DEATH

29 Unforgettable Epitaphs

These final words leave a lasting impression.

The grave of German film director F.W. Murnau

6 Historical Heads Stolen From Their Graves

F.W. Murnau isn't the only historical figure to have lost his head after death.

Where Are They Now? Things That Terrified Us in the '90s

Remember how scared we were of satanic cults, Y2K, and nuclear war? (Okay, we're still scared of nuclear war.)

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Mary Shelley's Favorite Keepsake: Her Dead Husband's Heart

The gruesome way the author of Frankenstein coped with her husband's death.

Grave Sightings: James Garfield

Though he was in office less than a year, Garfield's grave is one of the most elaborate presidential monuments ever built.

10 Things Your Body Can Do After You Die

From getting hitched to saving the environment, here's proof you can still be a busybody long after you kick the bucket.

The Harvard Chemistry Professor Who Was Also a Murderer

After George Parkman mysteriously disappeared on November 23, 1849, an unusual suspect emerged.

The Mysterious Life and Death of Kaspar Hauser

The Body-Snatching Horror of John Scott Harrison

John Scott Harrison, onetime Ohio congressman and gentleman farmer, is the only person who was both the son and father of U.S. Presidents: father William Henry was the ninth, while son Benjamin was the 23rd.

L'Inhumation Precipitee or "The Premature Burial" by Belgian artist Antoine Wiertz

10 Famous People Who Were Afraid They'd Be Buried Alive

Over the past several centuries, some well-known people made provisions to avoid being declared dead before their time.

Many of Egypt's Animal Mummies Don't Contain Mummies At All

The Very Particular Details of Emily Dickinson's Funeral

It should come as no surprise that she had very specific plans she wished to be followed upon her passing.

12 Ailments Humans And Animals Share

6 Movie Sets That Could Have Killed Someone

The most dangerous movies in history.

6 People Who Can Cheat (Certain Kinds of) Death

Scientists Reveal the Real Face of King Tut

He was probably ugly.

The Era of the Body Snatchers

5 Bodies That Refused to Rot

There have been people throughout history whose bodies have stubbornly refused to decompose as expected.

The Ghost Who Helped Solve Her Own Murder

Elva Zona Heaster Shue, or the "Greenbrier Ghost," is only known case in which testimony from a ghost helped convict a murderer.

Unearthing Richard III: The Luckiest Find in History

All it took to locate the bones of Richard III was 500 years, a psychic vision, and a grassroots movement.

7 People Whose Death Notices Improved Their Lives

These folks, falsely declared dead, came out stronger on the other side.

Coming Soon To Brooklyn: The Morbid Anatomy Museum

10 Buildings Made With Bones

It might sound grotesque, but bones have been an architectural staple for millennia. Here are some of the world’s greatest osteological marvels.

11 Weird (But Awesome) Things at the Mütter Museum

From the conjoined livers from a pair of Siamese twins to slides of Albert Einstein’s brain, Philadelphia's Mütter Museum houses dozens of strange artifacts from medical history.

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