The Mortuary Show

Katie tells some crazy stories in funeral service: Baby's choking during a service, medical emergencies on the job, smelling salts to get those passer-outers perked up & family fist fights. ----- Mortuary Marketing Elevate your funeral home’s online presence. ⁠⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (03:02) – Why did you do this??? (07:54) – Corporate to family-owned. (22:04) – Medical emergencies during visitations. (25:59) – Family fist fights. ----- Takeaways

Kelley’s got some good tips for us embalmers out there! Repairing cot damaged facial features, neck lines, using mouth formers in some unique ways, and why do funeral directors ALWAYS need a back up pair of paints... Great stuff from our teaching specialist out of the University of Minnesota. ----- Mortuary Marketing Elevate your funeral home’s online presence. ⁠⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (04:11) – My pants ripped. (10:14) – Mouth formers for a damaged nose. (21:35) – Reducing swelling & edema. (35:23) – The importance of tissue donation (yes, FD’s, I know) ----- Takeaways · Collaboration among professors is crucial in improving mortuary education and finding effective teaching methods. · Embarrassing moments are common in the funeral industry, and professionals should be prepared to handle unexpected situations with grace. · Comfortable clothing is essential for funeral directors, as they often need to move and perform physical tasks throughout the day. · Innovative teaching techniques, such as using mouth formers for nose restoration, can enhance students' learning experience. · Learning from other funeral directors and continuously seeking knowledge from various sources is essential for professional growth in the funeral industry. Collaboration and education between funeral directors and donation centers are crucial for successful organ, tissue, and eye donation processes. · Funeral directors play a vital role in honoring families' wishes and providing support during the donation process. · Sharing knowledge and skills with funeral directors can improve their ability to handle donation cases and communicate effectively with families. · Engaging teaching techniques can enhance learning experiences for funeral directors and help them stay informed and adaptable in their profession.

Bridget is a playboy bunny... Ed & Michael are funeral directors... Where do you think this conversation goes??? The conversation might just SHOCK YOU! 👻👻 Listen to this exclusive interview with The Girls Next Door icon, Bridget Marquardt @bridgetmarquardt & her brother Ed the Mortician! We talk Playboy Mansion hauntings, seeing ghosts as a mortician, reality television for real, and Hugh Hefner. ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: Chapters 00:00 Introduction of Bridget and Ed 02:59 Bridget's Career in the Playboy Mansion and Ed's Career as a Mortician 07:09 Bridget's Experiences at the Haunted Myrtles Plantation 13:44 Ed's Spooky Encounter in New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina 21:07 More Ghostly Encounters at the Myrtles Plantation 24:02 The Intense Night at the Myrtles Plantation 25:27 The Influence of Inviting Spirits 25:56 Haunted Hotels and Paranormal Fascination 27:19 Mortuary School and Haunted Buildings 32:57 From Playboy Playmate to Podcast Host 37:07 Halloween Parties at the Playboy Mansion ----- Takeaways

Rank these from difficult to most difficult: Raising a family, being a funeral director, going to Mortuary School. Well, Sam is doing all of these. AT ONCE. Michael & Sam recap life, Catholic funeral services, Military Honors, and too much more. ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (08:56) – Learning from the vets. (19:20) – My brand is a little different than yours. (26:16) – Catholic services explained. (35:44) – You want to see my what?! ----- Takeaways

Give Alexis & Shannan a big mortuary HELLO. They've gotten trapped in morgue coolers, helped on some infamous funeral services, and just know how to rock the house. They've got their own pod too called "Gettin' Stiff" (Hey! That's the name of this week's episode.) ENJOY! ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (04:23) – How do we get families to understand FS? (08:27) – Being direct(or) (19:18) – Alexis... go. (24:06) – Shannan....go. ----- Takeaways

Mika & Michael get deep... Is your state of mind different because you’re a funeral director? What is it like experiencing death when you see it every day? Life is PRECIOUS folks! One of the ways to enjoy it is listening to the Mortuary Show ;) ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (12:00) – Funeral service has shifted. (20:05) – Help yourself so you can help others. (32:18) – Death gets to us all (sometimes when you least expect it). (42:12) – Eco friendly caskets & casket sales. ----- Takeaways

We are in this together! The future of funeral service & the representation of morticians is in our hands... Ciara has great insight as to what happened in CO, and we discuss how to overcome the "negative news" that our industry is vulnerable to. ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (00:30) – Incident in Colorado. (04:30) – State licensing changes. (27:39) – How to build trust. (36:41) – Why young funeral directors are so important. ----- Takeaways

A funeral home wedding (yes, they met in Mortuary School), ceremonial flag waving for veterans, and funeral home renovations. Mark can do it all! ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (02:02) – Funeral Home Wedding. (11:52) – Dealing with business can be intimidating. (26:03) – Working with your spouse. (37:31) – Take some time for yourself.

