ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Loren Rhoads, the author of "222 Cemeteries to See Before You Die," "Wish You Were Here: Adventures in Cemetery Travel," and many more morbid books of nonfiction and fiction, joins Courtney and Beth to discuss their mutual love of cemeteries, why it's not so weird to visit burial grounds when you travel, and the intricacies of translating a cemetery-tourism book into Russian.
Sources:
Loren Rhoads' website: https://lorenrhoads.com/
Loren's books: https://lorenrhoads.com/shop/
Loren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morbidloren/
Loren on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/morbidloren.bsky.social
English
United States
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