Smell of decaying corpse really draws them in.
581934
If you do not mind the smell of a decaying corpse when the wind is just right, this a highly effective product.

I feel fairly certain that the attractant that comes with the product is powdered, dehydrated flesh of some kind that starts to putrify after being rehydrated. I say that with some degree of confidence because while I purchased it to deal with houseflies drawn to my dogs back-yard droppings, it has drawn about two to three bottle flies for every one housefly.

Once they check in, they never check out. They eventually tie and fall into the putrid muck at the bottom of the jar where they drown.
962445
Great dead. Looking forward to reading the remainder of the book.
92930
Having lost both of my parents and knowing their ashes are still in the boxes with their certificates as they grace a shelf in a nearby bedroom closet, this book really resonated with me. Caitlin's final opinions and her humorous yet sincere way of getting there truly endeared her to me. She answered some things I'd wondered and her history of death rituals was fascinating. I hope her Order of the Good Death continues to find followers, with me being one of the new converts. A good read with some eye opening commentary. Maybe not for the truly squeamish, but I was able to distance myself and look at most of the macabre descriptions in a matter of fact way, due to her style of writing. More people should understand the "death business" realizing they can plan for the inevitable without being afraid.
530525
They smell STRONG, which is great for what they are.
35163
This might trap flies but this thing stinks so bad we can't keep it anywhere near the house I've got it on the other side of the yard and I can smell it. My husband says it smells like a dead body.
4593479
Garbage is overflowing the streets of Naples, because the Camorra refuses to collect it. Meanwhile, the body of a beautiful young girl, stabbed to death, is found in a crypt full of skulls. Captain Natalia Monte and her partner Pino are dispatched to the scene.

Atmosphere is everything in this book. We watch feral dogs fighting over garbage scraps. We follow an old bone cleaner on her rounds of crypts. We see a woman chanting to protect a baby from the evil eye. We hear an explosion in the distance  the mob blowing up a car... The mob is everywhere in Naples, even connected to Natalias friends.

There are lots of cultural tidbits. The author introduces us to the ancient practice of second burial and the crypts haunted by followers of the Cult of the Dead. She takes us into the hive of subterranean passageways under the city dating back before the Romans. She describes the tests of loyalty for entering the Camorra, and explains the differences between the Camorra and the Mafia.

The mystery is a good one, with a surprising solution. And there's a lot of excitement along the way -- as well as a dash of romance.

This promises to be an intriguing series.
2798372
This is a powerful product that does kill rats and mice that consume it. There is one downfall of this kind of killing method. Once dead over time, decomposing rats can smell real bad.
2783502
What they said. Plus endless blood and guts gory depictions.

That was when (MacCauley) learned that dying men where incontinent.

The horrid smell of feces, Izamura's or his own...

Blown to bloody piles of offal by the Marines' incomparably superior firepower
3156040
These stickers have a subtle smell of nutmeg.
4120000
It's "Creepshow" meets "Menace II Society" as a mortician takes three drug dealers on a tour of his mortuary. But with each dead body is a story, each more gruesome than the next. The first involves a squad of crooked cops who murder a community activist, only to be haunted by his ghost. The second surrounds a young pre-teen boy and his fear of the "Monster" at home. The third involves a racist politician who decides to reside in a former plantation where the spirits of the tormented slaves are trapped in tiny dolls. The fourth and final tale surrounds a violent gang-banger, convicted of several murders in his community, who is offered both release and redemption if he completes a bizarre goverment-funded rehabilitation program. There is an interesting social commentary provided here comparing the black-on-black violence committed by the lead to the horrible murders of the Klu-Klux Klan and other white supremacy organizations. The first three-quarters of "Hood" don't offer much outside of an urban twist on familiar "horror anthology" concepts but the final act is where the movie really shines with a conclusion that you won't be able to forget. The DVD edition includes a featurette, trailer, and TV spots.
1496526
The smokiness is wonderful. Some people eat the bones but if you just can't bear it, the spine is super easy to pull out.
1729394
This is a very creepy corpse mask that works very well. The only problem is it is not well ventilated so wearing for prolonged periods does create moisture. I use a black stocking type full head mask under it to hide my eyes. Looks fabulous.
466527
Exceedingly good at attracting and trapping flies. However, as dead flies build up in the trap, an ever more intense putrid smell wafts up into the air. It is a foul smell, like a garbage dump, and it carries a distance. This smell of rot only draws even more flies from an inexhaustible pool of flies from the surrounding neighborhood. One thinks, great, I'll take them all out. But nope, they keep coming. It's like the smell of rot carries very far, and the flies don't run out, no matter how thick a layer of dead flies build up in the traps. It's true what people write here, that you end up with more flies in your yard than before. To get rid of flies, a fly attractant was the wrong thing to buy. And this is a fly attractant. This product might be good in an area that has a relatively fixed quantity of flies in a given square mile -- like someone's house out in the desert. Not a good product for a city home. If you have flies, try an insecticide to spray down on the ground, like Demand CS.
4122062
Breezy wakes up dead. She has no memory of how it happened or why, one year later, she rose up. The dead guy she killed with her touch is a mystery to her. Why was he digging her up? Did he kill her? What did he want from her?

Breezy must hide what she is as she unravels the mystery of her death and why she came back from those who would shun her and those who want her for their own reasons.

No, Breezy is not a zombie. She doesnt shuffle around looking for brains to eat. In fact, if she does eat food it makes her ill. I was intrigued by that. For most of the book, you have no idea how she came back or why.

And there are others out there. Like, but not like Breezy. This is where I got a flashback to Nightbreed. Great book and movie about beings of all shapes and sizes just trying to live and avoid being persecuted for being something other than human.

As Breezy learned more about what she was, I thought she handled it well for coming back from the dead. She soldiered on, determined yet scared, trying to hang on to the human part of herself. Read very genuine to me.

About those other beings. Im pretty sure one was a werewolf, not too crazy about him. I did really like the ghoul brothers. Yep, ghouls. I know, they eat dead bodies. But they cant help it. And they're not grungy and smelly. Youd never suspect they cut up bodies in their bathtub and eat them.

A well woven horror mystery, Shallow Graves kept me up late, reading until I reached end. And the ending was a great wrap with up an opening to write more. Not sure if there will be a sequel or series, but if there is, Ill read it.

I won this book in a giveaway. What a great prize.
1835571
Aren't we all a bit curious about death?  Admit it.  You would love to know the chemical changes that take place after we expire.  What causes rigor mortis?  In what order does the cadaver decompose?  Okay, so most people have their boundaries and prefer those details be left to the mortician.  Fortunately, Ms. Roach does not go into details on the grotesque aspects of death.  Not only does she treat it with great sensitivity, her humor kept me riveted to the book.  It held me captive from the moment I opened it.  The only problem is that when I took the book to work, co-workers were disturbed to discover my morbid fascination.  I did not find `Stiff' to be morbid.  It is more entertaining, than macabre.  The book does not read like `Anatomy 101' or `Forensics for Dummies'.  I highly recommend it; however, I regret that I missed it before completing my first published novel, `A Disturbing Presence'.  My research into the forensics field yielded systematic details.  It is not easy to find humor in the fine art of mortuary sciences, unless you are of the same mind as Mary Roach.
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3526977
The old spirits are still with us and as powerful as ever if we get them to notice us. Very creepy story that mixes factual spiritual lore and events with horror into a frightening alchemical brew that will have you never taking for granted shadows and bumps in the night.
2934630
Hmmmm I'm not sure how to write this review. A little girl who can smell death and sickness......a bunch of diseased people and then wow! I'm pretty sure by the end of the book I finally worked out what they were.