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Ashes to Ink
Losing a child is always a tragic event in one's life. Some pay tribute to their lost children in various ways, such as framed photos or video compilations. Kim Mordue figured that she would work her family profession into the tribute and would return her son from whence he came by incorporating ashes into tattoo ink.Kim, 50, lost her son Lloyd, 20, in mid-2010 to GHB, a party drug. She[...]
Shakespeare's Tragedies
Undoubtedly one of the most renowned writers in history wrote tales that for his time were greatly admired, and even now a fondness for them still resonates today. Although he wrote some of the most beloved romances, he also wrote tragedies that could make anyone question humanity. The following are stories of life and death scribed at the hand of none other than William Shakespeare.In[...]
A Peaceful Place of Death
Stuck between a lake and a hard place is the village of Hallstatt. Tucked away among the mountains of Austria is the small lakeside village, with a population of fewer than 1000 residents. The peaceful little village is in fact so small; the cemetery can only hold so many bodies before they have to be dug up every decade or so to make room for new burials. Once the bones are dug up,[...]
The World's Extinct Animals Cemetery
In 1998, an animal protector named Guo Geng went to work at The Nanhaizi David's Deer Park in Beijing. While working as an animal expert and volunteer at the park, he came up with the idea to build a cemetery for extinct animals within the park.As a child, Geng took great interest in nursing injured or sick animals back to health and making small cemeteries for them if they died. He had[...]
Resurrection Mary
Resurrection Mary is a well known hitchhiking ghost in the Chicago area. The story takes place outside Resurrection Cemetery in Justice, Illinois.Since the 1930s, people have reported picking up a young female hitchhiker while driving northeast along Archer Avenue between the Willowbrook Ballroom and Resurrection Cemetery.The young woman is said to be wearing a white party dress and has[...]
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