{"id":26777,"date":"2017-04-08T14:15:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T14:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/elisejordan\/the-last-days-of-graceland-too-the-worlds-most-notorious-elv"},"modified":"2017-04-08T14:15:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T14:15:42","slug":"the-last-days-of-graceland-too-the-worlds-most-notorious-elvis-shrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/26777","title":{"rendered":"The Last Days Of Graceland Too, The World’s Most Notorious Elvis Shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPaul Macleod’s memorabilia-stuffed Elvis shrine was the pride of Holly Springs, Mississippi, for 25 years — until this July, when MacLeod shot a man to death over $10, then died of a heart attack immediately afterward.<\/b> What will become of MacLeod’s dubious treasures, and two families ruined by hero worship at its most obsessive, is a drama worthy of a king.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The sun had just risen on July 17, 2014, in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Eugene Anderson pulled his pickup over, paused at the stop sign in front of Paul MacLeod’s house. He could tell something wasn’t quite right. The longtime funeral director was headed to what some locals call “Little Baghdad” — the gas station run by Yemeni immigrants who serve a killer sausage and egg biscuit. The best in town.<\/p>\n The Town & Country Garden Club never awarded Paul MacLeod Yard of the Month. Everyone usually only paid attention to the self-anointed “universe’s and galaxy’s and planet’s and world’s ultimate No. 1 Elvis fan” and his eyesore of a 24-hour museum, named Graceland Too, when he did something really big — like switching the house’s exterior from Pepto-Bismol pink to blue with sparkly plastic blue Christmas trees. Most recently, Paul had half-assed a beige-ish orange paint job, white primer still covering large sections of the house and the concrete block walls surrounding it.<\/p>\n