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When the casket reached the front of the sanctuary, there was a loud cracking sound as the bottom fell out. And with a thump, down came Father Iggy.

From shoot-outs at funerals to dead men screaming and runaway corpses, undertakers have plenty of unusual stories to tell--and a special way of telling them.

In this macabre and moving compilation, funeral directors across the country share their most embarrassing, jaw-dropping, irreverent, and deeply poignant stories about life at death's door. Discover what scares them and what moves them to tears. Learn about rookie mistakes and why death sometimes calls for duct tape.

Enjoy tales of the dearly departed spending eternity naked from the waist down and getting bottled and corked--in a wine bottle. And then meet their families--the weepers, the punchers, the stolidly dignified, and the ones who deliver their dead mother in a pickup truck.

If there's one thing undertakers know, it's that death drives people crazy. These are the best "bodies of work" from America's darkest profession.

"Sick, funny, and brilliant! I love this book."
--Jonathan Maberry

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  • Title Mortuary Confidential: Undertakers Spill the Dirt
  • Author Kenneth McKenzie; Todd Harra
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Later Edition
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Citadel Press
  • Publication date 2/27/201
  • ISBN 9780806538686 / 0806538686
  • Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.67 in (21.08 x 13.97 x 1.70 cm)
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Funeral rites and ceremonies - United States, Undertakers and undertaking - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009937076
  • Dewey Decimal Code 363.750

About the author

Kenneth McKenzie became interested in becoming a mortician at the age of 12, after his father committed suicide. Working with grieving families came very naturally to him. After eight years at a Lakewood, California, mortuary, in 1994 he opened McKenzie Cremation & Burial Services in Signal Hill, California. In 2007 Ken created and published the well-received Men of Mortuaries calendar to benefit Breast Cancer Awareness and received California's Outstanding Funeral Director of the Year award. McKenzie gives back to the community by sponsoring annual holiday food drives and summer estate sales that directly benefit people who receive care at local hospices. McKenzie has been named outstanding businessman of the year for community involvement by the Long Beach Community Business Network. He resides in Long Beach. For more information visit www.mckenziemortuary.com.

Todd Harra is the author of several books about the funeral profession. He is a fourth-generation funeral director and works for the family business in Wilmington, Delaware. In addition to being a funeral director and embalmer, Todd is a certified postmortem reconstructionist and cremationist. For more information visit www.toddharra.com or connect on Facebook @toddharraauthor.
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