Kings of Tupelo
Mentions of organ trafficking , murder attack , death , bullying , racial discrimination , and xenophobia .
Warning : major spoilers for Netflix ’s The Kings of Tupelo docuseries
Netflix ’s documentary miniseriesThe Kings of Tupelotakes a flavor at a wild series of events in the town of Tupelo , Mississippi , that peaked with an attack to kill President Obama , and it ’s full of disgraceful reveals and twists . Netflix ’s catalogue of lawful - crime infotainment serial publication continues to dilate , and one of its former additions isThe King of Tupelo . The series withdraw the audience to Tupelo , Mississippi , the provenance of Elvis Presley and thus home to many Elvis fan and impersonators , among them Paul Kevin Curtis .
After becoming widely known for his carrying out as an Elvis imitator , Kevin Curtis began his own cleansing business , which lead to a worrisome discovery . This was the root of years of investigating and countless confederacy possibility , and Kevin earned many enemy in the cognitive process , mostly imply in politics . One foe , in peculiar , hold up to length to bring Kevin down and close him up , direct to a massive scandal that put Tupelo in newsprint headlines for the worst reasonableness . The Kings of Tupeloexplores the rise of Kevin Curtis as an Elvis imitator and his gradual declivity , and it has some shocking moment and reveals .
10Kevin & Jack Curtis Were A Famous Elvis Impersonators Duo
Double Trouble Was A Big Success
As mentioned above , Tupelo is home to many Elvis imitator and the King of Rock and Roll has a Brobdingnagian and loyal fanbase there . Kevin Curtis ’ stake in Elvis started at a young geezerhood , in large part thanks to his female parent , who even called him “ little Elvis . ” As a kid , Kevin started working on his Elvis motility and voice , and at 14 , his mother got him a jump suit like that of Presley . Curtis take part in various Elvis impersonator contests and went on to become a successful Elvis imitator in town – and one day , his onetime pal , Jack , decide to become an Elvis impersonator , too .
Kevin and Jack ’s mother , Elois , break inThe Kings of Tupelothat she fit Elvis Presley as her married man wreak with him , and he osculate her , showing a photo of that bit .
One solar day , Kevin came up with the idea of do with his brother , both as Elvis Presley , succeed the idea of what if Presley ’s duplicate pal had survive . The Curtis brothers ’ show was called “ Double Trouble ” and they ascertain great achiever together , but it all finish due to Kevin ’s incessant work on uncovering a very disturbing business .
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9Kevin Curtis Spent Years Trying To Expose The Black Market Of Human Body Parts
Kevin Curtis Investigated A Truly Disturbing Business
After becoming a forefather , Kevin ’s married woman , Laura , made it clear to him that being Elvis does n’t pay the placard , so he started working as a janitor . Kevin ’s cleaning business was run well and he started working for the North Mississippi Medical Center , his biggest task up to that point . However , it all crashed down when , on December 17 , 1999 , Kevin was ask to go to the morgue and clean and he did .
Kevin got athirst and was looking for something to toast , but when he launch the deep freezer at the morgue , he notice severed eubstance parts , including the mind of a manhe claim to have previously seen at the ER . This was the beginning of a years - foresightful investigating by Kevin into the black market of human body parts , in which he found out that funeral homes were involved , as they took the body persona of dead people and sold them in the pitch-black market .
8Steve Holland Owns A Funerary Home
Steve Holland Could Have Helped Curtis Had It Not Been For This
When the business sector of organ harvest was exposed , Kevin Curtis continued his work and was determined to make more of it have it away to the worldly concern . Kevin ’s next step was writing legislation he named “ House Bill 6631 ” to cease the illegal sale of body parts in Mississippi . Kevin send it to land voice Steve Holland , the only man in Mississippi with the power to run it into legal philosophy – however , to Kevin ’s surprise , Holland refused to help as he have Holland Funeral Directors , three of the state ’s largest funeral homes .
Holland himself explain that he established the first programme ever for harmonium donation in Mississippi .
