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**This illustrated compendium by the author of __Horror in the Heartland__ reveals macabre tales of death, hauntings and unexplained events in Kentucky's past.** Author Keven McQueen specializes in uncovering local legends, strange-but-true incidents, and outright hoaxes that newspapers of the past found fit to print. In his __Kentucky Book of the Dead__, McQueen resurrects creepy stories of life and death in the Bluegrass State, each presented with commentary as well as line drawing by illustrator Kyle McQueen. In these pages, readers will discover the Grim Reaper's creative side, meet the disgusting ghosts of Louisville, and find out more than they to know about old-fashioned embalming techniques. Kentucky Book of the Dead is by turns spine-tingling and entertaining, engrossing and just plain gross A Note To The Gentle And Patient Reader -- They Were My Own Right Hand -- The Ghosts Of White Hall -- The Reaper Gets Creative -- They Predicted Their Own Deaths -- Some Bluegrass Ghosts -- Embalming In The Old Days -- A Ghost's Disgusting Gifts And Other Louisville Hauntings -- A Morbid Miscellany -- The Ghost Of The Mother Of A Druggist -- The Last Word : A Collection Of Kentucky Epitaphs. Keven Mcqueen ; Illustrations By Kyle Mcqueen. Includes Bibliographical References. Discover the ghostly, and sometimes ghastly, characteristics of death in Kentucky. Author Keven McQueen dissects some of Kentucky's more bizarre aspects of death, pulled directly from the history pages. Discover the reaper's creative side, meet the disgusting ghosts of Louisville and find out more than you wanted to know about old-fashioned embalming techniques. You will find it quite engrossing and just plain gross. "Author Keven McQueen dissects some of Kentucky's more bizarre aspects of death, pulled directly from the history pages. Discover the reaper's creative side, meet the disgusting ghosts of Louisville and find out more than you wanted to know about old-fashioned embalming techniques"--Back cover