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The Beauty and Majesty of the Funeral

September 10, 2018 by TVB

It was hard to miss. Over the last week the value, purpose and benefit of the funeral ritual was definitely hard to miss. The beauty and majesty of the funeral was witnessed by millions, and as we have said it was hard to miss. The inherent presence of ancient funeral wisdom was ever present, from …

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Legacy Of A Overweight Undertaker

June 19, 2017 by Todd Van Beck and Robin Heppell

You probably think that the “new” low-carbohydrate diet regimes were pioneered by far-seeing and learned medical people like Dr. Atkins. Well this is totally incorrect. The truth is that the low-carbohydrate diet was developed by a 19th century English undertaker by the name of William Banting. Today, the Atkins diet is a household name and …

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The Sack’em Up Men

June 19, 2017 by Todd Van Beck and Robin Heppell

THE HISTORY OF GRAVE ROBBING   “Good friend, for Jesus’ sake, forbear To dig the dirt enclosed here: Alert he the man that spares these stones And curst be he that moves my bones.” -Inscription on the tomb of William Shakespeare     INTRODUCTION: I personally became interested in the subject of grave robbing while …

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Sensible Open Discussion

June 19, 2017 by Todd Van Beck and Robin Heppell

  Is a concentration on death morbid or healthy? The question should be what do we do with the fact that the death rate is 100%? If ever we have an opportunity to correct one of the blanks in our way of looking at things, it is healthy. Our culture went through something similar decades …

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The Harrison Horror, Grave Robbing and The Invention of the Burial Vault 1878

June 19, 2017 by Todd Van Beck and Robin Heppell

Hardly anyone alive today has ever heard the name John Scott Harrison. However John Scott Harrison has the distinction of being the only man in American History whose father and son became President of the United States. John Scott Harrison’s father was William Henry Harrison the 9th President and his son Benjamin Harrison became the …

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