A Nun helps even after death

      Sister Carmen Burg of the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Mankato, Minn., found a unique way for her nuns to continue to help others — even after death. In 1986, she gave a researcher the go-ahead to begin a study in which the nuns would agree to be studied as they [...]

PODCAST: Charles Nelson Reilly has BLANKED

Direct Download MP3: Charles Nelson Reilly Charles Nelson Reilly, an award-winning actor and a regular on variety and game shows, has taken his Final Taxi at age 76. He was famous for his oversized glasses and colourful suits during numerous TV appearances in the 1970s and ’80s. Reilly directed five Broadway plays, appeared in the [...]

Memorial Day 2007

Memorial Day is a day to think of those that have died. It is a day that is a United States federal holiday and is observed on the last Monday of May.  It was formerly known as Decoration Day. This holiday commemorates U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their country. [...]

Forbidden Sex, Violence, Gore, Nudity, And Monsters: Cult Film Director Bruno Mattei

During the 80’s I was a manager for a video store. It was very interesting to see some of the films that were offered to the rental shops and never made it. I would wait before buying many of these B-movies as I knew they would come out at a cheaper price after a month [...]

The Final Delivery

The final delivery that British courier Leslie Wright would make was his own body to his own funeral. It arrived in a coffin-shaped cardboard box.  The 71-year-old was dispatched to Cambridge crematorium in the package that was marked fragile, this way up and handle with care.  As the body arrived, funeral director Andrew Patey had [...]

Fear The Clown

Al Cunard, founder of the Cunard Family of Clowns in New Jersey has taken his Final Taxi. The clown with the funny little pompadour, whose antics had brought smiles to the faces of thousands had been doing it for more than 40 years. Cunard pressed many people into clownship at one time or another and [...]

Podcast: Bernard Gordon, Nicholas Worth & Dabbs Greer die

Taking their Final Taxi this week is the ‘Hollywood Blacklisted” screenwriter, Bernard Gordon, also favorite B-movie actor Nicholas Worth and film and TV veteran Dabbs Greer. Listen Here: Direct Download: Final Taxi – You’re Blacklisted or go to http://www.wildvoice.com/ronnasty for past programs.

They Died Doing What They Loved…..

So what would you want to be doing when that Final Taxi comes calling? These people recently met it while doing what they loved and what they felt they were called to do: Well-known marathon swimmer from Connecticut, Dave Parcells, 49, died doing what he loved, swimming. Cameras often captured Dave’s skill and grace in [...]

So Long Jerry Falwell

Jerry Falwell, who took his Final Taxi at 73, was a fundamentalist preacher who made evangelical Christianity a political force as never before in American history. He was given to statements that other segments of the citizenry regarded as outrageous, such as “God Almighty does not hear the prayer of a Jew” (he later took [...]

Listen to Mom: Don’t Run With Scissors

Back when I was in school we were made to watch some of these old 1950s made films that were to teach children safety. They taught safety by scaring the hell out of you into you becoming safe. No wonder so many of the kids from my generation are obsessive/ compulsive. One film that we [...]