Nov 28 2020 65 mins 9
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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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/
