num_pages: 224
description:   Never look at a grave the same way again  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 Katherine Ramsland talks to mortuary assistants, gravediggers, funeral home owners, and more, 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, or ever wondered how your loved ones are handled when they die, or simply stared at tombstones with morbid fascination, then take a trip with Katherine Ramsland and learn about the booming industry -- and strange tales -- that surround cemeteries everywhere.
title: Cemetery Stories
titlecomplete: Cemetery Stories
genres: Historical, History, Ghosts, Science, Death, Horror, Research, Paranormal, Nonfiction, Ghost Stories
ratings_count: 580
publisher: Fusion Press