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What's New at Arcadia

Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast By Glenn A. Knoblock

Arcadia Publishing has releases a new title in the Images of America series, the historic account of the cemeteries along the New Hampshire Seacoast. This collection is a must for anyone interested in local history, genealogy, or colonial-era art. Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast and browse other cemetery books!

Green-Wood Cemetery By Alexandra Mosca

Arcadia Publishing announces the release of the historic account of one of New York's most famous cemeteries. Aracdia Publishing's Images of America series has an extensive catalog of many cemetery publications! Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Green-Wood Cemetery.

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Quoting Death in Early Modern England: The Poetics of Epitaphs Beyond the Tomb By Scott L. Newstok

An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in which writers including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Holinshed, Sidney, Jonson, Donne, and Elizabeth I have recited these texts within new contexts. Visit Palgrave Macmillan and purchase your copy today!

Living by the Dead By Ellen Ashdown with illustrations by Mary Liz Moody.

A memoir about living beside a cemetery--and about the members of my family who came to rest at Roselawn Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida. Please visit Kitsune Books for more information.

Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries By Matt Hucke And Ursula Bielski.

Discover a Chicago That Exists Just Beneath the Surface - About Six Feet Under! Take a tour of Chicago's permanent residents! Please visit the Lake Claremont Press website to purchase your copy of Graveyards of Chicago today!

Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers

For information regarding subscriptions, single issues, submission guidelines, deadlines, classifieds or advertising for future issues, please visit The Cemetery Club.

Guardians of the Soul: Angels and Innocents, Mourners and Saints with photography by John Bower and foreword by Claude Cookman

Indiana's remarkable cemetery sculpture is now available. Please visit Studio Indiana for more information.

West Springfield Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark

Features information on early New England gravestone carvers with more than two hundred photos and illustrations. Please visit the Dog Pond Press website.

Grave Robbers
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Date Item Title
April 01, 2008 Glass coffin with body of revered Buddhist monk stolen
November 07, 2007 Remains Stolen From Grave in Hillsborough Cemetery
October 18, 2007 Snubbed woman allegedly steals ex's ashes
October 06, 2007 Jewelry stolen from corpse in crypt
September 04, 2007 Body of a 3-year-old stolen from graveyard
August 29, 2007 Man Admits To Stealing From Dead
August 29, 2007 Cemetery vandal sentenced for robbing the dead
August 01, 2007 Tomb raiders target Hong Kong tycoon
June 24, 2007 A Plot to Steal Lincoln's Body
June 23, 2007 Police say gravedigger stole bones from casket, used them for ashtrays
May 07, 2007 Vandals steal bones of Communist leader
April 15, 2007 Tooth fairy causes grave offence
March 12, 2007 Another mausoleum break-in discovered in Norfolk
February 01, 2007 Gold Teeth Stolen From Corpse
February 01, 2007 Italian police arrest tomb raiders, artefact collectors
January 24, 2007 Skull stolen from grave
January 17, 2007 Stolen Skull
November 14, 2006 Tomb Robbers Lead Archeologists to Graves of 3 Royal Dentists
November 05, 2006 Clover man gets 20 years for trying to dig up girl's grave
October 15, 2006 Tomb raider guilty in new antiquities scheme
October 15, 2006 Stolen corpse claim
September 06, 2006 Police: 3 Wisconsin Men Tried To Steal Corpse
August 26, 2006 Church: PennDOT Accidentally Paved Over Woman's Gravesite
July 15, 2006 Reward set in grave robbery of child's body
July 01, 2006 Motive for tomb theft mystifies detectives
July 01, 2006 Police investigate possible grave robbing
May 11, 2006 'It was unbelievable . . . so gruesome'
May 07, 2006 Police confirm stolen corpse has been found
May 04, 2006 Woman's remains found in animal rights case
March 31, 2006 Alleged crypt vandals face felony charges
March 13, 2006 Human remains stolen from dig site
March 11, 2006 Bone consistent with one in casket
February 22, 2006 Grim tales from the crypt
February 11, 2006 Police Say Man Stole From Graveyards
February 08, 2006 In New York, a Grisly Traffic in Body Parts
January 24, 2006 Police seeking to return gravestone found in front yard
December 30, 2005 Cremated Remains Stolen From Sergeants Home
December 25, 2005 Alistair Cookes bones stolen
December 25, 2005 Now, that is really stooping low!
December 11, 2005 $10,000 statue stolen from Cape cemetery
September 21, 2005 Grave Dug Up, Body Missing
June 26, 2005 When medical students robbed graves
June 23, 2005 Corpse May Be Missing
June 10, 2005 Thieves caught selling ancient human bones
May 18, 2005 Search Resumes for Body Stolen from Graveyard
April 24, 2005 Sisters shocked at grave crime
April 12, 2005 Teen accused of stealing head from tomb
March 17, 2005 Two Held Over Grave Robbery
February 09, 2005 Mount Olivet crypt desecrated
February 07, 2005 Police: Skull Found Likely the One Stolen from Graveyard
 
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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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Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.

Bertolt Brecht