FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - While you may not want any of it, you can now own some very macabre pieces of local history. The original coffin that housed the body of Lee Harvey Oswald, along with medical ...

For those that like to be scared out of their wits, the Halloween season is just around the corner and everyone’s curiosity peaks to try something not done before. There are going to be haunted houses ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (CN) - The state's attorney general has filed a suit seeking to shut down a funeral home that allowed bodies to be stored without refrigeration or embalming more than 10 months. A recent ...

OPELIKA, Alabama -- Burglars recently took two large, expensive items that had been held in storage. The question is: Did they know what they are? Missing from a building in the 200 block of Avenue A: ...

Before the Civil War, embalming was performed mainly to preserve the body for the purpose of medical studies. There were no specific guidelines for the embalmer. Embalming was performed by those with ...