We will all die one day, this is as unpleasant as it is well known. We’ll be lying on a supply table, and with any luck someone will take care of our mortal shell, brush it up one last time before going anywhere.

Yes, undertakers run a caring business. With Brünhilde Blum, however, things are a little different. She talks to her dead, tries out stun guns on them, saws off body parts if necessary, after all the corpse has to fit into its coffin. Oh, and some of their customers are still alive when they land there. That’s what she wants.

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