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plainfield cemetery
from weird wisconsin, ed gein, serial killers posted in history by donkeyoti
Plainfield Cemetery is the final resting place of murderer/body snatcher/artisan of the macabre, Ed Gein.
His tombstone was stolen in 2000, but was recovered in 2001 in Seattle. The item is now in storage at the Waushara County Sheriff's Department.
Ed Gein is buried in an unmarked grave at the cemetery.
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from charlie chaplin posted in movies by donkeyoti
On December 27, 1977, Sir Charles (Charlie) Chaplin was laid to rest after suffering a stroke in his sleep. He was 88 years old.
Shortly thereafter, on March 1, 1978, Chaplin's body was corpse-napped and held for ransom. The bandits demanded $600,000 for the return of The Tramp's remains.
The two immigrants who perpetrated the body snatching were arrested in May of that year. Both did time for the unauthorized exhumation and later apologized to the family. Chaplin was re-interred, only this time with a cement slab over his grave.
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from christianity, jesus posted in history by donkeyoti
Jesus was palling around with three disciples (Peter, James and John) while hiking a mountain, when suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared in a blinding radiance around Jesus. Then the voice of God called him Son...so all and all, it was a pretty significant trundle.
This event in Christianity is referred to as the "Transfiguration of Jesus", and it has been interpreted several different ways. Some believe that the transfiguring is the revealing of the divine to human sense perception. Another is the revelation that Jesus is the Son of God. Another still is that this really tees things up for a Crucifixion/Resurrection.
The Transfiguration event ranks much higher in the Eastern Orthodox greatest hits, but the Western church honors it through a number of celebrations.
One of the hypothesized locations for the Transfiguration is at Mount Tabor, where there are currently two churches (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) dedicated to Transfiguration on the summit.
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from mark twain posted in literature by donkeyoti
Mark Twain is buried, along with his family, at Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, NY.
Twain died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910 at the age of 74.
The family plot has a plaque that is hung 2 fathoms (12 feet) high, the same distance that gave the writer his pen name.
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from star wars, the phantom menace posted in movies by donkeyoti
One of the few scenes that was not filmed on a green screen in The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones were the exteriors for the Naboo city of Theed, filmed at the Plaza de España in Seville.
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