Today is National Funeral Directors Day! A sincere thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the work that morticians do. We are a selfless group of people that puts the needs of grieving families over our own. Thank you for what you do. Make today GREAT! You deserve it. ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (03:00) – Iowa mass casualty plane crash. (11:05) – How did funeral directors prepare the remains? (19:18) – Funeral directors are being honored. (22:12) – The changing perspective about funeral service. ----- Takeaways

Phil's funeral home has a secret.... What's the best way to impress families & get them coming back for life? The answer is different than what you may think. ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (08:29) – Best way to connect with families. (20:56) – How do you take your toilet paper? (31:30) – How to use your funeral director's different strengths. (36:21) – Community engagement. ----- Takeaways

Ed enlists in the Army the DAY after the 9/11 attacks, served as a Mortuary Affairs specialist in Afghanistan & Iraq, and now casually runs a studded trade service in Northern Michigan. This guy does it all! ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (04:21) – Craziest stories from serving as a Mortician. (27:17) – Helping families of fallen soldiers. (37:15) – Driving all over the state for removals. (40:12) – Decomposed body transfers. ----- Takeaways

Some WILD stories on who's suing who in funeral service. Our favorite Mortuary Lawman, Mr Sharkey, shares some of his best stories (those he's allowed to tell). A brainy ice cream sunday, illegal body transferring over county lines, wage differences among FDs state to state, and more. ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (03:16) – Cash flow & insurance policies. (09:36) – How does insurance impact your business? (16:07) – Get off the phone. (25:25) – The best way to fund a funeral. ----- Takeaways

Our dear funeral friend Brittany wrote a book! She is a funeral director soooo technically it's only a chapter, but that's like writing the Lord of the Rings series with our schedules. And she gives us some goodies ⬇️ FREE Grief Workbook (Thanks Brittany!) Link for the book: "The Grief Experience: Tools for Acceptance, Resilience, and Connection" ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (02:06) – Writing a book as a mortician. (08:24) – Run when you grieve. (17:01) – Funerals are for the living. (18:00) – Be the real you -----

How can you possibly prepare for a mass shooting, environmental disaster, or plane crash as a mortician? Michaelene (@Quietus_Bee) gives her unique perspective on this & more as a Thanatologist. ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (06:19) – Teaching Thanatology and Death Companioning (12:31) – Preparing for Mass Casualty Situations (21:25) – The Importance of Self-Care in the Funeral Industry (28:56) – Getting Emotional on the Job. ----- Takeaways

This week's episode is brought to you by The SCCFA: Get your early-bird tickets to "The Southern" TODAY! ----- How does one build a cremation society? How about doing it from hundreds of miles away? Pierce goes deep into how he built up their family business, the importance of systems/training, & how association conferences can lift your game up. ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (03:32) – Why Ohio? (09:26) – How the funeral industry has evolved. (38:58) – Building culture at the Mortuary. (43:22) – Get applause for new calls.

Yasi's so starstruck by Ms. Dolly Parton at her funeral home that she almost ends up in her own casket. What is the procedure for a megastar wanting to go to a service? You might be shocked by her answer... ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (00:54) – Ms. Dolly at the funeral home. (08:42) – Keeping it close with your family. (16:31) – Embalming is not for everyone. (23:09) – Thanatology, the study of death.

Mack's got a jaundice formula he GUARANTEES to work... I'm almost excited for my next yellow case to give 'er a try. The boys open up about their first removal (Mine was my own grandmother) & thoughts about families in the prep room. ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (07:34) – Michael's first removal was his own Grandmother. (16:27) – Every family member wants in on the arrangements. (26:10) – The ultimate jaundice formula. (37:04) – Family wants in on the preproom.

Does designing cakes shaped like *explicit* body parts translate to restorative art? I'm dyin' for a slice. Kayleigh is a long time supporter of Mortuary Marketing & first time guest! ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (05:58) – No more pre-reqs for Mortuary schools? (13:28) – Online school vs in-person for learning about death. (23:32) – We need young funeral directors. (30:25) – Make-up & nail painting tips.

This funeral home delivers cremated remains by drone and accepts crypto payments for burials... No one has ever done any of it, but hey, it’s great publicity for the mortuary. Jeff is a lifelong mortician & master at getting his funeral homes noticed. Guaranteed to get the embalming juices flowing today! ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (05:49) – Hospice talks & branding. (16:20) – Pay it forward fast food lines. (25:43) – Death tok. (34:56) – Want new business? Do new things.

Talk about getting ahead of things. Madison is a Veteran, Licensed Funeral Director, and planned her funeral (70?) years in advance... All before the age of 26. She wants to be a professor, I think she should become a mime next. ----- Mortuary Marketing Increase your funeral home’s business! Guaranteed to get you more death calls. ⁠⁠Check it out.⁠⁠ Want to start today? Email: conor@mortuary-marketing.com ----- Want more of the Mortuary Show? Follow our social medias: ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ ----- Show Notes: (09:19) – Army into funeral service. (19:45) – Arlington National Cemetery. (26:00) – Youngest pre-planner of all time. (34:27) – Emotional training for morticians.