Martin Sheets, phone in mausoleum
| Description: |
Charles Baldwins transcribed interview of an anonymous 76 year-old male. This account states that Sheets wanted to be buried with a phone and a bottle of whiskey. The phone was to call in case he woke up, and the whiskey was so he could have a drink while waiting for his ride. This account also states that telephone operators were afraid to take the switchboard to which the phone was connected. |
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| Origin: | 1971-07-11 |
| Source: |
http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/folklore/id/1901 |
| Collection: |
Indiana State University Folklore Archives |
| Subjects: |
Telephones Tombs & sepulchral monuments Fear Buried Alive Reincarnation Highland Lawn Cemetery Folklore |
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