This article explores the grieving process when burdened by a shameful social context. It addresses the issue from two perspectives: the overexposed and the hidden or clandestine mourning. In the first case, the death is exposed to all, usually because of its violent nature as with murder cases, or when it involves parricide. Contrary to the first case, the second one addresses the issue of deaths that are kept hidden as in cases of the mourning of lovers, homosexual partners, or undeclared infants. Finally, this article suggests that grief intervention should take into consideration elements that modify suffering like social context explored here, the modes of expressing grief and the various aids for working through grief.