Bride Makes Wedding Entrance in Creepy Coffin
Here comes the bride, all dressed in white and laying in… a coffin? Yes, that’s exactly how 58-year-old Jenny Buckleff arrived at her off-the-wall wedding – in a closed coffin, pulled by a motorcycle! Jenny, who used to work as an embalmer at a funeral parlor, said that she wanted do “something different” at her wedding. “Instead of […]
What a Way to Go – Man Wants to Be Buried in Giant Whiskey Bottle
It’s not unusual for people to choose their coffins before they die, but 48-year-old Anto Wickham’s choice is a rather strange one. He’s gone and spent $50,000 on a 10-foot casket shaped like a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey. Well, the shape of the coffin might be bizarre, but Wickham, a former soldier, has a […]
Coffin Therapy Helps Ukrainians Get Used to the Afterlife
Enterprising coffin maker Stepan Piryanyk, from the Ukraine, is offering living people the chance to lay down in one of his comfortable coffins in order to get used to the afterlife. After all, death is always so sudden, so why not take some time to get used to it… Lying down in a coffin as therapy is not unheard […]
Patients Lie in Coffins to “Die” as Part of Chinese Psychological Treatment
Most people would consider lying in a coffin and having the lid shut over them to be a traumatic experience, a special psychotherapy service in Shenyang, China is using it as therapy to treat psychological problems and heavy stress. The Shenyang Evening News reports over 1,000 patients have so far been”reborn” by simulating death with the help of psychologists. Tang Yulong, a consultant at this unique psychotherapy clinic in Shenyang, says people who suffer […]
Man Spends 25 Years, $10,000 Making Himself an Egyptian-Style Coffin
People making their own coffin isn’t new to us here at OC. But the story of Fred Guentert sure is. Because he’s been building himself a coffin that’s fit for an Egyptian pharaoh – for the past 25 years. Guentert, who is now 89 years old, has kept himself occupied for about a quarter of […]
Do Body-Painted Models Make Coffins and Death Look Sexy?
Lindner, Poland’s biggest coffin manufacturer, certainly thinks so, since they’ve been using scantly clad models to market their products for the last three years. For the 2012 edition of their controversial sexy-morbid calendar they’ve used body-painted models. The first edition of the Lindner Calendar appeared in 2010 and featured artistic photos of female models dressed […]
Malaysians Sleep in Coffins for Good Luck
Most people would prefer to stay out of a coffin for as long as possible, but for devotees at the Looi Im Si temple, in Penang, Malaysia, sleeping in a coffin is the best thing that could happen to them. The Taoist temple located in Jelutong worships deities linked to the afterlife, like Xiao Xian […]
Cruisin Caskets – Car-Shaped Coffins for Going Out in Style
Whether it’s by tuning their cars or driving them like madmen, car enthusiasts are always looking for ways to stand out, and now, thanks to the Cruisin Caskets, they can even go out in style. However scary and sad, death is a part of life, so if you can’t cheat it, why not make the […]
Willow Is the New Wood of the Coffin Business
A 200-year old willow processing company has recently targeted the coffin business, and apparently had great success. P H Coate & Son’s English Willow Coffins, from Somerset, England, has started offering dead people an alternative to traditional wooden coffins. Some individuals are just bored by the same old wooden coffins, as if they died and […]