How do you know whose ashes are in that urn? And what happens to gold fillings and metal plates when a person is cremated?

For more than 30 years, 85-year-old Daisy Marshall believed her husband's ashes were safely contained in an urn at her home.

As more people worry about their environmental footprint in both life and death, one cemetery operator is offering a unique alternative to traditional burials – coffins and urns made of mushrooms.

Photos of the horrifying scene showed bone fragments and mineral residue scattered across the dusty landscape, some collected in piles and others strewn among bushes and cacti.

As interest in cremation has grown, so has the ability to creatively memorialize a loved one beyond a traditional urn. From jewelry to solidified stones, and from diamonds to coral ...

Burial plots at Australian cemeteries are being sold for up to $165,000 as a shortage of space ramps up demand.

A man stands accused of desecrating bodies at a funeral home. A bereaved mother will stop at nothing to get justice for her ...

SITTING on the window sill in a family’s spare bedroom is an urn containing the ashes of twisted serial killer Dennis Nielsen. These people are not related to the murderer – one of the ...

In March 2024, the cemetery sent a letter to the family stating that the cremated remains had either been “mixed up and ...