Morbid Pleasures - Strange Stories About Death

Funeral Home Misplaces Grandma

The family of Lillian Grogan expected to view the embalmed remains of the 91-year-old woman. Instead, they said they found another woman wearing the grandmother's dress and her favorite bracelet.

Dying Gets Cheaper in Malta

The cost of living might be going up everywhere, but the cost of dying is getting cheaper in Malta, as the state cracks down on the hearse cartel, which hadn't issued a new license in 36 years.

Pyrotechnician's Ashes Spread in Fireworks

The family of Meredith Smith of Indianapolis placed some of his cremated remains in the shell of fireworks to be used at the city's 2008 July 4th show. Smith's family started the event nearly 40 years ago, and it was the man's wish to go out with a bang.

Romanian Village Re-elects Dead Mayor

By a margin of 23 votes, Neculai Ivascu won the mayoral race in a small Romanian village over Ghoerghe Dobrescu, and, unlike Ivascu, he got to vote for himself, because he's alive.

Lucky Fan Gets Stadium Funeral

As a promotion for a minor league baseball game, a fan wins a prize that's an absolute dead giveaway.

Sick Man Wins Bet to Stay Alive

Doctors told terminally ill Jon Matthews "don't make any plans for Christmas," but the man stricken with Mesothelioma won the wager of a lifetime.

Dead Woman on Couch Goes Unnoticed . . . for a Month

The skeletal remains of a 93-year-old Texas woman may have remained on a couch in her living room for months while one or more people continued living in the house.

Families Sue Undertakers in Body Parts Scandal

In a class action suit, more than 1,0000 families are suing undertakers, claiming their relatives body parts were harvested and sold for medical use without consent.

Woman Writes 500 Letters to Dead Husband

Over the last 14 years, Wan Fngxia, a 75-year-old woman from China, has written more than 500 letter to her dead husband, according to the Beijing Morning Post. She recently gave him updates on the Beijing Olympics. Wan says she started writing the letters because she didn't want to bore her friends, and has recently donated a collection of the letters to a museum.