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Issue: The Big Book of Death #[nn]
Publication Date: July 1995
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Suggested for Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: Paradox Press
On Sale Date: 05/04/1995
Volume: none
Pages: 228
ISBN: 1563891662
UPC/EAN: 76194120361400111
Price: $17.95 CAD
$12.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Suggested for Mature Readers
Content Items: 70 (67 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Andrew Helfer; Jim Higgins (assistant)
Disclose Notes: Letterers for interior sequences are listed as a group: Rod Ollerenshaw, Gail Beckett, Bob Lappan and Bob Pinaha. Unsure to exact sequence each did.

One of the seventeen Paradox Press series of Big Books:
1994 - The Big Book of Urban Legends
1995 - The Big Book of Death; The Big Book of Weirdos; The Big Book of Conspiracies;
1996 - The Big Book of Freaks; The Big Book of Little Criminals; The Big Book of Hoaxes; The Big Book of Thugs
1997 - The Big Book of Losers; The Big Book of The Unexplained; The Big Book of Martyrs; The Big Book of Scandal
1998 - The Big Book of Bad; The Big Book of the Weird Wild West
1999 - The Big Book of Vice; The Big Book of Grimm
2000 - The Big Book of the '70s
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Cover; Black and White Interior
Dimensions: 8 1/2 inches by 10 7/8 inches
Paper Stock: Cardstock cover; Matte interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: One-Shot
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Cover, Front
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Tom Taggart (mixed media photo)
Tom Taggart (mixed media photo)
Tom Taggart (mixed media photo)
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The Big Book of Death

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Roger Langridge
Roger Langridge
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Title page illustration.
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Introduction

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Luc Sante
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Foreword

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bronwyn Carlton
S. M. Taggart
S. M. Taggart
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A Short History of Execution

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bronwyn Carlton
Tristan Schane
Tristan Schane
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Subject Matter
Short history of different forms of execution.
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Decapitation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Batton Lash
Batton Lash
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Subject Matter
History of decapitation as a method of execution.
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A Visit with the Hanging Judge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bronwyn Carlton
Frank Quitely
Frank Quitely
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Subject Matter
Judge Issac Parker, the famous "Hanging Judge" tells about hanging as a method of execution.
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Firing Squad

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
John Estes
John Estes
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Subject Matter
Information about how firing squads work.
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Old Sparky

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Steve Dillon
Steve Dillon
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Subject Matter
How an electric chair works.
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Miscellaneous
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Capital Punishment - It's a Gas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Nghia Lam
Nghia Lam
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Subject Matter
Information about how poisonous gas works.
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Lethal Injection

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Andrew Wendel
Andrew Wendel
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Subject Matter
Information about how executions with lethal injections work.
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Last Suppers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Phil Winslade
Phil Winslade
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Subject Matter
Information about some of the strangest last suppers of convicted criminals.
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Stupid Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Glenn Barr
Glenn Barr
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Subject Matter
Stories about some really stupid murders that have happened.
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Look Out! It's the Killer Postmen!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Kieron Dwyer
Kieron Dwyer
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Subject Matter
Information about infamous Postal employees who killed their co-workers.
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The Wide World of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Danny Hellman
Danny Hellman
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Subject Matter
True stories about people who have died on live television.
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Teen Suicide

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Ed Hillyer
Ed Hillyer
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Subject Matter
Why teenagers commit suicide.
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Suicide

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Graham Higgins
Graham Higgins
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Subject Matter
Information about why people commit suicide.
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The Quality of Mercy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Al Davison
Al Davison
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Subject Matter
Facts about Euthenasia.
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The Right to Die

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Michael Avon Oeming
Michael Avon Oeming
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Subject Matter
Information about the founder of the Hemlock Society.
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They Call Him Dr. Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Hunt Emerson
Hunt Emerson
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Subject Matter
Information about Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
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Flag100% True? #2 published January 1997
as They Call Him Dr. Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Eggshell Skull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Tayyar Ozkan
Tayyar Ozkan
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Subject Matter
Information about how fragile the human skull can be.
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Sickness Unto Death I: Black Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
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Subject Matter
Information about the Black Plauge during the Middle Ages.
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Sickness Unto Death II: Tuberculosis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Mark Badger
Mark Badger
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Subject Matter
Information about Tuberculosis.
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Sickness Unto Death III: Typhoid Mary

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Mark Wheatley
Mark Wheatley
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Subject Matter
Information about Typhoid Mary.
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2
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Sickness Unto Death IV: The Future

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Rebecca Guay
Rebecca Guay
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Subject Matter
Information about current diseases, including HIV.
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The Art of War

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
John Garcia
John Garcia
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Subject Matter
Information about massacres during various wars.
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Onward (Your Religion Here) Soldiers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Greg Ruth
Greg Ruth
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Subject Matter
Information about various massacres committed in the name of religion.
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One-Way Ticket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Michael T. Gilbert
Michael T. Gilbert
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Subject Matter
Information about various accidents that caused massive deaths.
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Spontaneous Human Combustion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Richard Piers Rayner
Richard Piers Rayner
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Subject Matter
Information about Spontaneous Human Combustion.
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Weird Death I

