What is it about rotting flesh that captivates so many people? Why do so many people have to dress up on Halloween night like rotting corpses? No, really, all denial aside, why?

Not the dead that are in the hospital after you've lost a loved one. That's lightweight. Still it can be very disturbing and life changing...at least for a little while.

I have had the misfortune of not only being in the presence of actual rotting corpses, but having to handle them. There is nothing “cool” or “attractive” about them at all. Death is tragic. Anyone from just about any walk of life reacts just about the same when confronted by rotting human remains, especially if the remains are under a month old indoors or a week or so in the summer outdoors.

They throw up.

The smell is nothing like a dead cat or raccoon...or even a pig or a bear.

It is unmistakable.

After someone dies in a closed house is discovered after a couple of weeks later, rotting of course, clothes in rooms far away from the deceased location are unusable. Most people wretch when smelling them.

What screw must be loose in someones head to make them think that's cool and makes them want to dress up like that? How are they so damaged?  

I think it's very foolish