Elmer J. McCurdy (January 1, 1880 – October 7, 1911) was an American outlaw who was killed in a shoot-out with police after robbing a train in Oklahoma in October 1911.

2023年4月25日 · After bumbling outlaw Elmer McCurdy was killed in a shootout with Oklahoma police in 1911, his mummified body spent decades as a traveling funhouse exhibit.

2021年10月5日 · Within the week, detectives tracking down the body’s provenance determined he was likely Wild West robber Elmer McCurdy. Photos were matched against images in the University of Oklahoma archive...

On Oct. 11, 1911 an Oklahoma sheriff’s posse had Elmer McCurdy on the run. The Maine man – a plumber-turned-outlaw – had robbed a train a few days earlier in Katy, Okla. The robbery was a disaster for the would-be gangster. It was his second train robbery and one of …

2015年1月9日 · Elmer McCurdy led a life of poverty, illness and crime. But the injustices subjected to his corpse after his death made his afterlife much, much worse.

2021年10月15日 · Elmer McCurdy became well known throughout the United States as a failed bank and train robber. Yet this was not to be his legacy. Instead, Elmer would find more success once he was dead than he ever did in life.

1991年7月11日 · In life, Elmer McCurdy was a hard-drinking drifter. In death, he crisscrossed the country touring the carnival circuit, hit the Hollywood scene, and even made it to TV! The bizarre tale of Elmer’s journey from varmint to traveling corpse started in Oklahoma when he and his gang of bandits robbed the wrong train in October 1911.

2024年9月23日 · Elmer McCurdy’s life of crime was marked by failure and bad luck. Discover the bizarre story of this hapless train robber whose misfortunes followed him even after death.

2022年11月11日 · Who was Elmer McCurdy? From bumbling bank robber to Hollywood prop, this is the strange life, death, and afterlife of Elmer McCurdy.

2023年10月31日 · Elmer McCurdy had a troubled life and died in a shoot-out. His body got embalmed, became part of a traveling crime museum, then was bought by an amusement ride operator.