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The opening section follows the author’s editorial pitches and the unexpected pull of death as entertainment, then moves into personal encounters that set the tone for confronting aftermath, danger, and the human stories hidden behind cleaning scenes. The contents outline multiple character-driven episodes and a concluding epilogue.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nMOP MEN  \nInside the World of Crime Scene Cleaners  \nAlan Emmins  \nTHOMAS DUNNE BOOKS  NEW YORK  \nST. MARTIN’S PRESS  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTHOMAS DUNNE BOOKS.  \nAn imprint of St. Martin’s Press.  \nMOP MEN. Copyright © 2004, 2008 by Alan Emmins. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.  \n[www.thomasdunnebooks.com](www.thomasdunnebooks.com)  \n[www.stmartins.com](www.stmartins.com)  \nDesign by Phil Mazzone  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Emmis, Alan, 1974–  \nMop men: inside the world of Crime Scene Cleaners / Alan Emmins.— 1st U. S. ed.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nISBN-13: 978-0-312-53274-1  \nISBN-10: 0-312-53274-1  \n1. Crimes—United States. 2. Crime scenes—United States. 3. Crime Scene Cleaners (Firm) I. Title.  \nHV6529 .E46 2009 364.1520973—dc22  \n2008029879  \nFirst published in Great Britain by Corvo Books. First U.S. Edition: January 2009  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor Matt Dougherty  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nPRAYING FOR DEATH  \nA DUDE GOT HIS FREAK ON  \nFEAR AND LOATHING IN SANTA CRUZ  \nDUDE I’M DYING   CHA-CHING!  \nTHUMB MAN CHRONICLES  \nM IS FOR MOGUL  \nMAN IN THE BATH PART I—THE VIRGIN AND THE FLY HEPATITIS C YOU LATER  \nTHE CAVALIER MAN  \nTHE DARK LORD PERFORMSA JEDI MIND TRICK  \nMAN IN THE BATH PART II–I KNEW YOU WERE COMING  \nDEATH AND DAYS OFF  \nCOOLER THAN ELVIS  \nSELLING TO THE FUTURE DEAD  \nSELLING TO THE RELATIVES OF THE DEAD  \nGOING ONCE   GOING TWICE   GONE  \nCRANK HOUSE  \nMAN IN THE BATH PART III—THE STATE VS JAMES MCKINNON  \nWHEN IT RAINS IT POURS  \nMAN IN THE BATH PART IV  \nMISS MISERY  \nMISCREANTS ON THE LOOSE  \nSITTING NAKED IN THE FOREST  \nEPILOGUE: MAN IN THE BATH PART V  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAUTHOR’S NOTE  \nThis is a true story, though some names and details have been changed.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPRAYING FOR DEATH  \nI had a meeting with the editor of a lifestyle magazine. I was pitching a  \nstory covering one of the lantern festivals in Taiwan—a cultural gala held for the gods that ends in pyrotechnic lunacy. When the locals settle down for the evening, crash-helmeted youths take to the streets in an attempt to remove one another ’s heads with fifty-dollar rockets. The editor raised an eyebrow. It was clear that, for the first time since sitting down, I had his full attention. He looked so excited, as he sat there scribbling notes, that I assumed the story was in the bag. Flight tickets needed to be booked, lightweight shirts and a pair of good-quality safety goggles needed purchasing.  \n“Do people die?” he asked.  \n“Not that I’m aware of,” I replied, slightly amused by the directness of the question.  \nThe editor slumped back in his seat without even a cursory attempt at hiding his disappointment. We moved on quickly to the next pitch, but I never got his full attention again. If only one of the pesky little brats would die, I thought, I could be on my way to Taiwan.  \nBut it was not to be. Of the five stories I was pitching that day none of them offered a single death, and, so it seemed, none of the stories were commissioned. It was an error on my part. This was a men’s lifestyle magazine. I knew they wanted entertainment, I just hadn’t realized at that point just how entertaining death was.  \nI was so out of tune with death that I didn’t even see the stories when I was virtually tripping over them. Shortly after the editorial pitch, when leaving my apartment building, I came across a man wearing a balaclava and clasping a gun. He was lying facedown in the street. 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