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Date Item Title
August 20, 2008 Rampage hits rural cemetery
July 02, 2008 Hans Christian Anderson's tomb vandalised
November 14, 2007 102 Buried Urns Stolen From Cemetery
September 07, 2007 Skunks Sneak into Cedar Rapids Cemetery
September 04, 2007 Flagstaff man charged with stealing flowers at funeral
July 19, 2007 Mich. Cemetery Teed Off With Golfers
June 21, 2007 Man Accused of Taking Skull for Ashtray
May 24, 2007 Burial cave looter faces state charges
April 29, 2007 Family Shocked At Mausoleum Theft
March 11, 2007 Graveyard reportedly disturbed by unruly suspect
February 10, 2007 Cemetery Vases Stolen
February 03, 2007 Tombstones Found in Deadman's Locker
January 16, 2007 Vandalism Historic Elmwood and Pinewood Cemetery
January 10, 2007 Lincoln's Illinois Tomb Vandalized
December 17, 2006 Nearly 200 stolen cemetery vases being returned to rightful graves
December 15, 2006 Paris cemetery targeted by art thieves
December 15, 2006 Accused Cemetery Robber To Testify Against Alleged Accomplices
December 15, 2006 Vandalism to cemetery baffles investigators
October 06, 2006 Teacher, students crept into vault
September 13, 2006 300 bronze vases stolen from cemetery recovered
September 09, 2006 Copper Thieves Strike Second Montgomery Cemetery
September 06, 2006 Graveyard thieves choose tombstone over flowers
August 26, 2006 Graveyard Theft
August 19, 2006 Respect for the dead: Cemetery laws and etiquette
August 18, 2006 Cemetery crews battle groundhogs
August 16, 2006 Police Say Three Juvenile Cousins Responsible For Cemetery Vandalism
August 16, 2006 Arvada Cemetery Gets Hit By Vandals
August 15, 2006 Cemetery headstones restored
August 14, 2006 Piedmont Cemetery Board offers $3K reward in vandalism case
August 13, 2006 Graveyard vandalism upsets community
August 13, 2006 Satanism scare at cemetery
August 07, 2006 Cemetery legend attracts vandals
July 24, 2006 Plano Mom Moving Into Mausoleum
July 01, 2006 Vandals damage former governor's grave
July 01, 2006 DM man arrested in theft of military grave markers
June 20, 2006 La Salle teen charged in connection with cemetery vandalism
June 17, 2006 Historic cemetery vandalized
June 16, 2006 Chief's headstone destroyed to disprove legend
June 14, 2006 Little WDM cemetery watched by relatives
June 14, 2006 Little WDM cemetery watched by relatives
June 10, 2006 New Organization "Tombstone Amnesty" Created
June 09, 2006 Two arrested for damaging Revolutionary War vet's gravesite
June 08, 2006 Another twist in tale of the missing tombstone
June 06, 2006 Two plead guilty in Buhne Crypt vandalism case
May 21, 2006 Man Falls Asleep in Coffin At Funeral Home
May 13, 2006 Police arrest man accused of stealing jewelry from corpse
May 08, 2006 Couple charged in cemetery thefts
April 23, 2006 Man arrested for stealing jewelry from corpse
April 23, 2006 Historic Azerbaijan graveyard destroyed
March 31, 2006 Reward offered after Bard attack
 
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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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