Be Your Own Undertaker: How To Dispose Of A Dead Body [Paperback]

A.R. Bowman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1992

Being forced to kill somebody in justifiable self-defense carries with it the very real possibility of being prosecuted by a corrupt, incompetent "justice" system. A.R. Bowman has some wild, tongue-in-cheek answers to this dilemma in his outrageous study of the dark art of free-lance corpse disposal. Explore all of the delicate options, as well as the gruesome "how-to" details. For entertainment purposes only!

Product Details

• Paperback: 56 pages
• Publisher: Paladin Press (November 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873646975
• ISBN-13: 978-0873646970
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #656,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dated, Superficial, and Lacking References, December 26, 2004

By 

Lisa J. Steele (Bolton, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Be Your Own Undertaker: How To Dispose Of A Dead Body (Paperback)

As the disclamer notes "The procedures in this book are presented _for information purposes only._" The author specifically notes in the concluding pages that he has left out information in an effort to prevent the book's misuse by criminals. Anyone actually attempting to use this book for reference or for practical purposes should take those two disclamers to heart.

Readers should also note the copyright date (now 12 years old) and note the significant changes in criminal procedure and practices in the past decade. Tests that were too expensive for a routine investigation in 1992 are often cheaper, easier, and much more common now.

Some of the advice is likely to increase a prospective reader's chances of getting caught. Very useful generic advice, such as never waiving one's Miranda rights or consenting to a search are not even mentioned. As a reference work, it utterly lacks any footnotes, endnotes, or even recommended reading or indication of the author's creditials in crime scene investigation.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, January 11, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Be Your Own Undertaker: How To Dispose Of A Dead Body (Paperback)

This book is a great read , very funny and informative
It goes into clear detail about the nature of a corpse
and the process of its decay , I give it 4 stars
it would be 5 if the book was a little longer and went into
a little more detail.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, June 15, 2001

By 

Artie Choke (Beverly Hills, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Be Your Own Undertaker: How To Dispose Of A Dead Body (Paperback)

I really thought there would be more to this book. The author has a lot of good ideas about how to kill someone and then hide the body, but I find more information on TV. It really has given me anything I really did not know. You get the feeling the author used to be involved in the mafia or something, but I don't even think he was that sophisticated. All in all, I'll say this book lacked depth and disappointed. Perhaps I was seduced by the title -- after all, how many books of this type are there -- but that was it.