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Emily Craig has been a witness to history, helping to seek justice for thousands of murder victims, both famous and unknown. It’s a personal story that you won’t soon forget. Emily first became intrigued by forensics work when, as a respected medical illustrator, she was called in by the local police to create a model of a murder victim’s face. Her fascination with that case led to a dramatic midlife career change: She would go back to school to become a forensic anthropologist - and one of the most respected and best-known “bone hunters” in the nation.

Bones tell stories. Trauma leaves a record. Folklore teaches us what humans fear and what we’ve survived. I’m Ki Roberts, a forensic anthropology student and dark-academia storyteller exploring the strange, scientific, and sometimes haunting intersections between death, history, trauma, and meaning. Join me for candlelit deep-dives into skeletal mysteries, weird anthropology, ancient violence, ghost lore, and the forensic truths buried beneath sensational myths. Field Notes from the Dead is where science meets storytelling and where the past refuses to stay silent.

Brought to you by Penguin. An illuminating new essay collection from one of the most distinctive, exciting and acclaimed writers of her generation, Zadie Smith In this keenly awaited new collection, Zadie Smith brings her unique skills as an essayist to bear on a range of subjects which have...

Celebrity, with its neon glow and selfie pout, strikes us as hypermodern. But the famous and infamous have been thrilling, titillating and outraging us for much longer than we might realise. Whether it was the scandalous Lord Byron, whose poetry sent female fans into an erotic frenzy; or the cheetah-owning, coffin-sleeping, one-legged French actress Sarah Bernhardt, who launched a violent feud with her former best friend; or Edmund Kean, the dazzling Shakespearean actor whose monstrous ego and terrible alcoholism saw him nearly murdered by his own audience.... 

"A Brassy Concept Car Comes Back from the Dead" is from the Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Jim Motavalli and narrated by Kristi Burns.

For as long as American media has reported on mass shooting events, their reports focus on the perpetrators of these events – their lives, families, motivations, even what foods they’ve dined on after apprehension. In sharp contrast, The Cold Dead Hands is changing the way we talk about these tragic and horrifying stories. Every Monday from 9-11pm EST, your hosts Dr. Benjamin Dowd-Arrow and Activist Brett Cross bring you stories from the families and survivors of these tragic events, finally shining a light on those lost to gun violence and sharing their lives, surviving family member ...

THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER 'A profoundly compassionate, educational reflection on death' - The Irish Times When death is a way of life . . . In A Life Among the Dead, David McGowan, Ireland's best known Funeral Director, and subject of the Award-winning Netflix documentary The Funeral Director...

podcast by the ghouls for the ghouls. here you will receive news from the crypt, musings from the clinically dead, anger, hate, love, friendship and hatred. rants about food and discussions about the meaning of life (or lack thereof). Opening music by Anonymous420 via Free Music Archive

Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating essays since she was a teenager. Often asked by major publications to write on subjects related to Jewish culture - and increasingly in response to a recent wave of deadly anti-Semitic attacks - Horn was troubled to realize what all of these assignments had in common: She was being asked to write about dead Jews, never about living ones.

Two thousand years ago, 967 Jewish men, women, and children reportedly took their own lives rather than surrender to the Roman army. This dramatic event, which took place on top of Masada, a barren and windswept mountain overlooking the Dead Sea, spawned a powerful story of Jewish resistance that came to symbolize the embattled modern State of Israel. Jodi Magness, an archaeologist who has excavated at Masada, explains what happened there, how we know it, and how recent developments might change understandings of the story.

Join two moms who talk about what it's like when your child dies from a drug overdose, and what life is like after a drug overdose death. Warning: Conversations may contain triggering material, dark and irreverent humor, and possible cursing. Want to contact us with a thought or topic for discussion? Send us an email at: twomomswithtwodeadkids@gmail.com.