Reddit reviews The Big Book of Death

Regarding the smell, it would depend on when the body you exhumed had been interred. I'm assuming that these guys were robbing graves of long deceased people (as opposed to recently deceased), which would have far less biological material remaining on the bones, most of which would be dried and past putrification (which is mostly what the "rotted" smell is). (Source: grew up on a ranch, so saw my fair share of dead creatures in various states of decay and burial.) Assuming the skull is real (I tend to think it is) and that he got it from grave robbing (perhaps he didn't rob a grave but surely someone did), that could explain the filthy state of the skull.

> I now know more about grave robbing than I ever thought I'd need to.

I know right? And I thought that "The Big Book of Death" taught me everything I needed to know. TIL! ;)

The Big Book of Death.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1563891662/ref=redir_mdp_mobile

Sometimes morbid can be funny.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Book-Death-Bronwyn-Carlton/dp/1563891662 This is a great series, and it covers execution and many other things! It's mainly comic strips though by varied artists, but the topics covered are all informative and bring up lots of real life events. There's some bits about the history of executions at the beginning if I remember. The illustrations are great!

I remember reading something like this a long time ago. Maybe it's from The Big Book of Death?