Morbid Curiosity: Celebrity Tombstones Across America [Paperback]

Elaine McCarthy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2002

"MORBID CURIOSITY: Celebrity Tombstones Across America." It is a fascinating book about celebrities, their tombstones and final stories.

Although there have been various books of the same genre, MORBID CURIOSITY approaches this topic in a whole new way. This book is not about obscure faceless people from years ago. All the celebrities in MORBID CURIOSITY are well known personalities from television, movies, music, comedy, etc. Also these tombstones (like most available "grave" related books), are not just from the "big three" cemetery locations being: Chicago, California or New York, they are as the title states, from "across America."

Although the topic may appear to be "morbid" in nature, the real purpose of this book is to satisfy your "curiosity." It is unfortunate and a reality that some mega-stars cannot handle fame and excessive fortune gracefully. It is the sensationalism of their lives and deaths that makes them icons forever. MORBID CURIOSITY, merely tells the story in intimate details about their abuses, exhumations, corpse thefts, hearse jackings, unusual funerals, alleged last words and reported hauntings.

Along with my children, I traveled over 30,000 miles around the United States so that I could bring to my readers, beautiful black and white photos of their favorite celebrity’s tombstone, along with explicit directions to each grave.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"an extensive obituary with details of each stars final moments.... readers can sit back and view each grave in photos " -- Chuck N. Baker, Nevada Military Veterans Reporter, June 2002

From the Author

I enjoyed every minute of putting this book together. The travel was supreme, being able to visit small towns throughout America that most people would never enter unless they knew someone there. Meeting people from those towns was extra special, because not only were they friendly, but they told me stories of their native celebrities and sometimes personally escorted me to the grave.

Then came the research. Biographies are by far my favorite books to read. So when I did the research I was engrossed in all the interesting facts I was able to "dig up" on these celebrities. When I read a biography on a notable person, I tend to go to the back of the book first to see what happened to them, then I proceed with the rest of the story. That's how I set my book up, I cut out all the other stuff and went straight for what happened to them. Then I end it with where they are buried, exact directions to the grave and a large black and white photo of how the tombstone looks.

I hope you will enjoy this book. I'm not trying to blow my own horn but.... if I hadn't written it, it would be on my "must have" list.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Monagco/Morbid Curiosity (August 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970937210
• ISBN-13: 978-0970937216
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,671,847 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My Review of Morbid Curiosity, December 5, 2004

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Danny R. Seagraves "Presidential History Fanatic" (Washington, DC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Morbid Curiosity: Celebrity Tombstones Across America (Paperback)

I love cemetery surfing and try to visit a new site as often as possible. I am also a teacher and the spelling errors in this book made me cringe. The information and pictures were outstanding but I just felt like I was reading a very unprofessional book because of the horrible spelling errors.

I recommend this book for information and pictures.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The REAL where are they now book!, August 4, 2003

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Marilyn Miller (Hollywood, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Morbid Curiosity: Celebrity Tombstones Across America (Paperback)

This book was absolutely addicting. It is filled with trivia, interesting and unusual stories about all the people we have watched on television and/or the movies, not to mention musicians, criminals, etc. Elaine McCarthy tells these celebrity stories with juicy details that keep her book riveted to your hands for hours, only to leave you asking for more when you've read the entire book. Then she adds beautiful detailed black and white photos for each and every person. I would recommend this book to anyone that loves biographies, entertainment, celebrities, television, music, etc., etc.
And before I forget, it is a great summer vacation book with detailed directions to each and every grave. I tried finding 10 California graves here in Los Angeles, in three different cemeteries and Ms. McCarthy was right on the money with "dead-on" directions!

Makes a great gift....for yourself!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun for the morbidly curious, July 23, 2003

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This review is from: Morbid Curiosity: Celebrity Tombstones Across America (Paperback)

Fun book in an obvious morbid kind of way. Extensive list of pop culture icons and thoroughly researched. Typos and sentence alignment problems could have been avoided with a good proof-reader. Perhaps a picture of what the person looked like in addition to the picture of their tombstone would help in recognizing some names, though most images immediately come to mind when reading their names. Author is working on a second book that I would buy also.