Episode 84: The Good, The Bad, & The Mummified




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Summary: Welcome to 19th Century Outlaws/Criminals part three with special guest Nash from the You Totally Made This Up Podcast! This week we dive into the wild life and death of ElmerMcCurdy and the first train robbery in the US! BLACK LIVES MATTER for ways to help, click here: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Join Patreon NOW to see the episodes LIVE & comment along! www.patreon.com/historicalafpod Want to send us stuff like a postcard or letter? Now you can!!  P. O. Box 1141 Seguin, TX 78155-9998 Want to be featured in our next Extra AF episode? E-mail your historical experiences, the funny/weird stories from your hometown, a family story or legend, and your true crime/paranormal experiences to historicalafpod@gmail.com! We have new merch! Mason jars are here and we couldn't be more pumped! They are a Southerner's dream… https://shop.spreadshirt.com/historicalafpod/ To get access to exclusive additional content, join Patreon today at https://www.patreon.com/HistoricalAFPod! Patreon members have early access to the podcast and enjoy benefits like book lists, bucket lists, bloopers, drunk dives, deleted scenes, and more!! Finally, don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Facebook and, the like to help us become more visible!  Links: Email: historicalafpod@gmail.com Website: https://historicalafpodcast.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HistoricalAFPod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/historicalafpod/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistoricalAFPod/ Instagram: @HistoricalAFPod www.instagram.com/historicalafpod/ Twitter: @HistoricalAFPod www.twitter.com/historicalafpod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9IxpqhesOJneKPBZuY8KlA?view_as=subscriber Credits: Artwork by Kyna Stys Intro & Outro Music by Camilo GP Hold Music by Lobo Loco-Pianoman Play Sofa Again (Copyright Free Download from Jamendo Music) Sound Effects from Free Music Archive, Sound Bible, Free Sound, and Fesliyan Studios Editing by Kyna Stys Sources: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-renogang/ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/train-robbers-reach-the-end-of-the-line https://orangebeanindiana.com/2018/08/16/reno-gang-indiana/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15013041/john-reno https://www.indystar.com/story/marketplace/real-estate/2017/12/29/train-robbing-profession-began-indiana-reno-gang/984564001/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/graves-of-the-reno-gang https://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/6279 http://genealogytrails.com/ind/jackson/reno-gang.htm https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-u-s-train-robbery https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/25825/10-great-train-robberies How a Real Corpse Ended Up in a California Fun Park Spookhousehttps://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/04/11/the_corpse_of_elmer_mccurdy_and_how_it_ended_up_in_a_long_beach_fun_park.htmlThe Long, Strange, 60-Year Trip of Elmer McCurdyhttps://www.npr.org/2015/01/09/376097471/the-long-strange-60-year-trip-of-elmer-mccurdyElmer McCurdy: Outlaw Mummyhttps://medium.com/@williams.williams.michael/elmer-mccurdy-outlaw-mummy-7521975d08c6Elmer McCurdy (Wikipedia)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_McCurdyElmer McCurdy (Snopes)https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dead-man-gawking/Arsenic and Old Graveshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/arsenic-and-old-graves-civil-war-era-cemeteries-may-be-leaking-toxins-180957115/