Anne is a 37-year-old mother of two. Her husband Paul is a carpenter. She lives in an ordinary house, in a medium-sized Irish town, about a half-hour drive from Dublin. From the outside, Anne's life couldn't look more normal. (more)

This hour: a man grapples with the stillbirth of his son with surprising grace and clear-eyed honesty. (more)

Nothing makes sense when these things happen. (more)

Leanne Wolfe, an 18-year-old schoolgirl in Cork, Ireland, committed suicide in March, 2007. On the morning of her funeral, her older sister Treena discovered Leanne’s diaries. (more)

This hour: a visit to a pauper's graveyard, three very short (but very big) questions, and more. (more)

A detective story. "There was a murder of a young man, who had three mistresses. Which of them is a murderer?" (more)

Youth Radio producers Ise Lyfe, Gerald Ward II, and Bianca Yarborough chronicle the tense summer of 2002 in Oakland, California, when an alarming number of youth homicides weighed heavily on the community. (more)

Eighty-two-year-old Daphne Reed is married to and madly in love with a man 30 years her juinor. She's been thinking a lot about death recently, and about the future years her husband will likely spend without her. (more)

Barch Levi Blum was born in late 2009 at Toronto’s Mt. Sinai Hospital. He lived for ten minutes. (more)

This hour: a man transformed by illness, a house full of paintings left behind by an old friend, and a surprisingly complex story of old people in love. (more)

Some members of Jude Fletcher's family have a fondness for taking pictures of the dead. Their photo albums boast the typical shots of joyous celebrations and family gatherings, side by side with shots of loved ones in their caskets. (more)

Producer Katie Mingle narrates her quest to find ghosts in a "pauper's graveyard" in New Orleans. (more)

This hour: producer Dmae Roberts grapples with the history and memories of her Taiwanese mother, a history of PTSD, and more. (more)

Mourning and a smaller memorial. (more)

This hour: amateur sleuths and internet detectives. (more)

This hour: the home funeral movement. Three families who've forgone traditional death rites in favor of a more DIY approach. (more)

Ten years ago, the people of Lubec, Maine, were met with an unpleasant surprise: an enormous finback whale had washed onto the beachfront of their tiny coastal town. (more)

A woman remembers the most important person in her life. (more)

Every year up to twenty people die completely alone in Amsterdam. They are illegal migrants, drug mules, or simply people who cut off all social contacts. (more)

When Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on students during a war demonstration on the Kent State University Campus in May, 1970, four young lives were ended and a nation was stunned. (more)