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If you have been looking to find the creepiest funeral home ever

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dick Whitman, Mar 17, 2016.

  1. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

  2. SFIND

    SFIND Well-Known Member

    I don't understand how displaying a dead relative/friend like a manikin helps someone grieve, but to each their own I guess.
     
    Last edited: Mar 17, 2016
  3. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    The guy on the motorcycle, that's pretty cool. Also, very weird and creepy.
     
  4. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    In the 19th century, people used to have photographs taken of their kids when they died. Pretty macabre, although back then, it's not like they all had cameras and could just take pics of them all the time.
     
  5. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    When my dad died, we had a closed casket, mostly because I couldn't deal. But his relatives all requested some time with him to take pictures. I guess they did it at other viewings, too, my mom said. I've wondered if it's a Deep South thing.
     
  6. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    Hmmmm. You might be right. Most of my family is from Alabama, and when we had my mother's funeral, my aunt wanted to take pictures. I thought it was creepy as hell, but we allowed it.
     
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