Creator of "Six Feet Under" Talks About Death

Alan Ball, who created the HBO television series Six Feet Under, is no stranger to death. He says, "When I was growing up, a lot of people in my family ...

More Abortions than Births in Russia

Since the fall of Communism in the Soviet Union in 1991, the life expectancy of Russians has decreased and poverty has increased.

One tragic side effect ...

Town Ignored Signs of Impending Disaster

In 1903, a mountain fell on a town in the Canadian Rockies. The town of Frank, Alberta, was buried under 100 million tons of limestone. At least 76 men, ...

TV Producer Experiences Misery, Evil

In 1994, Leroy Sievers, producer of the ABC news program Nightline, was sent to document the end of the genocidal campaign in Rwanda, Africa. Looking ...

Man Dies After 50 Hours of Video Games

That's when Lee sat down at a local Internet café in the southern city of Taegu. He logged in on Wednesday, August 3, and spent the next three ...

Funeral Plans Become Explosive and Elaborate

More and more people want to end life with a bang.

Gordon Bergin was an ordained minister whose funeral arrangements were part of an Independence Day celebration. ...

Lighting Director Prepared for Heaven

Pastor Jack Hayford tells this story:

It was a deeply sobering day when I came to Carl's room in the hospital knowing there were only a matter of hours ...

Youth Pastor Witnessed through His Death

Ninie Hammon worked as a reporter for a small newspaper in Lebanon, Kentucky in 1988. On May 14th of that year, newspapers throughout the country carried ...

Strangler Fig Leaves Tree Hollow

The Brazilian walnut tree is majestic in size and strength. But this beautiful tree has one enemy, the strangler fig. When a strangler fig seed lands ...

"Flatliners": Haunted by Past Sins

Flatliners is about five medical students in Chicago who are curious about what occurs to people who "flatline" (when heart and brain activity cease) ...