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The Two Graves of Earl Fleming: A Family's Long-Concealed Swap
The Two Graves of Earl Fleming: A Family's Long-Concealed Swap
A county surveyor photographed a grave in Garfield Township, Illinois in summer 1991 showing Earl D. Flemming from Dearborn County, Indiana - a photo that sat untouched for 32 years while a different grave in Peoria marked the same name with one M. Two graves, same name and birth/death years, and a secret the family never questioned: who was buried in Peoria and why did the real Earl list Indiana as home on his 1940s discharge papers?
In this episode, we follow how a box of family papers and a careful reading of military records…
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