John Hemingway (RAF officer)(2025)· Irish RAF fighter pilot (1919–2025)✦
Lee Shau-kee(2025)· Hong Kong real estate billionaire (1928–2025)✦
Lance Reddick(2023)· American actor (1962–2023)✦
John Magufuli(2021)· President of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021✦Mike MacDonald (comedian)(2018)· Canadian actor & comedian (1954–2018)✦
Phan Văn Khải(2018)· Vietnamese politician (1933–2018)✦
Meir Dagan(2016)· Israeli general and Mossad director (1945–2016)✦Zoltán Kamondi(2016)· Hungarian film director (1960–2016)✦John Hemingway (RAF officer)(2025)· Irish RAF fighter pilot (1919–2025)✦Lee Shau-kee(2025)· Hong Kong real estate billionaire (1928–2025)✦Lance Reddick(2023)· American actor (1962–2023)✦John Magufuli(2021)· President of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021✦Mike MacDonald (comedian)(2018)· Canadian actor & comedian (1954–2018)✦Phan Văn Khải(2018)· Vietnamese politician (1933–2018)✦Meir Dagan(2016)· Israeli general and Mossad director (1945–2016)✦Zoltán Kamondi(2016)· Hungarian film director (1960–2016)✦John Hemingway (RAF officer)(2025)· Irish RAF fighter pilot (1919–2025)✦Lee Shau-kee(2025)· Hong Kong real estate billionaire (1928–2025)✦Lance Reddick(2023)· American actor (1962–2023)✦John Magufuli(2021)· President of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021✦Mike MacDonald (comedian)(2018)· Canadian actor & comedian (1954–2018)✦Phan Văn Khải(2018)· Vietnamese politician (1933–2018)✦Meir Dagan(2016)· Israeli general and Mossad director (1945–2016)✦Zoltán Kamondi(2016)· Hungarian film director (1960–2016)✦The Weird Burial
Stories Podcast
Conversations with funeral directors, death doulas, historians, and the death-curious. No topic is too morbid. No question is off limits.
Episode 12 · Mar 10, 2026
The Undertaker's Confession
A third-generation funeral director opens up about what really happens behind the scenes of the American funeral industry.
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