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The Conspirators Podcast

Ep. 95 - The Remains

The Conspirators Podcast

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Mummies have been found all over the world for centuries. It turns out there's a lot more to mummies than you've seen in monster movies. Hear the stories of the strange journey of an old west outlaw, the tragic death of a B-Movie queen, the mummified remains of a little girl who won't rest, and many more. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.si.edu/spotlight/ancient-egypt/mummies https://allthatsinteresting.com/elmer-mccurdy https://listverse.com/2013/10/12/10-mummies-with-mysterious-stories-to-tell/ https://the-line-up.com/sarah-jane-harvey-mummy-in-cupboard Music: Alex Mason & the Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/AlexMasonTheMinor_Emotion/ Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Whether it's an under the radar genre or a proper out there podcast, sometimes it's better when you get weird, especially when it comes to switching up your soft drink, introducing new Dr Pepper Zero

0:12.6

with the same blend of 23 unique flavors,

0:15.4

it tastes just as weird as regular Dr Pepper,

0:18.9

but with zero sugar and zero calories.

0:21.7

It's a taste you can't quite put your finger on.

0:24.0

Weird. But in a surprisingly good way, try more weird with Dr Pepper Zero. Back in 1976, the

0:36.0

in 1976, the production crew of the TV show The Six Million Dollar Man was preparing to shoot the episode Carnival of Spies in which

0:45.8

Steve Austin tracks an East German scientist to a traveling carnival that turns out to be the

0:51.4

cover for a spy ring planning to sabotage an American rocket.

0:57.4

The production crew got busy prepping the fun house of Long Beach's amusement park. in order to film a scene in which our overpriced

1:04.9

hero takes a spooky ride in one of the cars,

1:08.0

all ghouls, demons, and skeletons spring out all around him.

1:12.1

One of the film crew noticed the mannequin of a corpse hanging from a

1:14.8

noose in the corner that needed to be moved. But when he yanked on the mannequin's arm,

1:20.6

it broke off at the shoulder.

1:23.0

When the crewman took a closer look at the dismembered limb he now held in his hands.

1:28.0

He realized he was looking at a knob of yellow bone poking out beneath layers of desiccated skin. This wasn't a mannequin

1:36.6

after all, but the remains of a human being.

1:42.1

It turned out the hanging corpse was actually a man named Elmer McCurdy, a real life Western

1:47.2

outlaw who died in a gun fight with police back in 1911. Truth be told, McCurdy wasn't much of an outlaw.

1:56.0

By the early 20th century, the Old West that had been made famous in dime novels and cowboy movies was nearly extinct. The country was becoming industrialized.

2:05.6

And with the dawning of the age of automation, soon horses would be replaced by these

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