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Fireworks Made with Human Ashes: The Explosive New Post-mortem Trend

31 min • 7 april 2025

If you’re considering cremation as an alternative to traditional burial, we might be able to help you take things up a notch with fireworks displays containing actual human cremated remains. Did you know that there are pyrotechnic companies around the world that will memorialize your deceased loved one by firing their remains up into the sky in tiny rockets? We look into the rules and logistics behind this new post-mortem trend, and talk about the famous writer who had it done.

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30MorbidMinutes

Elyse Willems

Jessica Vasami

Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey

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