The Kings Of Tupelodoesn’t sustain or deny that Holland was need in the harvest home and sale of body parts , but Holland himself does explicate that he make the first programme ever for Hammond organ contribution in Mississippi . Thanks to it , many life-time were saved , which is why he refused to aid Kevin pass his bill . Still , it was a shocking breakthrough for Kevin as the only somebody who could have helped him was steadfastly against his estimation .
An Elvis impersonator becomes ensnared in a conspiracy theory, reflecting on small-town challenges and the perils of online misinformation. Set against the backdrop of Southern life, the series delves into themes of identity and the search for meaning amidst swirling rumors and digital age conflicts.
7Kevin Curtis Wrote A Book About The Black Market Of Organs
“Missing Pieces” Is A Real Book
Without support from those in force , and his folk no longer abide him either , Kevin Curtis continued his fight against illegal harvesting and marketing of human body parts . After create too many websites and consider there was a conspiracy against him to get him to shut up because he knew too much , Kevin write a book titledMissing Pieces . Kevin relinquish some chapters online , and in them , he exposed the subversion of the DoJ system in Mississippi , related to his study in investigating the black market place of human torso parts .
Missing Piecesgot attention but not a overconfident one , and it mark the rootage of a more chaotic turn for Kevin . As explicate by Kevin himself , his Good Book turn him into “ public foeman # 1 ” and he was being watched all the meter , with police cars driving around his home every day and whirlybird fly above his house , keeping a closemouthed eye on him . Of naturally , this made Kevin a lot more paranoid .
6Everett Dutschke Led An Aggressive Campaign Against Steve Holland
Everett Dutschke Went Too Far
Everett Dutschke comes into looseness when Kevin Curtis is look for backup after learning of Holland ’s funeral home base . Dutschke was a local politician with in effect connections and who published his own newspaper . Dutschke also worked for Jack at the time , which Kevin did n’t love until he talked to him . concord to Kevin , Dutschke gave him put on promise of publishing his story in his newsprint . The third and terminal installment ofThe Kings of Tupelogoes deeply into Dutschke ’s story , revealinghe wanted to take Holland ’s lieu as body politic representative .
Dutschke also made xenophobic and homophobic campaigns and used Holland ’s icon to paint him as an foeman of the townspeople .
Dutschke ’s campaign was too aggressive , crap untrue accusations against Holland , photoshopping his face in various images , and more to damage his image . Dutschke also made xenophobic and homophobic run and used Holland ’s image to paint him as an enemy of the town . This was just an initial taste perception of how far Dutschke was uncoerced to go to get where he wanted , but in the end , the mass continued to digest by Holland and reelected him .
5Kevin Curtis Tried To Imitate Everett Dutschke
Kevin Curtis Wanted To Mess With Everett Dutschke
While Kevin Curtis claims that Everett Dutschke was haunt with him and that ’s why he did what he did , Dutschke claims it was the other way around . The king Of Tupeloexplains that Dutschke is a black belt in karate and was a well - experience martial arts teacher , and after he arrive in town and became make out and lie with by the residential area , Kevin started taking karate lesson ( though not with Dutschke).Kevin also copied Dutschke ’s outfits and his way of babble out , but he go too far in his “ mission ” of outshine Dutschke .
Kevin even made his own Mensa certificate as Dutschke was an prescribed member , which Dutschke felt was very awless .
Kevin created a Facebook profile named “ Billy Bobby Body Parts ” , where he shared photos of Dutschke ’s married woman andphotoshopped his own case onto Dutschke ’s marriage pictures , photos with other politicians , and a lot more . Kevin even made his own Mensa certificate as Dutschke was an prescribed phallus , which Dutschke feel was very aweless .
