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

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...