A Florida woman has been charged with fraud and theft after she kept her dead mother's body in a bedroom for six years while collecting more than $200,000 in pension benefits. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

The new version of Dead.net, the fan site for Dead Heads, which is soon to be released, will be a full blown social network similar to Myspace.

Mershaullk, don't leave us!!! picked by suebe 2 years ago

They're All Dead: Christopher Keeley posts lots of photos of and commentary about the many friends he has made and lost during his years in the intervention business. Everyone pictured is dead and includes the reasons they died. Some of the pictures contain nudity and are NSFW. picked by doggylives 2 years ago

In a repeat of a similar incident two years ago, a dead goat was found at Wrigley field. Presumably the goat was a reference to the Billy Goat curse, put on the Cubs in 1945 by Billy Goat tavern owner William Sianis after the team refused to allow his pet goat, Murphy, inside Wrigley Field for Game 4 of the World Series. The Cubs haven't won a World Series since 1908. picked by suebe 8 months ago

Richard Jewell, the former security guard who was erroneously linked to the 1996 Olympic bombing, died Wednesday. This guy had the worst luck ever. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

James Bowthorpe of London pedaled his bicycle 18,000 miles around the world in 174 days, 20 fewer days than the world record holder. He arrived back in Hyde Park to complete the journey on Saturday. picked by Bingo 2 months ago

August 9th, 1945 saw the second detonation of an atomic bomb in aggression and today at 11:02 a minute's silence was observed in Nagasaki to mark the moment the explosion took place there. As part of the ceremony, the mayor followed his counterpart in Hiroshima in called for a global ban on nuclear weapons, calling the world's leaders to visit the location of the massacre and see for themselv... read full post picked by pocksucket 4 months ago

A new trend to harvest transplant organs from people whose hearts have just stopped - but may not be yet brain dead - has underlined the "pressing need" for federal legislation to define exactly when someone has perished, a leading medical ethicist argues. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

An elderly woman who had been missing for seven years was found dead in her own home!

The remains, nothing more than a skeleton at this point, appear to have lain undisturbed in her apartment since the day she had been reported missing. picked by funkfrost 8 months ago

John Waldo was found dead in the back of his car in Gainsville, FL. The first ticket was issued on the last day he was seen alive. picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

A beloved family pet has miraculously survived a sickening crossbow attack which saw him shot through the chest with an arrow and left for dead. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Long-secret security tapes showing the chaos immediately after the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building are blank in the minutes before the blast and appear to have been edited, an attorney who obtained the recordings said Sunday. "The real story is what's missing," said Jesse Trentadue, a Salt Lake City attorney who obtained the recordings through the federal Freedom of ... read full post picked by TraumaMamma 2 months ago

Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who risked his life seeking to set records in high-tech balloons, gliders and jets, was declared dead Friday, 5 months after he vanished while flying in an ordinary small plane.

Update to this post. picked by Marli 2 years ago

A car parked illegally in Pico Rivera was ticketed at around 11am. At 7:50pm an elderly man was found dead in that car. It's not at present known if the man was in the car, dead or alive, when the ticket was issued picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

A group of about 20 people headed down to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial for some flash mob fun. To celebrate Jefferson’s birthday, they would meet on the steps of the memorial, dance for about 10 minutes, and leave.

Instead they were arrested with no explanation given to them or to the parties asking about them. via picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

The living dead aren't just characters in low-budget horror movies, according to a new book that details the history of premature burial and the technology used to detect death. picked by suebe 3 years ago

Hoping we all remember them today and remain thankful that we're still with our loved ones. picked by kxmk 3 years ago

The decomposed corpse of a German man was found alone in his bed after nearly seven years, police in the western city of Essen said Thursday. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Awesome flash animations for Worth1000.com's Battle of the Animators. Seven episodes in all! picked by capriccio 3 years ago

Here's where to find out. The Dead People Server is a database of interesting celebrities who are long dead or newly dead. picked by suebe 3 years ago