Kathy Benjamin
School
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, University Of Kent At Canterbury
Expertise
The British Royal Family, The History Of Funerals, Agatha Christie's Poirot Stories
- Kathy's articles have been discussed on "The View" and "Chelsea Lately."
- As well as four non-fiction books, Kathy has also penned an as-yet-unpublished sci-fi novel about an alien discotheque at Area 51 and a pilot script about American grad students abroad.
- While in England for graduate school, Kathy attended classes every week in Canterbury Cathedral, which was just as amazing as it sounds.
Experience
A full-time professional writer since 2009, Kathy's work can be found on many websites including Cracked.com and Mental Floss. She joined Grunge as a writer in 2017 and began editing for Static Media in 2019. She is the author of four non-fiction books about death: "Funerals to Die For: The Craziest, Creepiest, and Most Bizarre Funeral Traditions and Practices Ever" (Adams Media, 2013), "It's Your Funeral! Plan the Celebration of a Lifetime — Before It's Too Late" (Quirk Books, 2021), "Texas Mass Graves: Burial Grounds of Atrocity, Massacre and Battle" (The History Press, 2022), and a forthcoming book with The History Press on women undertakers of Texas from 1880-1930.
Education
Kathy has a B.A. in History from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and a Postgraduate Diploma in Medieval and Tudor Studies from the University of Kent at Canterbury.
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Stories By Kathy Benjamin
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These days, the main location for humans orbiting Earth is the International Space Station. Here's what the average day is like for astronauts on the ISS.
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Since your tax dollars pay for them and they are expressly for your enjoyment, that means you can do what you like in a national park, right? Wrong.
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Despite extensive searches, there are several athletes who disappeared and are still missing today. Hopefully, someone out there has answers.
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In the 1920s, Frenchwoman Suzanne Lenglen was the biggest tennis star in the world. Here is everything you should know about this amazing athlete.
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While they might not be household names, those who died alongside famous celebrities had just as much value as human beings. It's important to remember them.
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The wealth, notoriety, and power of drug lords mean that some unexpected things happen to their remains. Here's what happened to the bodies of these drug lords.
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150 years ago, in the early-to-mid 1870s, photos of the British royals were everywhere. Here's what the British royal family looked like around 150 years ago.
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Abortion has long been practiced by people in the North America, and the right to it wasn't always a political issue. This is the untold history of Roe v. Wade.
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For the biggest (and richest) sports fans, there's nothing like owning a piece of history. Here are pieces of sports memorabilia that sold for over $1 million.
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Buckingham Palace is a home, in that plenty of staff live there, as do many royals, at least part-time. Here’s what it’s like living in Buckingham Palace.
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Grover Cleveland was the only president to have a White House wedding. So what it was like to attend the only presidential wedding in the White House?
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HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh rarely made any appearances in the last years of his life. Here's what Prince Philip's final year alive was really like.
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King George III and Queen Charlotte had 15 children. So what happened to all those kids? Some died young, some became kings, and all had very interesting lives.
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Everyone exaggerates their accomplishments from time to time. Here are people who claimed they were the very best at something but were really just full of it.
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Despite their beauty and success, dozens of former pageant winners met really bad ends. Here are some of the many beauty queens who died tragically.
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The Founding Fathers are some of the most studied people in history, but rarely does this accumulation of facts include where they were laid to rest.
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While there are obvious perks to living in the White House, there are also huge downsides. These are the worst things about being a member of the First Family.
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At least we still have all the music they made while they were together, regardless of what happened after. Here are the real reasons these '00 bands broke up.
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For changes to be made to how hockey is played in the NHL, usually, something seriously tragic has to happen. Here are tragedies that changed the NHL forever.
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These are the couples that look at people celebrating their golden wedding anniversary and think, "Awww, look at the newlyweds, still in the honeymoon phase."
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Somehow, the deaths of nonagenarian celebrities can still come as a shock and feel like a tragedy. Here are some of your favorite celebs who died in their 90s.
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Demanding freedom for enslaved persons could end in physical harm and, in some cases, even death. These are abolitionists who were killed for their beliefs.
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Whether young or old, expiring peacefully or in great agony, these are the most notable deaths at Windsor Castle.
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A building with such a great story doesn't need embellishments from disinformation. here are some false things you probably always believed about the Taj Mahal.
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They say life begins at 40, but sadly, for other celebrities, life ends at 40. Or at least, in their 40s. These celebrities all tragically died in their 40s.
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Names go in and out of fashion. So what did the flappers, bootleggers, and Bright Young Things of 1922 name their kids? Read on to find out.
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Snoop Dogg is selective in what art he gets inked on his skin. Here's what Snoop Dogg's tattoos mean, and other facts about the rapper's connection to body art.