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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Possum Town

“In November 1930, early in the Great Depression, former world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey came to Columbus from Los Angeles to rendezvous with a ‘buried-alive’ carnival act managed by Truman Capote’s father,” Hudson writes. On November 10, 1930, Pruitt captured Dempsey (center and hatless) with Madame Flozella and Truman Capote’s mother, Lillie Mae Faulk Persons (dressed in black), by the grave dug at the Lake Norris Fishing Club.

Photo: Courtesy of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries

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