Wake the Lakes ” Weird and Wacky Wednesday” 10-4-23

A Pennsylvania mummy is finally getting a proper burial after 128 years. The mummified man known as Stoneman Willie has been on display at a funeral home in Reading since 1895. Auman’s Funeral Home says the unidentified man died of kidney failure at the local jail, and was accidentally mummified by a mortician experimenting with new embalming techniques. Willie is dressed in a suit with a bow tie, and has leathery skin but still has his hair. The funeral home says they’ve now identified Stoneman Willie using historical documents and will reveal his name at his burial later this week.