On this installment of The Mortician’s Daughter, we’re continuing our Insiders Interview Series with special guest, Dr. Aneesah Nadir, a pioneer in the field of Muslim mental health and a cofounder of the Islamic Social Services Association-USA (ISSA-USA). We’ll be speaking with her about Grief and End of Life Practices within the Islamic community.

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Written and Narrated by Carly Schorman

Produced and edited by Mark Anderson

Theme song by Doug Maxwell

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On Episode 25, Dana will be filling in as host to discuss Cursed Tombs from the mummy’s curse in Ancient Egypt to King Casimir IV in Poland and a caged grave in the Scottish Highlands. Get ready.

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Written by Carly Schorman

Narrated by Dana Stern

Produced and edited by Mark Anderson

Theme song by Doug Maxwell

Hear The Mortician’s Daughter on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, Goodpods or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Check out the antics, memes, and more of The Mortician’s Daughter on Instagram and TikTok.

Join us for a discussion about Contract Killers and the sometimes frightening, sometimes stupid Murder-for-Hire schemes from American History. From mobsters during the Prohibition to love torn asunder, we’ll be talking about cold-blooded killers and the people who paid them...

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Written and narrated by Carly Schorman

Produced and edited by Mark Anderson

Theme song by Doug Maxwell

Hear The Mortician’s Daughter on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, Goodpods or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Check out the antics, memes, and more of The Mortician’s Daughter on Instagram and TikTok.

We have a very special interview to kick off the New Year with the Reverend Elena Rose Vera -- artist, activist, public speaker, ordained minister, and Filipina-Ashkenazi trans woman -- to discuss inclusive deathcare and grief support...

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Written and narrated by Carly Schorman

Produced and edited by Mark Anderson

Theme song by Doug Maxwell

Hear The Mortician’s Daughter on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, Goodpods or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Check out the antics, memes, and more of The Mortician’s Daughter on Instagram and TikTok.

Everyone loves a Hallmark Christmas movie castle, but what if that castle was haunted? On this episode, we’re continuing our Hauntings series with another installment, but this time we’re focusing on Haunted Castles and the ghosts (or demon dogs) that roam the hallways and courtyards of these historic estates.

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Written and narrated by Carly Schorman

Produced and edited by Mark Anderson

Theme song by Doug Maxwell

Hear The Mortician’s Daughter on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, Goodpods or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Check out the antics, memes, and more of The Mortician’s Daughter on Instagram and TikTok.

Welcome to the launch of our new interview series with other funeral industry professionals about their work and, probably, their work ethics as we delve deeper into deathcare.

Rachel Essig, Executive Director of River View Cemetery and Funeral Home kicks off the series with a conversation about this historic space in Portland and the future of funerals.

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Written and narrated by Carly Schorman

Produced and edited by Mark Anderson

Theme song by Doug Maxwell

Hear The Mortician’s Daughter on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, Goodpods or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Check out the antics, memes, and more of The Mortician’s Daughter on Instagram and TikTok.

In this episode, we explore the fearsome Goddesses of the Graveyard. These dark goddesses bring forth destruction, offer sanctuary to the dead, or maybe they just have a lot of rage.

For this initial installment, we’ll be discussing Persephone, ruler of the Underworld, the Haitian graveyard protector Maman Brigitte, and the fierce demon-slaying Hindu goddess Kali.

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Written and narrated by Carly Schorman

Produced and edited by Mark Anderson

Theme song by Doug Maxwell

Hear The Mortician’s Daughter on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, Goodpods or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Check out the antics, memes, and more of The Mortician’s Daughter on Instagram and TikTok.

If you suddenly find yourself floating through a long, dark tunnel toward a bright light, you might have just died.

In this episode, we discuss NDEs, or near-death experiences, and some of the theories surrounding this phenomenon. Around the world, people of different cultural and religious backgrounds report similar experiences amongst those who have died and then come back from the brink... 

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Written and narrated by Carly Schorman

Produced and Edited by Mark Anderson

Theme song by Doug Maxwell

Hear The Mortician’s Daughter on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, Goodpods or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Check out the antics, memes, and more of The Mortician’s Daughter on Instagram and TikTok.