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 scheme – Wigan Council
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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