You are never more vulnerable than the moment you walk into a funeral home. In that "Showroom of Sorrows," grief gets a price tag, and your deepest love is leveraged into a five-figure expense.After experiencing this high-pressure sales funnel firsthand, investigative journalist Jack S. Martin pulls back the velvet curtain on the "Grief Industrial Complex". He asks the question: How did the simple act of saying goodbye become a ruthlessly commercial, billion-dollar industry?Coffin Cash is a chilling exposé of the American way of death, revealing: * The 18-Gauge Steel Lie: The investigation into "protective" caskets and the myth that a sealed casket preserves a body (it doesn't) . * The Wal-Mart of Death: How corporate giants like Service Corporation International (SCI) have quietly bought up thousands of "family-owned" funeral homes, enforcing sales quotas on grieving families. * The Pre-Paid Funeral Trap: An exposé on pre-need contracts, which are often riddled with risks, hidden fees, and non-transferable policies. * The Pauper's Grave: A look at the hidden, parallel system for the poor, including the unregulated, for-profit "body broker" industry. * The Green Burial Rebellion: A guide to the inspiring alternatives that are breaking the industry's hold, from green burials and death doulas to aquamation and human composting.This book is a roadmap to "enter the showroom armed". It provides the practical, legal, and financial knowledge you need to break the "conspiracy of silence", have the "kitchen table summit", and plan a farewell that is meaningful, not just marketable