Priam Farrel is a celebrated artist but a social recluse. When his valet dies of a sudden illness, a mix-up leads to the body being identified as Farrel’s. The timid artist then assumes the identity of his former servant, but finds himself faced with constant dilemmas as a result. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A man was charged with abusing the corpse of a former girlfriend whose body was found in a shallow grave in an Alabama barn days after the two had met in the Florida Panhandle to exchange custody of their daughter. Authorities in St. Clair County, Alabama, on Monday said Marcus Spanevelo, 35, was accused…

LAS VEGAS—Another body has surfaced at Lake Mead—this time in a swimming area where water levels have dropped as the Colorado River reservoir behind Hoover Dam recedes because of drought and climate change. The National Park Service did not say in a statement how long officials think the corpse was submerged in the Boulder Beach…

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Southern California police who responded to reports of screams from a sports utility vehicle over the weekend arrested a man after officers found the body of another man inside the SUV. Officers in the city of Anaheim Sunday morning saw a man getting out of the SUV that was parked in a residential neighborhood,…

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—Police were investigating after mushroom hunters discovered a body in a rural, hand-dug water well in south-central Missouri. The discovery was made Sunday near the unincorporated community of Long Lane, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northeast of Springfield. The mushroom hunters were using a long branch to determine the well’s depth when “what appeared…

In outright defiance of expectation, a 19-year-old boy from Qatar who was born without the lower half of his body has beaten the odds to become a goodwill ambassador, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and student who is currently majoring in political science at a UK university. He hopes someday to represent his country as an ambassador….

In 1969, in order to bolster its shrinking student body, Fort Worth Country Day School recruited retired Marine Corps Lt. Colonel, R.C. “Rocky” Rosacker to ignite participation in athletics. No one was prepared for the Colonel’s expectations of maximum effort and execution. Not only did the Colonel create a dynasty of championships but his teachings…

LOS ANGELES—A hiker who went missing two weeks ago was found dead in Griffith Park with his dog by his side, authorities said. Oscar Alejandro Hernandez, 29, was reported missing on March 16. His body was found Thursday night in a remote area of the sprawling urban park. His dog, King, was alive but emaciated….

MERCED, Calif.—A manhunt was under way Saturday for a man wanted in the death of a child whose body was found inside a central California home during the search for a missing 8-year-old girl. The body was discovered at a home in Merced on Friday, several days after relatives of Sophia Mason told police in…

MEXICO CITY—Authorities in northern Mexico say volunteer searchers have found 11 bodies in clandestine burial pits just a few miles from the U.S. border. The government of Sonora state said late Monday the bodies included nine men and two women. Sonora has been locked in a bloody three-way turf battle between rival factions of the…