Sylvester the mummy is thought to be a wild west outlaw who was shot in the gut and quickly embalmed an arsenic By a con man named soapy. He's not for sale, but evidently it is legal to buy and display Human remains however birth control pills are not available over the counter and you can't buy wine coolers in some counties. These were ceremoniously made in the Amazon rainforest They were thought to harness an enemy's power and then the tourism trade caused a bump in sales both real and of fakes in the early 1900s.
Museums! Mummies! Paintings! Hot dogs! Alie sits down with her dear internet friend and museologist Ronnie Cline, who manages 30,000 artifacts over 22 California State Park Museums. Get the hot gossip about behind-the-scenes museum life, vintage ghosts, following your dreams, changing the tone of history and the time Alie ruined a 16th Century Dutch portrait. Also: why Jack London is your new dead celebrity crush.
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Sound editing by Steven Ray Morris
Music by Nick Thorburn