Sabina, Ohio - Eugene the Mummy

The final resting place of Eugene the Mummy is in the Sabina Cemetery. [Scott Hammond, 05/29/2007]

[RA: Not really a mummy per se, but Eugene is one of a small fraternity of unclaimed bodies displayed for decades in 20th century funeral homes. An African-American male was found dead in a ditch outside Sabina June 9, 1929, never positively identified, and dubbed "Eugene" by law enforcement officials (a scrap of paper in the dead man's pocket yielded an address of a vacant lot in Cincinnati; a still-living man in the house next to the lot was named "Eugene"(?). Sabina's Littleton Funeral Home embalmed the corpse and displayed it in a small adjacent brick building, hoping for eventual identification.

Eugene became a popular spot for Cincinnati-Columbus buses to stop for a passenger leg stretch (and it was always possible someone would recognize him). Thirty five years later, he was still a local tourist attraction, as well as target for occasional high school pranks and collegiate kidnappings. Each time, Eugene was retrieved and returned to his quiet showcase. Eugene was finally buried in Sabina Cemetery in 1964 (tomb is mistakenly labeled "found dead in 1928").]