Glen Beaton of Inverness, Scotland tried to auction his deceased mother’s ashes on eBay. He turned to the popular auction web site in an attempt to fulfill his mother’s last wish. Mr. Beaton was trying to use the Internet as a vehicle to get his mother’s remains scattered in every part of the world. His [...]

Celebrities have a flair for drama and in the case of Hunter S. Thompson, this continued after death. He made headlines around the world when his ashes were shot out of a cannon! The Cremation Association of North America states that 695,637 people were cremated in the United States in 2003. Although most will be [...]