Elmer McCurdy died an outlaw, shot dead in 1911 after a string of botched robberies. He became a celebrity in death, a symbol of the free spirit of self-determination in a new age of consumerism.

Almost 50 years after he was buried in Guthrie, the twisty tale of Oklahoma outlaw-turned-mummy Elmer McCurdy is getting a new life on Broadway. Following a celebrated run Off-Broadway, the musical ...

Tony winner David Yazbek said he has "a very strong feeling" that there's more life ahead for the acclaimed musical based on an odd Oklahoma story.

A cemetery in Guthrie, Oklahoma, is seeing an unusual increase in foot traffic lately, ever since real-life dead outlaw Elmer McCurdy has become Broadway‘s most famous corpse. McCurdy’s bizarre tale ...

What do a plumber, a train robber, a movie star, and a haunted house mummy all have in common? They’re just a handful of the occupations held by Elmer McCurdy, the real-life outlaw whose short life ...

Oklahoma outlaw-turned-mummy Elmer McCurdy was robbed at the 78th annual Tony Awards. After officially debuting to rave reviews on the final day of the 2024-2025 Broadway season, the new musical "Dead ...

“Dead Outlaw is one wacky story. And it's true,” said Kate Navin, Audible’s head of creative development, when she introduced the show at a special concert for the new musical. In fact, when talking ...

Given his strange life and even stranger postmortem existence, it's hard to say whether Elmer McCurdy ever spent time in New York City. But the early 20th-century outlaw-turned-mummy who robbed, died ...

The last time composer/lyricist David Yazbek, playwright Itamar Moses, and director David Cromer collaborated on a musical, the Tony Award-winning “The Band’s Visit,” their focus was on a group of ...

Bumbling train robber and bank bandit Elmer McCurdy's body was finally buried in Guthrie in 1977 — 66 years after he was killed in a shootout with Osage County deputies. In the interim, his body had ...

Outlaws in the Old West were infamous with wanted posters and dime novels plastering their names everywhere. With their demise, the legends around them gained them a notoriety that lasted for years.