Swedish filmmaker cleared of breaching international grave treaty

A Swedish filmmaker has been cleared of breaching an international grave treaty while filming the wreckage of the doomed ferry MS Estonia. Henrik Evertsson used a drone camera to film the vessel, which sank off the coast of the Finnish island Uto in 1994, killing 852 passengers, for a Discovery+ documentary about the disaster. The … Read more

Captain Sir Tom Moore is fundraising from the grave

Captain Sir Tom Moore is fundraising from the grave as sales of charity NHS single You’ll Never Walk Alone surge 1864% in the days following his death Sales of Captain Sir Tom Moore’s single have surged in the wake of his death   Sales and streaming of his version of You’ll Never Walk Alone surged by … Read more

Businessman’s daughter ‘felt in grave danger when stranger stalked her for eight months’

Wealthy businessman’s daughter ‘felt in grave danger when stranger stalked her for eight months as he took photos, contacted her on social media and approached her outside her flat’ Alexander Rodrigo, 33, has been accused of stalking Honor Weatherall, 23 Appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court charges with following woman over eight-month period Ms Weatherall said she … Read more

Ryan Dorsey pays visit to late ex-wife Naya Rivera’s grave site in Los Angeles on her 34th birthday

Ryan Dorsey looked visibly emotional as he visited ex-wife Naya Rivera’s grave site on what would have been the late actress’ 34th birthday, Tuesday. The Glee actor, 37, arrived to Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles with five bright yellow flowers in hand, placing them inside two vases mounted beside Rivera’s headstone. After paying his respects, … Read more

Horrified daughter appeals for help to find ‘evil b*******’ who ‘dug up her father’s grave’

Horrified daughter appeals for help to find ‘evil b*******’ who ‘dug up her father’s grave’ and left the coffin undisturbed as she discovers 3ft deep hole at his church burial plot Tina Sutcliffe found a three foot hole where her father Eric Richards is buried The coffin, at St Helen’s Church, in Pinxton, Derbyshire, had … Read more

Jeff Brazier reveals tradition of visiting Jade Goody’s grave with their sons on Christmas morning

Jeff Brazier has revealed that he takes his sons to visit their late mother Jade Goody’s grave at Christmas Speaking to Woman’s Own, Jeff, 41, told of how he takes the boys – Bobby, 17, and Freddie, 16 – on Christmas morning to remember Jade – who died of cervical cancer 11 years ago. ‘We make … Read more

Denmark coronavirus: ‘Zombie minks’ rise from the grave after decomposing bodies swell

Dead mink have begun rising from their graves after they were killed and buried as part of a coronavirus cull in Denmark.   Mink bodies have been spotted emerging from shallow pits where they were buried after the decomposing remains filled with gas, forcing them to the surface. Police in West Jutland, a region of Denmark … Read more

Mass grave of skeletons that may have been stacked inside a wooden box is found in the Netherlands

Mysterious mass grave of 20 medieval skeletons that may have been stacked inside a wooden box is unearthed in the Netherlands – and experts say there could be more City works excavating a mote in Vianen stumbled upon a mass grave  The crew found nine skeletons Fri, but experts discovered 11 more by Mon A majority … Read more

Authorities discover 113 bodies found in secret mass grave in Mexico

Mexico authorities discover 113 bodies – including 30 that have been identified – and additional human remains in secret mass grave Jalisco State Attorney General Gerardo Solís announced 113 bodies were discovered inside a mass grave Investigators also dug out human remains from the grave site in the municipality of El Salto Solis said forensic workers … Read more

‘I walked past my baby girl’s grave for 21 years… without knowing’

It’s unthinkable today, but as recently as 1990 it was common for hospitals to bury babies who were stillborn or died shortly after birth without their parents’ knowledge. Lorraine Fisher meets grieving mothers who never gave up searching for their lost children them   In the grounds of a cemetery in Northampton, under an aged tree, … Read more