The traveling dead

Many cowboys live very interesting lives, but one outlaw had a more interesting afterlife. Elmer McCurdy died in 1911, but wasn't buried until 1977. This was because he spent his death not resting in peace, but attending carnivals and sideshows across America.

Elmer McCurdy robbed a train in 1911, but rather than make off with thousands of dollars he made off with...forty six dollars. Then, to add to his misfortune he was shot by a sheriff before escaping. He was embalmed like a mummy and sold to a carnival. For over sixty years, McCurdy’s body was transferred to various Wax Museums and Haunted Houses around America. One haunted house even turned down the body because "it was not realistic enough". The mummy ended up at long pike amusement park in Long Beach, California. While filming for "The six million dollar man" in 1976 a finger fell off revealing human tissue. After the Los Angeles coroners office concluded the body was Elmer McCurry he was buried at the Boot Hill cemetery in Kansas.

Certainly McCurdy didn't exactly "Rest In Peace" but he created quite a story! Come back for more stories of the west!