4President Obama Isn’t The Only One Who Got Poisoned Letters
The Letters Were Sent To Three People
Kevin Curtis ’ conflicts and his rivalry with Everett Dutschke led to a huge scandal : the poisoned varsity letter broadcast to President Obama in April 2013.The letter contained ricin , a highly toxic protein from the seed of the genus Castor oil color plant life . However , President Obama was n’t the only one who received a poisoned letter from Mississippi with the same substance , asMississippi Republican Senator Roger Wicker and Lee County Court Judge Sadie Holland ( Steve Holland ’s mother ) also got one . The letters show :
No one want to listen to me before .
There are still ' Missing Pieces '
mayhap I have your tending now
Even if that means someone must die .
This must stop .
To see a damage and not expose it ,
Is to become a silent pardner to its duration
I am KC and I O.K. this substance
The FBI ’s investigation moderate them to Kevin Curtis , as there were some obvious clues that led to him , such as theMissing Piecesreference and his initial in the concluding railway line , among other item found in the letter . However , when Kevin was interrogated and he genuinely did n’t know what ricin was , along with a lack of grounds of ricin in his home , the probe took a turning .
3Kevin Curtis Didn’t Send The Poisoned Letters
Kevin Curtis Was Framed
When Kevin Curtis was asked if he had enemies who could go as far as to frame him for something like that , he give them the name of Everett Dutschke . After enquire Dutschke , following him around townspeople , and searching his home , the sureness determine there was enough evidence to arrest him for sending the poison letter to President Obama , Senator Wicker , and Judge Holland . In addition to this , Dutschke was also charged with youngster molestation and sexual assault .
After further investigating Dutschke and spill the beans to those closest to him , there was enough grounds to take Dutschke to court for essay to kill President Obama , Senator Wicker , and Judge Holland and frame up Kevin Curtis . Kevin was set free and received a lot of care from the medium , whileDutschke pleaded guilty in May 2014 and was doom to 25 years in prison .
2Everett Dutschke Claims To Have Worked At The CIA
Everett Dutschke Makes Some Shocking Reveals
Kevin Curtis ’ name being cleared and Everett Dutschke go to prison is n’t the remnant ofThe Kings of Tupelo . After point how Kevin realized that the real “ missing piece ” was his family , who he had set away for eld to focus on his investigating of the harvest home and sale of human body parts , and reuniting with his brother for a final Double Trouble public presentation , The Kings Of Tupeloreunites with Kevin and Dutschke nine month subsequently .
allot to Dutschke , in 2012 he was working for the CIA and was given important information about operational support of terrorism .
Kevin explains he Googled Everett Dutschke ’s casing and found a photo of the lawyer - world-wide and the husband of Kevin ’s attorney . This leads Kevin back to his sure-enough agency and conceive Dutschke was an operative of the CIA … which Dutschke substantiate . According to Dutschke , in 2012 he was work for the CIA and was given authoritative information about operational funding of act of terrorism . This was “ very detrimental to Obama administration officials ” and he refused to forgo it to them , which , according to Dutschke and Kevin , might have led the CIA to entrap Dutschke .
1Kevin Curtis & Everett Dutschke Believe The Latter Was Framed
But They Have Different Ideas About It
After everything they went through , Kevin Curtis and Everett Dutschke finally agree on something : they both think Dutschke was framed , but they have different ideas about this . Kevin Curtis is certain that very powerful masses frame up Dutschke and he ’s innocuous , but he also believe that those people detest him too , which is why he was drag into this and was framed at first . Dutschke also believe he was frame but insists that Kevin Curtis has nothing to do with itand was just a “ broken - level fool ” in the scheme .
The Martin Luther King Jr. Of Tupeloends with Kevin compose to Dutschke exposing his Modern hypothesis on what truly bump and offer to team up up to chance out who is really creditworthy for the whole poisoned letters scandal , but Dutschke is n’t concerned as this has nothing to do with Kevin – but he does gibe that powerful people were behind the scandal .
An Elvis impersonator becomes ensnare in a conspiracy hypothesis , reflect on small - townspeople challenge and the risk of online misinformation . set up against the backdrop of Southern sprightliness , the serial turn over into theme of personal identity and the search for substance amidst swirling rumour and digital years fight .
