Renard Matthews, 18, was killed in a robbery earlier this year. His family chose for his body to be displayed using "extreme embalming." Matthews was posed in a chair, wearing a basketball jersey, ...

MIRIAM Birkbank is sat at a dining room table with a can of her favourite beer and a pack of cigs… but the 53-year-old isn’t enjoying a relaxing evening at home after a long day’s work. In fact, she’s ...

FOLLOWING last week’s controversial “extreme embalming” funeral where the seated body of Che Lewis arrived via procession, the Catholic Archdiocese last Friday reminded of the “dignity” of the body ...

Shocking show investigates the trend for the dead to be present at their own funeral and placed in lifelike poses WHEN socialite Mickey Easterling passed away at 83, she wanted to be present at her ...

NEW ORLEANS (WLS) -- A New Orleans woman's funeral is going viral, as another example of "extreme embalming." Miriam Burbank, 53, was posed at a table with a glass of Busch beer, a menthol cigarette ...

A family whose teenage son died honored his memory in an unusual wake: His corpse was positioned in a chair facing a television screen, a video game controller in hand and his favorite snacks next to ...

(Trinidad Express) FOLLOWING last week’s controversial “extreme embalming” funeral where the seated body of Che Lewis arrived via procession, the Catholic Archdiocese last Friday reminded of the ...

For the people who wouldn't be seen dead in a boring old coffin, the only way to go out in style is to get pumped full of embalming fluid and posed up like a waxwork at your own funeral MIRIAM ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA -- A New Orleans woman's funeral is going viral, as another example of "extreme embalming." Miriam Burbank, 53, was posed at a table with a glass of Busch beer, a menthol cigarette and ...

WHEN socialite Mickey Easterling passed away at 83, she wanted to be present at her own funeral. So her daughter had her embalmed sitting on a chair with a glass in her hand, greeting mourners as they ...