotel, …

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55 years, 2 months ago

‘Tombstone tourists’ travel to the world’s coolest cemeteries

CNN

CNN — Until she left for college, film historian Karie Bible spent almost her entire childhood living next to a cemetery. “It’s always an adventure and always an experience to go in, dig around and see what you can find.” Cemeteries are teeming with history Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, represents "Southern gothic at its finest," Bible said. “They all …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Dead man’s corpse left rotting outside house for days after being mistaken for Halloween prop

The Independent

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1 year, 5 months ago

Ghost hunt in graveyard of 15,000 mannequins could be UK’s creepiest Halloween attraction

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A woman has transformed her salvage yard into Britain's creepiest Halloween attraction – a ghost hunt …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Opinion: I thought I had it made. Then I accidentally discovered my brain tumor

LA Times

Eating in my favorite Westside restaurant last December, I had cause for celebration. “We’ll need an MRI to see it in detail.” My chest froze as I worried that an unlucky rogue cluster of cells could kill me. I remembered my wise Manhattanite friend Susan teasing me after I’d recently turned 50: “Now everything falls apart.” Hooked to machines, I …

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1 year, 6 months ago

I died and saw the afterlife - my deceased relatives turned me away at the pearly gates for an unexpected reason

Daily Mail

Nearly 40 percent of cardiac arrest patients were still conscious up to an hour Researchers claim they have discovered a 'new dimensions of reality' after studying people who came back from the dead. Dr Sam Parnia, senior study author and critical care physician at NYU Langone in New York City, said: 'Although doctors have long thought that the brain suffers …

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1 year, 7 months ago

I've studied thousands of near-death experiences and have become convinced there's an afterlife

Daily Mail

Seeing a bright light or hovering as a spirit over one’s own body have become cultural tropes to describe near-death experiences. Dr Long, a former skeptic, argued that years of researching the similarities among different accounts of people’s brushes with death have upended his own beliefs about a possible afterlife. Thirty-seven years ago, an article in the Journal of the …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Review: Back in the horror laboratory, ‘birth/rebirth’ is alive (alive!) with female tensions

LA Times

Bodies make sense to morgue technician Rose — it’s people that don’t. Marin Ireland and Judy Reyes in the movie “birth/rebirth.” What brings Celie into Rose’s twisted orbit is the sudden death of her daughter, Lila, from bacterial meningitis. Out of her mind with grief, Celie aligns herself with Rose’s experiment to bring Lila back to life, using biological material …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Want to feel thrilled to be alive? Try death meditation

LA Times

On a recent Saturday night, the scene was serene inside Tac-tile Mountain, a small, carefully curated shop in Pasadena. Tac-tile Mountain was hosting “Death Reflections,” a two-hour, $55 workshop led by Marifel Catalig, a trained death doula and breathwork instructor. It had been advertised on Instagram as “a breath guided meditation intended to contemplate death in many forms.” The description …

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1 year, 9 months ago

I've Had 2 Near-Death Experiences. Here's What I Saw Before I Came Back To Life.

Huff Post

The author and her husband, Bruce, in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1984, just a few months before their son was born and she experienced her first near-death experience. The occurrences had distinctly different features, but years later, when I read books that summarized information on thousands of NDEs, I noticed they described events like those I’d gone through. At that …

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1 year, 11 months ago

At 83, death is a constant. ‘How can we integrate these losses and still feel grounded?’

LA Times

For years, when I’d check in on my parents and ask what they were up to, they’d have to cut the phone call short. Read his other columns “That’s when it’s the most difficult,” Lynn told me. “We’re still living vibrant lives, most of the seniors I know,” Lynn said. Of my vulnerability.” Loss comes in three forms, Lynn said, …

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2 years ago

Is there life after death? People who have 'died' reveal their incredible tales

Daily Mail

A light at the end of a dark tunnel, the voice of loved ones, a chorus of angels. Lynn Mildner, 69, has a vivid memory of a 'beautiful white light' and talking with her family members who have passed away Lynn Mildner: 'There was a beautiful white light I knew I must head for' Lynn Mildner, 69, from Kings Langley, …

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2 years ago

Book Review | Naturalistâ€™s whodunit is crisp and satisfying

Deccan Chronicle

A whodunit laid out in short, crisp chapters, Death In Shambles is a breezy read, pleasurable in its pitch-perfect tone and language as well as the natural-sounding register of the conversations between the various characters. Set in a quintessentially Indian ‘hill station’ where vagaries of phone lines and erratic electric supply is a given — Debrakot — the silence and …

2 years, 1 month ago

The Disruptors Who Want to Make Death Greener

Wired

At least six states have legalized the process so far, and California, the most populous US state, will allow human composting in 2027 after a law passed last year goes into effect, opening up the potential for millions of new customers. “There is a newer disconnect between the fundamental idea of ritual around death in human composting versus a bizarre …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Scared to talk about death? Blame the Victorians

The Independent

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2 years, 1 month ago

Attention, obituary readers: ABC’s new sitcom captures the spirit(s) behind them

LA Times

In “Not Yet Dead,” a perfectly pleasant, somewhat nonsensical, attractively peopled supernatural sitcom premiering Wednesday on ABC, Gina Rodriguez plays Nell, who after five years in London and a bad breakup returns to Southern California and a new job at her old newspaper, the fictional SoCal Independent. In the episodes I’ve seen, guest ghosts include Mo Collins as a motivational …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Funeral home finds woman breathing hours after declared dead

Associated Press

MILLER PLACE, N.Y. — An 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead at a New York nursing home but found to be breathing three hours later at the funeral home where she had been taken, authorities said. The woman was pronounced dead at Water’s Edge Rehab and Nursing Center at Port Jefferson on Long Island at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Suffolk County police …

Funeral Home Woman

2 years, 2 months ago

Communing with the dead: A photographer spent 20 years documenting seánces

CNN

CNN — Though photographer Shannon Taggart grew up only an hour from Lily Dale, New York, the lakeside hamlet where people congregate to commune with the dead, she didn’t visit until she was 26 years old. “I found very sincere practitioners, not making a lot of money, who are called to this type of work.” Taggart soon found she loved …

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2 years, 4 months ago

After My Mom's Death, I Developed A Seemingly Innocent Habit. Then It Spiraled Out Of Control.

Huff Post

The author and her mother, circa 1980. I begin to take pictures, rapid-fire, only to be interrupted by my phone flashing: “Cannot Take Photo.” This is not the first time my phone has shamed me for being unable to “Manage My Storage.” It started when my children were born, and now there are 22,383 pictures and 855 videos that I …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Halloween 2022: Enter the world of horror with these five nail biting audiobooks

Firstpost

To really get into the Halloween spirit, tune into these incredible, spine-tingling horror audio stories on Audible that sure to spook the living daylights out of you. To really get into the Halloween spirit, tune into these incredible, spine-tingling horror audio stories on Audible that sure to spook the living daylights out of you – check out this exclusive title …

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Halloween 2024: Some people might find my hobby “morbid.” I find it incredibly soothing.

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