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

An exploration of cemetery culture that covers embalming practices, epitaphs, reported hauntings, crimes against the dead, and related topics. Katherine Ramsland interviews mortuary assistants, gravediggers, funeral home owners, and others to examine what happens inside and around cemeteries. The book discusses stitching and cosmetic techniques used on damaged bodies, the work of embalmers beyond standard embalming, the growing popularity of cremation art, and accounts of ghosts reported in graveyards. It addresses questions about the cost of burial, how the deceased are treated after death, and the cemetery industry and stories associated with burial grounds.