For fans of Stiff by Mary Roach and Jon Ronson, this illuminating journey written by an ordained minister seeks to uncover the reasons we are drawn to the morbid side of life.
Reverend Peter Laws is the author of three creepy crime fiction novels, Purged, Unleashed, and Severed, and is also an ordained church minister. He writes a monthly horror movie column for the paranormal magazine The Fortean Times and hosts the popular podcast/YouTube show The Flicks That Church Forgot, exploring the deeper and sometimes spiritual themes of morbid culture. He is a regular public speaker and had written for various magazines and newspapers. He lives in Bedfordshire, UK.