How did a bandit get shot dead in 1911 and then show up in an amusement park funhouse 60 years later?

Sources:

• https://www.npr.org/2015/01/09/376097471/the-long-strange-60-year-trip-of-elmer-mccurdy
• https://www.history.com/articles/elmer-mccurdy-mummy-dead-outlaw

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Deception was super important in World War 2, so many tactics were employed to keep the Axis powers confused. Enter the Ghost Army, the first tactical deception unit in US history.

Sources:

• https://ghostarmy.org/
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-ghost-army-of-wwii-used-art-to-deceive-the-nazis-180980336/?utm
• https://www.nationalww2museum.org/visit/exhibits/traveling-exhibits/ghost-army-combat-con-artists-world-war-ii

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This week, Sarah covers some of her favorite faces and places in New Orleans - and, yeah, there are a lot of ghosts involved.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/new-orleans-louisiana/history

https://hnoc.org/publishing/first-draft/four-real-new-orleans-legends-put-ghost-stories-shame

https://www.reddit.com/r/NewOrleans/s/7lecGcbKJi

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/invention-won-world-war-ii-180972327/

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