Top-tier athletes have a risk-filled life, and tragic deaths when young are all too common. For some, chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE had a grim role.
Over the decades, many famous or rising hip-hop stars have tragically died before their time. Here are some life details that emerged after their death.
Over 70 people died in the infamous 1993 siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. Here's the tragic fate of the many bodies recovered afterward.
Garry Shandling died suddenly at 66 years old. While most assumed it was a heart attack, details found in his autopsy report revealed that was not the cause.
L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, was private in his last years. His post-death wishes reflected that. Here's what was found in his coroner's report.
Marilyn Sheppard was murdered on July 4, 1954 in Ohio. The identity of the killer is still debated to this day. Here's what was found in the autopsy report.
If you've ever seen an autopsy depicted in media - or even real life - you might have wondered how much they cost on average. The answer is complicated.
Today autopsies are a standard part of death investigations, but the first autopsies in history were uncommon and performed more to understand the human body.
Corey Haim had long experienced addiction, and after his death, many speculated that Haim had finally succumbed to substance use issues. This was not the case.
Michelle McNamara, a television writer as well as a true crime author, tragically died on April 16, 2016. Here are details found during her autopsy report.
The case of the man who woke up during his autopsy is disturbing, but what's more creepy is that there are many accounts of people "waking up" from the dead.
Sean Vincent Gillis declared himself a "monster," and the shocking details found in Katherine Hall's autopsy report support that claim. Here's what was found.
Officers picked up Ryan Singleton on the highway after his car had stalled. It would be the last time that he was seen alive. Here's what the autopsy found.
Donald Harvey literally got away with murdering patients for nearly two decades. Here's how a routine autopsy finally got the hospital serial killer caught.
Today, vampires tend to be the stuff of popular entertainment -- symbols of sensuality, not evil -- but there was a time when they were taken very seriously.