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<v Speaker 1>Eddie Dragon as he returned. Is he back? I'm here, Walter. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So I was talking about Hayden Panetary dying at the

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<v Speaker 1>age of thirty six, and she, of course was known

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<v Speaker 1>for Nashville as well as Scream and all that stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was talking about forty nine years ago today

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<v Speaker 1>or actually the same day that Hayden Panetary passes away.

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<v Speaker 1>Forty nine years ago, was one Elvis Presley and that

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<v Speaker 1>used to dominate things. As you remember, Walter, you'd go

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<v Speaker 1>to the shopping market line you see, Elvis is alive.

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<v Speaker 1>There's been another Elvis sighting, and ladies and gentlemen tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>we're not discussing whether or not he is alive, because

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<v Speaker 1>if you've spent any time over the last forty nine

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<v Speaker 1>years that he's been gone, you already know the answer.

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<v Speaker 1>According to the rest of the country, he has never left.

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<v Speaker 1>The building is basically just changed exits. And he isn't

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<v Speaker 1>the only one that I'm going to talk about, because

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<v Speaker 1>he died in Graceland August sixteenth, and that's the historical record,

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<v Speaker 1>of course. But the Elvis is a live industry, lasted

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<v Speaker 1>for generations. He would be ninety one years old today

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<v Speaker 1>and it was a very entertaining plane that all of

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff really operated on. It was something that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>stated that the king never died, right, he just went underground.

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<v Speaker 1>He grew a beard. You know, you might have seen

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<v Speaker 1>him on a plane, or maybe he started you know,

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<v Speaker 1>ordering whoppers, of course, because it was that famous Burger

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<v Speaker 1>King sighting that didn't go away. But the original theory,

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<v Speaker 1>Walter is pretty simple that he faked his death because

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<v Speaker 1>he needed to get away from fans, from the irs,

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<v Speaker 1>from fame, away from the tabloids, away from all the pressure,

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<v Speaker 1>away from you know, those hangars on the doctors. Remember

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<v Speaker 1>of course his famous manager of course, and you know

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<v Speaker 1>many of the people who went Toaceland and you know

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<v Speaker 1>the same state as Nashville there in Memphis, like it was,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the White House with you know, some sort

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<v Speaker 1>of rhinestones. People would just be going to Graceland. And

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<v Speaker 1>once you kind of look in on all of this,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you accept this for what it is. The

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<v Speaker 1>clues come flying in just like they did at the

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<v Speaker 1>very beginning. And let's you know, start with his funeral.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, some believers, you know, claim that the you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the casket looked very heavy. You know, oh, the team

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<v Speaker 1>it was giant. Look at what they had to build

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<v Speaker 1>bury him in, right, And as as the theory went,

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<v Speaker 1>because it contained a wax figure which was heavier than

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<v Speaker 1>a body. Elvis, it's a dummy that's in that casket.

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<v Speaker 1>The king, according to the lore that came out after that,

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<v Speaker 1>he had slipped away while the world mourned a convincing

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<v Speaker 1>stand in. Something else was in that casket. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>a theory. So, you know, crazy and so cinematic that Hollywood,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, rejected it, you know, all two and especially

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<v Speaker 1>in the last movie that came out, they rejected that

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<v Speaker 1>as well. Then then of course there's the tombstone. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>Elvis was born a twin. His his twin actually passed away.

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<v Speaker 1>He was born before and of course you know Elvis

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<v Speaker 1>progeny actually has twins as granddaughters. He has no surviving sons.

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<v Speaker 1>He only has three surviving granddaughters. But if you you

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<v Speaker 1>look at his tombstone, his middle name was spelled both

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<v Speaker 1>a Ron a R O N and Aaron and and

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<v Speaker 1>in different records and his own usage during his lifetime.

