Graveyard Shift

Contributor Samuel James thought he knew what happened to his mother.

In the 1920s, at the height of the Spiritualism movement, a friendship blossomed between two men with opposing views on the topic: Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Amy Bloom tells the story of her husband, Brian, getting Alzheimer's and wanting assisted suicide.

David Sedaris comes from a big family, who for many years growing up, took annual vacations to the same beach house.

When a pet dies, to what degree can it be replaced by another? And to what degree can pets replace people in our lives? David Sedaris tells this story of cats and dogs and other animals.

David Sedaris comes from a big family, who for many years growing up, took annual vacations to the same beach house.