Caskets vs. coffins: How much do these burial containers differ? We know that they appear in the television dramas we watch, the horror movies we compulsively consume and the dreams that play across ...

Over the past few years, the trend has spawned hundreds of independent casket stores that are giving mortuaries -- long the source of coffins, as part of expensive funerals -- a run for their money.

Traveller Frank Thompson, 69, was given an extravagant send-off when his family ordered a gold coffin. They commisioned a ...

A “fantasy” casket-maker has grown a following for his coffins which resemble everything from Nike sneakers to Louis Vuitton purses.

Vashon Island coffin maker Marcus Daly makes simple wooden caskets inspired by Pope John Paul II and a loss of his own.

Caskets vs. coffins: How much do these burial containers differ? We know that they appear in the television dramas we watch, the horror movies we compulsively consume and the dreams that play across ...

A casket is a specially designed rectangular box with four sides used for the containment and burial of deceased persons, whereas a coffin is traditionally an anthropoid-shaped container with six ...