In 1900, Elmer McCurdy left his home in Bangor, Maine, to become a bumbling train robber in the West. His career as a criminal lasted one third the time of his career as a corpse... on the road... Elmer's story is truly unbelievable. Just when you think Elmer can't be anymore entertaining, he gets shot in a shootout, then strangely becomes entertainment for an entire country...