A black limousine pulls up. Out steps a woman no one knows, dressed in black, umbrella in hand. She stands off to the side, cries silently throughout the ceremony, and leaves without speaking to anyone.
That’s how Dark Secret works, a service in the United States that for 500 dollars turns your funeral into an eternal mystery. There’s no explanation, no introduction. Just a stranger who acts as if she had shared something profound with the deceased.
The plan works because it is never resolved. Family and friends are left wondering, year after year, what secret life that person was hiding and what they took with them to the grave.