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They shot him. Embalmed him. Then forgot to bury him.

This week, Jamie and Leo dive into one of the strangest true crime stories in American history the bizarre afterlife of outlaw Elmer McCurdy.

After a failed robbery in early 1900s Oklahoma ended with a bullet, McCurdy’s body didn’t exactly rest in peace. Instead, he was embalmed, displayed, toured, propped up in carnivals, passed around by showmen, and eventually mistaken for a prop decades later. Yes. Mistaken. For. A. Prop.

From abandoned child to small-time outlaw… to sideshow attraction… to roller skating decoration (you r ...