World's weirdest job: The man being hired to disrupt funerals
Forget taking secrets to the grave – a Queensland businessman is paid thousands of dollars to interrupt funerals to deliver “coffin confessions” on behalf of the dead.
When Bill Edgar was first hired by a dying man to interrupt his own eulogy, he admitted it was a confronting task. But business has been booming ever since.
The Gold Coast man believes his service of revealing “skeletons in the closet” is a world-first, enabling clients to go to their graves without anything on their chests.
In January last year Mr Edgar was hired by a 79-year-old man who had terminal cancer to facilitate one final request, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported.
“Bill, you have more front than Myers. I want you to interrupt my funeral,” he said the dying man told him, handing him an envelope with instructions inside.
The private investigator was tasked to interrupt when the man’s so-called best friend began the eulogy, to deliver a series of bombshells.
The Gold Coast Bulletin reports Mr Edgar stood up, opened the envelope and called out several names.
“Can you please stand up – can you f*** off. I haven’t seen you in 30 years. Why are you here? F*** you,” he spoke, on behalf of his deceased client.
Mr Edgar then reportedly targeted the man’s the best mate who was about to deliver the eulogy.
“I know you were trying to screw my wife,” he read from the letter.
The coffin confessor said more than half of the 88 people at the service abruptly left, probably worried they might be mentioned next.
Since the unorthodox appearance, Mr Edgar he has reportedly performed seven more funeral interruptions, across Melbourne, Brisbane, and northern NSW.
He told the Bulletin most cases revealed infidelities, abuse, and information about minor crimes like theft.
It’s not all bad news though, with some messages have been delivered as sweet forget-me-nots from the dearly departed.
“Imagine engaging someone that lends his voice to the departed, he’s to interrupt your funeral service without warning, care or concern for anybody else but you,” his Facebook page states.
The service costs several thousand dollars, but varies on a case-by-case basis.
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