Annie Owen, a funeral director and former mortician, talks about what she's learned from the dead and what inspired her to ...

Adriana Smith was declared brain-dead in February. Her family was required to keep her on life support until her baby could ...

In 2022, 77% of the more than 7,000 students enrolled in funeral service education programs in the U.S. were women.

Asked to describe a funeral home director, many might picture an old man in a long black coat with a distinctly creepy vibe. In reality, more and more morticians are people who look like Lanae ...

A former funeral director accused of hiding a woman's body in a hearse for months was sentenced Monday afternoon after he pleaded guilty earlier this year. Miles Harford, 35, was sentenced to 18 ...

The Monroe woman is a funeral director for Hamilton Funeral Homes and a trainer for the National Funeral Directors Association. She's part of a wave of younger, ...

Twelve Latine and Indigenous filmmakers have been selected to join the year-long fellowship, which aims to advance ...

A woman became a funeral director to overcome her fear of dying and says death has taught her to stop comparing herself to others. Melissa Schmidt, 34, ...

A Colorado funeral home director who stored a corpse in a hearse for over a year has been sentenced to 18 months in prison ...

30 cremated remains, woman's body found at rental of Colorado funeral home director Officials are investigating Miles Harford after finding cremated remains and a woman's body at a home they say ...

The funeral industry used to be male-dominated, but young women are flooding its ranks We're going to see a huge demand for funeral directors in the next 10 years because a lot of them are retiring.

Hear a conversation recorded inside a Brooklyn funeral home. It's owned by Doris Amen. She and a fellow funeral director friend tell StoryCorps why they've been in the business for so long.