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 ...
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 ...
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 ...