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The Letter to a Man Who Wasn't Buried: A Family's Lie
The Letter to a Man Who Wasn't Buried: A Family's Lie
A raised mailbox flag on a vacant lot led to a white envelope addressed to a man who had been declared buried for 48 years-yet his grave showed no sign of an interment. How did a sealed letter from Louisville, postmarked July 8, 2019, find its way to a vacant farmstead in Farwell, Indiana, and what secret does a mismatched cemetery ledger hide?
In this episode, we follow the documents, the headstone, and the family papers that complicate one hometown story. We trace a decision made in 1971, its echoes through three deaths in early 2019…
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