necromania
/ˌnɛkroʊˈmeɪniə/
noun
- An obsessive interest in death, corpses, or the supernatural.
- His necromania led him to spend every weekend visiting old cemeteries.
- The novel's main character suffers from necromania, constantly reading about ancient burial rituals.
- Some historians argue that the Victorian era had a cultural necromania, with its elaborate mourning customs.