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Elmer J. McCurdy (January 1, 1880 – October 7, 1911) was an American outlaw who was killed in a shoot-out with police after robbing a train in Oklahoma in October 1911. Dubbed "The Bandit Who Wouldn't Give Up", his mummified body was first put on display at an Oklahoma funeral home and then became a fixture on the traveling carnival and sideshow circuit during the 1920s through the 1960s. After changing ownership several times, McCurdy's remains eventually wound up at The Pike amusement zone in Long Beach, California, where they were discovered by crew members for the television series The Six Million Dollar Man and positively identified in December 1976.

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Joshua Fryvecind

So his story was made into a musical called ‘Dead Outlaw’. I saw it a week before it closed its off-broadway run. A mix of rock and country, it. Was. PHENOMENAL!!!

Mary Ballard-Johansson

I first read about Elmer when I first started grad school to be a Forensic anthropologist. The late, great Dr. Clyde Snow wrote the story in the book.

Bram Kaandorp

For a second there I thought this was about the Don McLean song, but that's about Andrew McCrew. Also a fascinating true story.

Andrew Henderson

The concrete won’t be too difficult at all. A McCurdy-baed surprise could be the perfect escalation of a prank war.

Zach Van Stanley

Please cover the Green Corn Rebellion, the socialist revolution of rural Oklahoma.

WelcomeToFalse

This was one of the funniest interstitials I’ve heard, in a long time. We need more indignant drunk Eli impressions!

CarrieBoo

Welp...guess I've got a Broadway show to see

Joshua Fryvecind

It closed but keep your eye out. It was great.

CarrieBoo

It's back! Longacre Theater on 48th St.

Eileen Daniel

They have made a Broadway show about Elmer and his corpse!