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Overview

Neal Smither doesn’t hide his work. The side of his van reads: “Crime Scene Cleaners: Homicides, Suicides and Accidental Death.” Whenever a hotel guest permanently checks out, the cops finish an investigation, or an accidental death is reported, Smither’s crew pick up the pieces after the police cruisers and ambulances have left.

Alan Emmins offers a glimpse at this little-known aspect of America’s most gruesome deaths. Filled with details as fascinating as they are gory, Mop Men examines not just the public fascination with murder but also how a self-made success like Smither can make a fortune just by praying for death.

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Overview

Neal Smither doesn’t hide his work. The side of his van reads: “Crime Scene Cleaners: Homicides, Suicides and Accidental Death.” Whenever a hotel guest permanently checks out, the cops finish an investigation, or an accidental death is reported, Smither’s crew pick up the pieces after the police cruisers and ambulances have left.

Alan Emmins offers a glimpse at this little-known aspect of America’s most gruesome deaths. Filled with details as fascinating as they are gory, Mop Men examines not just the public fascination with murder but also how a self-made success like Smither can make a fortune just by praying for death.

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The strangely enthralling true story about the men who clean up the mess that violent death leaves behind…

As every CSI enthusiast knows, murderers often leave gory scenes. But who cleans them up after the forensic wizards are done with their work? To answer the question, journalist Alan Emmins went behind the yellow tape to scope out the work of Crime Scene Cleaners Inc., a nationwide business described in its flyers as "a cleaning maintenance service specializing in the cleanup of homicide, suicide & accidental death." Mop Men offers a fact-filled, tongue-in-cheek profile of Crime Scene Cleaners mogul Neal Smither, a family man who leads a life more double than that of any serial killer.
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Who cleans up when a killer leaves a really big bloody mess? In a chatty, tongue-in-cheek profile of Neal Smither, chief of Crime Scene Cleaners Inc., journalist Emmins lets the "Boss Cleaner" speak passionately of how he tackles spills and splotches resulting from the San Francisco Bay area's murders, suicides and other deaths. Emmins delves into the zany character of Smither, a loving family man who puts on a coarsely humorous persona as "protective armor" as he surrounds himself with the dark realm of death, monitoring his multimillion-dollar business in a highly competitive field. Hanging around with Smither means a grisly experience of suicide surrounded by transgender porn, bodies splattered by gunfire or the decayed corpses of those ruined by meth or contagious disease. For a totally gonzo way of looking at the crime scene cleaning business, try this engrossing, wisecracking assessment (of Smither, Emmins writes, "[I]f not actually one of Death's litter, he must be at barest minimum a cousin") of a world we know exists but ignore as we go on about our lives. (Jan.)

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780312532741
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
  • Publication date: 1/20/2009
  • Pages: 320
  • Product dimensions: 5.80 (w) x 8.30 (h) x 1.30 (d)

Meet the Author

ALAN EMMINS has written for GQ, The New York Post, Dazed & Confused, FHM, Playboy, and The New York Daily News. He is also managing editor of the fiction magazine and website Edit Red (www.editred.com). Emmins is British, but has worked mainly in New York. He now lives in Denmark.

Table of Contents

Praying for Death 1

A Dude Got His Freak on 7

Fear and Loathing in Santa Cruz 19

Dude I'm Dying...Cha-Ching! 35

Thumb Man Chronicles 61

M Is for Mogul 69

Man in the Bath Part I - The Virgin and the Fly 89

Hepatitis C You Later 101

The Cavalier Man 137

The Dark Lord Performs a Jedi Mind Trick 143

Man in the Bath Part II - I Knew You Were Coming 153

Death and Days Off 171

Cooler Than Elvis 179

Selling to the Future Dead 181

Selling to the Relatives of the Dead 189

Going Once...Going Twice...Gone 199

Crank House 211

Man in the Bath Part III - The State vs James McKinnon 219

When It Rains It Pours 233

Man in the Bath Part IV 241

Miss Misery 263

Miscreants on the Loose 275

Sitting Naked in the Forest 291

Epilogue: Man in the Bath Part V 297

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 1, 2012

    Fantastic book

    I was delighted to read a book as intence and dramatic as the mop men. I havent found another book like this one and I love and enjoyed it very much. It is gross but interesting!!!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 1, 2012

    Gross

    Gross

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 10, 2012

    Not What I Expected

    Over half the book was off topic....

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 25, 2011

    It was iffy

    I thought more thoughts and details could be put into this. The thought process of the author was soft of um weak.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 27, 2011

    This guy sucks as an author

    Probably the worst story narative since i dont know when. Very little depth insesent whining about his comfortp . Buddy your writing sucks

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  • Posted May 20, 2011

    Interesting to say the least

    I bought this due to some of the reviews and the unique topic and I am happy to say I was not disappointed. This is an easy read and gives a interesting insight onto death.

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  • Posted March 14, 2011

    amazing book

    this book not only showed the author emotional trails through his work. ....but it showed there more to life then what shown on tv which the worlds needs to see yes his starting purpouse was money but in the end he learned life values through others misery which is amzing to see this book is a must read!!!!!

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  • Posted January 29, 2011

    mop men

    very unbelieveable, over exegerated scenes withoit clearly being believeable. have read much better crime scene stories.

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  • Posted January 26, 2011

    very good

    great book

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 6, 2011

    Boring and Author Rambled on About Things Off Topic

    Would have been more interesting if would have stuck to the Crime Scene Cleaners topic and not veered off with the 3 chapters (two of those chapters were of very boring trial transcripts) that were about a trial about one of the murderers. Spent way to much time describing how the author felt about death and describing the author's day of going to get food and coffee. The book was all over the place and there was not a clear focus. Very disappointed in this book.

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  • Posted January 3, 2011

    Entertaining and Real

    I loved that it was not sappy. I work in an ER so it was nice to hear people talk how we talk about certain situations. The writing was a little stale at times, but the writer had some clever insight into an interesting world.

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  • Posted March 23, 2010

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    Mop Men

    Mop Men is an interesting and entertainging book to read. A profession like a crime scene cleaner itself draws attention and interest. The author goes and exposes himself to some gruesome crimes, suicides and other forms of death to get an understanding of the workers and the other issues the company will have to face.
    Getting an understanding of the profession is very interesting, how do they get such horrendous crime scenes clean?
    It is a truly fascinating book to read, it can sometimes be disturbing but it it defiantly worth it.

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  • Posted January 30, 2010

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    Great book!

    This is a very interesting book about a world I had never thought about. Didn't realize there are actually companies that do this sort of thing. If you are into true crime stuff, or are interested in the area of mortuary science, you will probably like this book. I found parts of it funny, and I didn't want it to end. I kept wanting to read more examples of what these crime scene cleaners do. Thought the author was entertaining.

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