What The History Podcast

The Outlaw Corpse and Getting Barred

In this episode Suzie finds out all about Elmer McCurdy and Trevor checks out an award ceremony gone awry!

WHAT THE HISTORY?

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Sources:

ELMER MCCURDY

Harvey S 2011, ‘Inept train robber had an unimpressive life but a celebrated afterlife’ http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/03/local/la-me-0703-then-20110703
Lakeland Ledger 1977, ‘Elmer McCurdy Goes Home to Boot Hill’ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19770423&id=UrcwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0foDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5721,5601106
Meier A 2013, ‘The Mummy Everyone Forgot Was Real’ http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/31-days-of-halloween-day-1-elmer-mccurdy
The Human Marvels n.d, ‘Elmer McCurdy – The Wandering Dead’ http://www.thehumanmarvels.com/elmer-mccurdy-the-wandering-dead/
The Lineup 2014, ‘Elmer McCurdy: The Outlaw Mummy of Oklahoma’ https://the-line-up.com/elmer-mccurdy-mummy-man

BEST BAR NONE

Best Bar None UK

Best Bar None scheme – Wigan Council

Tackling pub and club crime: Best Bar None back to promote safer nights out for revellers across Wigan – Mancunian Matters

Best Bar None returns – Wigan World

Record breaking safety scheme – Wigan World

Violent crime fall is credited to scheme – Wigan Today

Best Bar None awards success – Wigan Today

Best Bar None awards ceremony ends in brawl – Wigan Today

Other stuff:

The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…

History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)

History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)

Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)

You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)

Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)

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