Coffins tend to be made of wood, while caskets can contain a variety of materials, with wood and metal being the most common.

Emmett Till's glass-topped coffin at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture stands as a reminder of his mother's courage and the fight to preserve his story.

*An abstract painting of Emmett Till currently featured in New York’s Whitney Museum of Art reimagines the searing image of the murdered teen disfigured and unidentifiable following his brutal murder ...

In a classy move certain to enrage fans while boosting sales, the National Enquirer has published a photo of Whitney Houston's open casket this week. The image of the late pop diva was purportedly ...

Krystle Johnson said her family planned to hold an open-casket funeral after her mother-in-law died July 31 at a hospice facility. But after making arrangements with McDermott’s Funeral Home and ...

There was confusion and panic at a burial as the coffin refused to fit in the shallow grave. As the pallbearers tried to fix ...