Seems a bit creepy to me, but I can't afford it anyway.
Someone, however, will get the chance to be interred in the tomb that once housed Elvis. At least, that's the intended purpose of the crypt that once held the King for all of two months before he was reburied at Graceland.
(Let me just say here for the record, too, that this whole business of Elvis being dead is a vicious rumor designed to foment discord among the faithful. But that's another story.)
Anyway, a guy named Darren Julien, who makes his living auctioning off famous things once belonging to famous people, has put up for auction a whole new lot of stuff, in a big sell-off in June titled "Music Icons." One of those celebrity possessions is the actual tomb, which is still in the actual Kingly mausoleum in Memphis's actual Forest Hill Cemetery.
(For those of you who believe this) Elvis was buried there next to his mother, the great Gladys, until such time as Graceland was ready to receive long-term internees. Since Gladys (and her son, if you choose to believe this line of thinking) was/were moved out of the crypt, it has remained empty. So there's plenty of room for you or whoever happens to be the highest bidder at the end of the auction.
So circle June 23 on your calendar if you want a piece of the action. Bidding starts at $100,000. If you do win it, no need to wait to occupy it. You could certainly outfit it yourself, and you might even see Elvis one day.
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