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<v Speaker 1>But all the believers there seized on that spelling of

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<v Speaker 1>Aaron a R o N on the grave marker as

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<v Speaker 1>a signal that he was not dead, because the stone

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<v Speaker 1>does not use the same that they believe was his

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<v Speaker 1>real name, Elvis A with one R. Then the graven

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<v Speaker 1>must be real either, so that must not have really

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<v Speaker 1>be then, So that's one small extra. A sort of

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<v Speaker 1>became the you know, rose out of stone, if you will,

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<v Speaker 1>of the Elvis conspiracy culture that was out there. Then

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<v Speaker 1>the sightings, okay, never ending all the time. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>when I was growing up, it seemed like they were

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<v Speaker 1>there for decades. Walter. I mean, the Inquirer would have

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<v Speaker 1>every other issue and it was always something with Elvis.

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<v Speaker 1>It s feels like he was still selling all those

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<v Speaker 1>tabloids in the eighties and nineties. Elvis in an airport,

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<v Speaker 1>I've at a diner, Elvis in a convenience store, Burger King,

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<v Speaker 1>Elvis supposedly living in Arkansas and then disguising himself as

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<v Speaker 1>an old man. There was a lot of that Elvis

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<v Speaker 1>reported in places. You know, in a jumpsuit, the best

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<v Speaker 1>camouflage is old constans. I mean they usually followed the

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<v Speaker 1>same type of formula, by the way, and the people

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<v Speaker 1>would just kind of come up with this stuff and

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<v Speaker 1>they say they see a man with dark hair and

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<v Speaker 1>sunglasses and you know, chops there in that jawline. And

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<v Speaker 1>suddenly the conclusion as if you resembled Elvis, that was Elvis.

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<v Speaker 1>But never has the king actually been encountered after August sixteenth,

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen seventy seven. Now, the conspiracy also grew into this

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<v Speaker 1>escape story to a full blown, you know, thriller. Really

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<v Speaker 1>a version claimed that he had somehow helped federal authorities

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<v Speaker 1>investigate organized crimes, and he was trying to escape the mafia.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, those come up. You might remember the Frank

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<v Speaker 1>Sinatra actually plugged him to mafia, and that the mafia

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<v Speaker 1>wanted revenge on Elphas, so he had to take himself out.

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<v Speaker 1>So the theory went that the government staged his death,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, put him in witness protection and then tucked

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<v Speaker 1>him and tucked him away, and the open casket funeral,

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<v Speaker 1>according to this version, was not a farewell with a

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<v Speaker 1>federal operation with that wax decoy singer movie star, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>enthusiast of Karate of course, and then became the greatest

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<v Speaker 1>undercover agent in US history. And then finally those phone calls,

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<v Speaker 1>the insurance policy audity, the photographs, the family remark. All

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<v Speaker 1>that stuff was dropping signals to real believers of Elvis

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<v Speaker 1>who followed him for years and years, and once that

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<v Speaker 1>got going, every you know thread, you know, coincidence becomes

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<v Speaker 1>a clue and everybody who every guy thought and sunglasses

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<v Speaker 1>becomes a resident of Graceland's secret basement. So all the

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<v Speaker 1>skeptics have found evidence that any post nineteen seventy seven

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<v Speaker 1>sighting on that was actually Elvis, or that he staged

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<v Speaker 1>his that's inconclusive. But you know this, Walter is precisely

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<v Speaker 1>while all this stuff matters. You know, this is a

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<v Speaker 1>conjuring of you know, a pop culture icon in Elvis Presley,

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<v Speaker 1>and I have to say, you know that isn't the

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<v Speaker 1>only guy. Paul McCartney. Right, This is the same thing,

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<v Speaker 1>but only in reverse. They stated that Paul McCartney, he

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<v Speaker 1>died in nineteen sixty six in that car crash, and

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<v Speaker 1>they would go through the lyrics inside Sargent Pepper's Lonely

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<v Speaker 1>Hearts Club band and you know, everything from Strawberry to

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<v Speaker 1>Revolution to a Day in the Life, you know, all

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<v Speaker 1>was referencing, you know, Paul McCartney. So this is one

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<v Speaker 1>of those things that the public gets a hold of.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't want to believe that that name is rock

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<v Speaker 1>star person is dead. And then there you go the phenomenon,

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<v Speaker 1>will you go? There you go, Eddie Dragon, The mystery

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<v Speaker 1>of Elvis Presley's death. How many years ago today? Forty nine,

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<v Speaker 1>sir long year, forty nine long years ago today. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you very much for being on the other side of midnight.