Elmer McCurdy | Real Dead Guy Found on TV Show Set

Things I Learned Last Night

Space Tim Media

Comedy, Education, History

4.6 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Elmer McCurdy was a failed outlaw whose story didn’t end with his death—it only got weirder. After a string of explosive robbery attempts that went hilariously wrong, McCurdy met his end in a shootout with law enforcement. But instead of being buried and forgotten, his body began a journey stranger than fiction. For decades, McCurdy’s embalmed corpse was mistaken for a wax figure and passed through carnivals, haunted houses, and even a movie set. This bizarre true story of crime, deception, and one unforgettable corpse will leave you questioning where history ends and legend begins. Things I Learned Last Night is an educational comedy podcast where best friends Jaron Myers and Tim Stone talk about random topics and have fun all along the way. If you like learning, and laughing a whole lot while you do, then you’ll love TILLN. Watch or listen to this episode today! Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tilln.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Episode link: ⁠⁠⁠https://tilln.com⁠⁠ Support TILLN & Join The Mailing List: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/tillnpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Text TILLN to 66866 to become a patron and gain access to ad-free episodes, the exclusive discord, and earn discounts on TILLN Merch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh, that's my prime delivery.
0:01.6	What, already?
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0:28.1	go to amazon.com.uk. U.K. slash prime.
0:30.1	Hey, thanks for checking out this episode. In case you don't know, I just had a baby. I've got my
0:34.8	son Archer is here. We're raising him. And I'm tired. I'm very tired.
0:40.1	We are still working on getting ourselves back into regular schedule to start putting out episodes
0:44.6	again. We're going to have new episodes here any day now. But for now, what we've been doing,
0:50.3	Jared and I have just been sharing a couple of our favorite episodes and just kind of running those
0:54.0	back. So if you're new here, this is a great opportunity for you to check out something deep
0:57.4	from the archives uh if you've been around for a while this is a fun little rerun to kind of rehash one of
1:02.8	our favorite episodes this one is a special one for me especially in this moment because i'm
1:07.4	celebrating new life with my son and so i think it as well show you guys a dead guy?
1:12.8	So anyways, without further ado, here's Alma McCurdy.
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