Ep 128 - The Very Strange Afterlife of Elmer J. McCurdy
Haunted Talks22 Jul 2022

Ep 128 - The Very Strange Afterlife of Elmer J. McCurdy

While a minor outlaw during his lifetime, the story of Elmer J. McCurdy really begins after his death in 1911. For 60 years, his mortal remains were intentionally, and at times accidentally, displayed for public amusement and profit. Events culminated in 1976 when a TV show thought they had found the perfect prop in an old carnival dark ride. Only to realize what they had discovered was not a recreation of a mummified body – but a corpse! What was it doing there, and how was the mystery solved? We share the shocking and at times almost unbelievable tale of the afterlife of Elmer J. McCurdy in the latest episode of Haunted Talks!

Episoder(227)

Ep 144 - The Haunted & the Haunters - Part 2

Ep 144 - The Haunted & the Haunters - Part 2

Join us for the second part of our three-part mini-series on Edward Bulwer-Lytton's paranormal masterpiece, "The Haunted and the Haunters", published in 1859. The story is a chilling reminder of the d...

27 Jan 202336min

Ep 143 - The Haunted & the Haunters - Part 1

Ep 143 - The Haunted & the Haunters - Part 1

Gather in close as we share a reading of a classic Victorian ghost story! Edward Bulwer-Lytton's The Haunted and the Haunters is an exceptional example of Gothic fiction, a genre that emerged in the l...

20 Jan 202336min

Ep 142 - The Somerton Man Mystery: SOLVED! - Part 2

Ep 142 - The Somerton Man Mystery: SOLVED! - Part 2

It is not every day that one of the world's great mysteries gets solved. For 70 years, the identity of the Somerton Man, whose body was found on a beach outside of Adelaide, Australia, on December 1, ...

16 Des 202225min

Ep 141 - Solving the Somerton Man Mystery - Part 1

Ep 141 - Solving the Somerton Man Mystery - Part 1

One of the world's great mysteries is on the verge of being solved. For over 70 years, investigators have sought to identify the unknown man found dead on an Australian beach in 1948. There were no si...

16 Des 202239min

Ep 140 - Who Blew Up the Georgia Guidestones?

Ep 140 - Who Blew Up the Georgia Guidestones?

Shortly after 4am, on July 6th, 2022, an explosion rocked the hilltop pasture on which "America's Stonehenge" stood for over 40 years. One of the monument's mysterious columns was destroyed and the ca...

2 Des 202245min

Ep 139 - Engineering Legends: Toronto's Cabbagetown Monster

Ep 139 - Engineering Legends: Toronto's Cabbagetown Monster

This October, Jim had an opportunity to do a guest spot on an engineering podcast. The show, called Engineering Legends, is produced by Brown and Caldwell, an engineering consulting firm that works th...

11 Nov 202244min

Ep 138 - Happy Halloween + Blood Harvest

Ep 138 - Happy Halloween + Blood Harvest

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃 We celebrate the spookiest day of the year by sharing a story recently published by one of our listeners. Caitlin Mulroney reads "Blood Harvest" from her new book Not That Scary: A...

31 Okt 202230min

Ep 137 - Haunted Hotel: The Fort Garry

Ep 137 - Haunted Hotel: The Fort Garry

Like many old Canadian hotels, the Fort Garry was a railroad hotel built by the Grand Trunk Railroad just before the outbreak of the First World War. While spirits have been spotted throughout the pro...

28 Okt 202229min

Populært innen Historie

rss-dette-ma-aldri-skje-igjen
rss-katastrofe
henrettelsespodden
historier-som-endret-norge
rss-historiske-romanser-svik-drap-og-kjarlighet
med-egne-oyne
aftenposten-historie
historier-som-endret-verden
rss-benadet
rss-nadelose-nordmenn-gestapo
rss-frontkjemperne
sektledere
rss-strid-de-norske-borgerkrigene
rss-gamle-greier
rss-bisarr-historie
lille-helvete
taakeprat
liberal-halvtime
historiepodden
rss-historier-fra-gudbrandsdalen