It’s that time of year — the veil is thin, the pumpkins are lit, and even funeral directors can lean into the spooky side of their work. At Wildflower Funeral Concepts, we believe that death isn’t something to fear… but we’ll admit, some funerals throughout history do give us goosebumps (in the best possible way). Here's 13 spooky funerals that give us chills

This photo is of Edie Marie Clark Montgomery’s first headstone. Edie was brutally stabbed in her home in Ferndale in 1980. She was 18 years old. Her murder is still unsolved. I first learned about Edie this summer on Facebook of all places. Chrey Nelson, who works as an Identification Technician for the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Department, made a post about Edie and her crumbling headstone in a local Facebook group. Edie’s case has been recently reopened. Detective Derek Jone

Grief is not always something we can say. Sometimes it must be moved through — literally. For as long as humans have experienced loss, we’ve turned to the body to say what words cannot. Whether through private ritual or public performance, dance has become a sacred language of mourning, remembrance, and healing. Here are seven powerful moments — ancient, traditional, and modern — when dance became the language of grief… and said everything that needed to be said.