Martin Sheets, phone in mausoleum
| Description: |
Mary Anne Pierces transcribed interview of Marsee A. Coxs account of Martin Sheets phone in the mausoleum. Cox said that Sheets was an eccentric who wanted a phone in his mausoleum. According to Cox, the phone was removed after too many people complained about the telephone poles near other graves. Cox also stated that Martin Sheets didnt like people to park in front of his house and would damage cars if they were parked there. |
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| Origin: | 1970-05-04 |
| Source: |
http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/folklore/id/1898 |
| Collection: |
Indiana State University Folklore Archives |
| Subjects: |
Telephones Tombs & sepulchral monuments Fear Buried Alive Reincarnation Highland Lawn Cemetery Folklore |
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