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March 31, 2008 Fighting for respect
October 15, 2007 Moretti sculpture radiates distinction in graveyard
September 28, 2007 A memory of a Victorian fence
July 17, 2007 Nothing morbid about remembering our dead
February 15, 2007 Editorial: Six common misconceptions about serial killers
February 01, 2007 Caring For Heroes: A Cemetery Caretaker's Story
August 12, 2006 Boning up on Europe in catacombs and crypts
August 08, 2006 No golfing in the cemetery - or hunting, either
April 17, 2006 Mortuary in reality is a long way from its TV image
March 31, 2006 Corpse Thieves Thrive as "Body Brokers', $900 for Severed Head
October 06, 2005 Protesters mar Cemetery Sunday
October 04, 2005 Cemetery trips yield interesting epitaphs
August 10, 2005 A Commonsense Guide to Exorcism
May 09, 2005 Fifty Visitors Locked Inside Cemetery for 3 1/2 Hours
March 30, 2005 Churches Lash Out Against Outrageous Funeral Fashions
March 27, 2005 The Human Specimen
March 08, 2005 Home at Last
September 27, 2004 EDITORIAL: 6 feet under, 30,000 feet in the sky
August 23, 2004 EDITORIAL: In market for casket? Shop till you drop
August 15, 2004 Editorial: Morgue case was never about art
July 12, 2004 Celebrity obsession extends beyond the grave
June 22, 2004 OP-ED: Remembering the Gulag
June 18, 2004 Editorial: Of grave concern
June 17, 2004 EDITORIAL: Farewell to presidents and the funeral trains
May 30, 2004 EDITORIAL: Schneider: Cemetery a place for both dead and living
December 08, 2003 Editorial: To Bury Our Dead
November 09, 2003 Spending eternity as a 20-inch Jesus
September 22, 2003 EDITORIAL--Epitaphs one way to sum up what we want from life
September 07, 2003 EDITORIAL--Are we more in death?
July 31, 2003 Editorial--Laid to Rest, Yards Apart
July 31, 2003 Editorial: A new option for your earthly remains
July 16, 2003 Editorial -- Show a little respect: Let funeral processions pass
July 15, 2003 Editorial -- Some funeral practices, traditions fail to make sense
 
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Taphophilia?

taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

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