Historical AF

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

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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!

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    • 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 Spookhouse
    • https://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.html


    The Long, Strange, 60-Year Trip of Elmer McCurdy
    https://www.npr.org/2015/01/09/376097471/the-long-strange-60-year-trip-of-elmer-mccurdy


    Elmer McCurdy: Outlaw Mummy
    https://medium.com/@williams.williams.michael/elmer-mccurdy-outlaw-mummy-7521975d08c6


    Elmer McCurdy (Wikipedia)
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_McCurdy


    Elmer McCurdy (Snopes)
    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dead-man-gawking/


    Arsenic and Old Graves
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/arsenic-and-old-graves-civil-war-era-cemeteries-may-be-leaking-toxins-180957115/
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