READING (United States), Oct 7 ― After more than a century living with a macabre mystery, the US town of Reading, Pennsylvania is finally closing the casket on its oddest-ever...
The body of 'Stoneman Willie', a jailed thief that died in a Pennsylvania prison in 1895 and was accidentally mummified by undertakers, lies on display at the local funeral home that has been his resting place for 128 years in Reading, Pennsylvania October 6, 2023. ― AFP picREADING , Oct 7 ― After more than a century living with a macabre mystery, the US town of Reading, Pennsylvania is finally closing the casket on its oddest-ever resident ― a mummified man set to be buried today.
“Stoneman Willie” was the nickname bestowed long ago on an alleged thief who died in 1895 in jail and was taken to the Theo C. Auman Funeral Home when no one claimed the body, before being accidentally mummified by undertakers.The man gave a false name when he was jailed, but his true identity will finally be unveiled during Saturday's ceremony, a fitting end to his life ― and bizarre afterlife.
Willie has become a quirky fixture of Reading history, “our friend” who is now getting a well-deserved sendoff, Blankenbiller said.
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