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Tomm Coker
Tomm Coker
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Subject Matter
Weird ways people have died.
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Weird Death II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Mark Martin
Mark Martin
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Subject Matter
Weird ways people have died.
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Weird Death III

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Richard Sala
Richard Sala
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Subject Matter
Weird ways people have died.
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Weird Death IV

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Harry S. Robins
Harry S. Robins
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Subject Matter
Weird ways people have died.
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Weird Death V

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Fred Hembeck
Fred Hembeck
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Subject Matter
Weird ways people have died.
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Weird Death VI

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Kim Hagen
Kim Hagen
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Subject Matter
Weird ways people have died.
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Weird Death VII

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Jean-Philippe Vidon
Jean-Philippe Vidon
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Subject Matter
Weird ways people have died.
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Weird Death VIII

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Mike Hadley
Mike Hadley
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Subject Matter
Weird ways people have died.
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Weird Death IX

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
David Chelsea
David Chelsea
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Subject Matter
Weird ways people have died.
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The Definition of Death?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Graham Manley
Graham Manley
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Subject Matter
Information about the Medical definition of death.
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Anatomy of an Autopsy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Tim Perkins
Tim Perkins
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Subject Matter
How an Autopsy is preformed.
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Embalming

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bronwyn Carlton
Duncan Eagleson
Duncan Eagleson
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Subject Matter
How embalming works.
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Six Feet Under

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Nick Abadzis
Nick Abadzis
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Subject Matter
Weird ways people have been buried.
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The Watery Grave

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Roger Langridge
Roger Langridge
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Subject Matter
Information about burial at sea.
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Cremation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Alec Stevens
Alec Stevens
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Subject Matter
Information about cremation.
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Mummification

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Mitch O'Connell
Mitch O'Connell
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Subject Matter
Information about Mummification.
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Miscellaneous
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Cryonics: The Frozen Dead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Linda Medley
Linda Medley
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Subject Matter
Information about how Cryonics works.
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A Walking Tour of Highgate Cemetery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Robin Smith
Robin Smith
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Subject Matter
History of Highgate Cemetary.
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Le Cimetiere Du Pere Lachaise

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bronwyn Carlton
Steve Buccellato
Steve Buccellato
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Subject Matter
History of Le Cimetiere on Pere Lachaise.
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A Poetic Journey Through the Protestant Cemetery in Rome

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bronwyn Carlton
Woodrow Phoenix
Woodrow Phoenix
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Subject Matter
History of Protestant Cemetary in Rome.
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The Vienna Funeral Museum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Chris McLoughlin
Chris McLoughlin
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Subject Matter
History of the Vienna Funeral Museum.
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Greetings From Green-Wood Cemetery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bronwyn Carlton
Randy DuBurke
Randy DuBurke
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Subject Matter
History of GreenWood Cemetary in Brooklyn N.Y.
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Forest Lawn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Rick Geary
Rick Geary
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Subject Matter
History of Forest Lawn Cemetary in Hollywood Hills, CA.
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FlagWeird #3 published January 1998
as Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Where to Go

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Zina Saunders
Zina Saunders
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Subject Matter
Quick tour of several historical European cemetaries.
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Dead But Not Departed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Mike Collins
Mike Collins
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Subject Matter
True Stories about people whe were kept around after they died.
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They Saved Sakharov's Brain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Russell Braun
Russell Braun
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Subject Matter
Information about Organ Donation.
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The Disposal Dilemma

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
James Romberger
James Romberger
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Subject Matter
Information about how some killers have tried to get rid of the body.
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You Are What You Eat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Renee French
Renee French
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Subject Matter
Stories about true life cannibalism.
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Dead Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Craig Hamilton
Craig Hamilton
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Subject Matter
Stories about people who have performed Necrophilia.
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The Vampire!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Jim Fern
Jim Fern
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Subject Matter
True facts about Vampires and Vampirism.
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Are Zombies Real?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Steve Leialoha
Steve Leialoha
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Subject Matter
Information about Zombies.
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Soccer: The Sport That Kills!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Kirk-Albert Etienne
Kirk-Albert Etienne
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Subject Matter
Facts about people who have died at Soccer events.
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From Cradle to Grave

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
D'Israeli
D'Israeli
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Subject Matter
Information about the Black Plauge.
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The Art of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Bob Smith
Bob Smith
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Subject Matter
Stories about weird gravestones.
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Heaven and Hereafter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
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Subject Matter
Information about how different religions view the hereafter.
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Dante Goes to Hell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Barron Storey
Barron Storey
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Subject Matter
Dante's vertion of Hell.
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Near-Death Experiences

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Feliks Dobrin
Feliks Dobrin
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Subject Matter
Stories about Near Death Experiences.
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Famous Last Words

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bronwyn Carlton
Alex Wald
Alex Wald
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Subject Matter
Famous People's famous last words.
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The Last Words of Dutch Schultz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bronwyn Carlton
S. M. Taggart
S. M. Taggart
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Subject Matter
The last words of Dutch Schultz
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That Line Is Dead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Steve Smith
Steve Smith
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Subject Matter
Information about people who claim to have spoken with deceased relatives.
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Mike Montaigne Looks at Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bronwyn Carlton
Donald David
Donald David
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Subject Matter
Some philosophy from Michel De Montaigne.
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