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The Sideshow Outlaw
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Creepy DiscoveriesJun 08, 2026

The Sideshow Outlaw

The Sideshow Outlaw Elmer McCurdy was shot in 1911. His unclaimed body was embalmed with arsenic. A carnival operator bought him as a curiosity. For 65 years he toured funhouses as a wax dummy. A TV crew snapped his arm off in 1976. He was finally buried in Oklahoma in 1977.

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