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Cemetery Stories : Haunted Graveyards, Embalming Secrets, and the Life of a Corpse After Death - Katherine Ramsland

Cemetery Stories

Haunted Graveyards, Embalming Secrets, and the Life of a Corpse After Death

By: Katherine Ramsland

eBook | 5 July 2011

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An insider's tour of cemetery culture—from embalming to epitaphs, restless ghosts, crimes against the dead, and more.
Admit it: You're fascinated by cemeteries. We all die, and for most of us, a cemetery is our final resting place. But how many people really know what goes on inside, around, and beyond them? Enter the world of the dead as author Katherine Ramsland talks to mortuary assistants, gravediggers, funeral home owners, and others, and find out about:

Stitching and cosmetic secrets used on mutilated bodies
Embalmers who do more than just embalm
The rising popularity of cremation art
Ghosts that infest graveyards everywhere

If you've ever scoffed at the high price of burying the dead, wondered how your loved ones are handled when they die, or simply stared at tombstones with morbid fascination, then let Katherine Ramsland introduce the booming industry—and strange tales—that surround cemeteries everywhere.

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