TACLOBAN, Philippines -- The air was thick with the stench of decay as sweating workers lowered the plastic coffins one by one into a grave the size of an Olympic swimming pool. Scores of unidentified ...
On Oct. 31, 1990, Fresno magician Joseph “The Amazing Joe” Burrus attempted a daring feat. Following in the footsteps of famed escape artist Harry Houdini, Burrus planned to be buried alive in a ...
In Ghana, death takes on a vivid new form through “fantasy coffins” — elaborate wooden caskets shaped like planes, fish, and Coca-Cola bottles. Born from royal tradition and reimagined by craftsman ...