Mentions of organ trafficking, attempted murder, death, bullying, racism and xenophobia.
Warning: Important spoilers from the documentary series The Kings of Tupelo from Netflix
Netflix documentary miniseries TUPELO KINGS Take a look at a wild series of events in the city of Tupelo, Mississippi, who culminated in an attempt to kill President Obama, and is full of shocking revelations and twists. Netflix's real crime documentary series catalog continues to expand and one of its latest additions is TUPELO KINGS. The series leads the audience to Tupelo, Mississippi, Elvis Presley's hometown and therefore home to many Elvis fans and imitators, including Paul Kevin Curtis.
After becoming widely known for his performances as an Elvis imitator, Kevin Curtis began his own cleaning business, which led him to a disturbing discovery. This was the beginning of years of research and numerous conspiracy theories, and Kevin gained many enemies in the process, especially involved in politics. An enemy, in particular, has made no effort to overthrow Kevin and put on it, leading to a huge scandal that put Tuplo in the newspaper headlines for the worst reasons. TUPELO KINGS It explores the rise of Kevin Curtis as an imitator of Elvis and his gradual fall, and has some shocking moments and revelations.
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Kevin and Jack Curtis were a famous duo of Elvis imitators
Double Trouble was a great success
As mentioned above, Tupelo is the home of many Elvis imitators and the king of rock and roll has a huge and loyal fan base there. Kevin's interest in Elvis began young, largely thanks to his mother, who even called him “little Elvis.” As a child, Kevin began working on Elvis's movements and voice, and at 14, his mother bought him a jumpsuit just like Presley's. Curtis participated in several Elvis imitator contests and became a successful Elvis imitator in the city – and one day, his older brother, Jack, decided to become an Elvis imitator as well.
One day Kevin came up with the idea of performing with his brother, both like Elvis Presley, following the idea of whether Presley's twin brother had survived. The Curtis brothers' program was called “Double Trouble” and they were very successful togetherBut it all ended due to Kevin's incessant work to discover a very disturbing business.
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Kevin Curtis spent years trying to expose the black market of parts of the human body
Kevin Curtis investigated a truly disturbing business
After becoming a father, Kevin's wife, Laura, made it clear to him that being Elvis does not pay the bills, so he started working as a janitor. Kevin's cleaning business was doing well and he started working for North Mississippi Medical Center, his biggest job so far. However, everything collapsed when, on December 17, 1999, Kevin was invited to go to the morgue and clean it, and he did it.
Kevin was thirsty and was looking for something to drink, but when he opened the morgue freezer, He found parts of the severed body, including the head of a man He claimed to have seen previously in the emergency room. This was the beginning of Kevin's years investigation into the black market of parts of human bodies, in which he found that they were involved funerary because they took parts of bodies of dead people and sold them in the black market.
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Steve Holland has a funeral home
Steve Holland could have helped Curtis if it wasn't why
When the organ extraction business was exposed, Kevin Curtis continued his work and was determined to spread it to the world. Kevin's next step was to write legislation he called “House Bill 6631” to prevent the illegal sale of bodies in Mississippi. Kevin sent him to state deputy Steve Holland, the only man at Mississippi with the power to turn him into law-however, to the surprise of Kevin, Holland refused to help because he owned Holland Funeral Directors, three of the largest funeral homes in the state.
Holland himself explains that he established the first organ donation program at Mississippi.
TUPELO KINGS It does not confirm or denied that Holland was involved in harvesting and selling parts of bodies, but Holland himself explains that he established the first organ donation program in Mississippi. Thanks to this, many lives were saved, so he refused to help Kevin pass his law. Still, it was a shocking discovery for Kevin, as the only person who could have helped him was firmly against his idea.
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Kevin Curtis wrote a book about the black market
“Missing Pieces” is a real book
Without the support of those in power, and his family no longer supported him, Kevin Curtis continued his fight against illegal harvesting and selling parts of human bodies. After creating many sites and believing that there was a conspiracy against him to make him silence his mouth because he knew too much, Kevin wrote a book titled Missing pieces. Kevin released some online chapters and exposed the corruption of the justice system in Mississippirelated to your work in the investigation of the black market of parts of the human body.
Missing pieces It drew attention, but not positively, and marked the beginning of a more chaotic turn to Kevin. As explained by Kevin himself, his book turned him into the “Public Enemy No. 1” and he was being watched all the time, with police cars circulating at his home every day and helicopters flying above his home, eyeing him. Of course, that made Kevin much more paranoid.
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Everett Dutschke led an aggressive campaign against Steve Holland
Everett Dutschke went too far
Everett Dutschke enters the scene when Kevin Curtis seeks support after learning about the Netherlands. Dutschke was a local politician with good connections who published his own newspaper. Dutschke also worked for Jack at the time, which Kevin couldn't even talk to him. According to Kevin, Dutschke gave him false hope of publishing his story in his newspaper. The third and last episode of TUPELO KINGS deepens in Dutschke's story, revealing He wanted to take the place of the Netherlands as a state representative.
Dutschke also performed xenophobic and homophobic campaigns and used the image of the Netherlands to paint it as an enemy of the city.
Dutschke's campaign was very aggressive, making false accusations against the NetherlandsPhotoshopting your face in various images and more to damage your image. Dutschke also performed xenophobic and homophobic campaigns and used the image of the Netherlands to paint it as an enemy of the city. This was just an initial sample of how far Dutschke was willing to go to where he wanted, but in the end, the people continued to support the Netherlands and reelected him.
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Kevin Curtis tried to imitate Everett Dutschke
Kevin Curtis wanted to mess with Everett Dutschke
While Kevin Curtis states that Everett Dutschke was obsessed with him and that's why he did what he did, Dutschke says it was the opposite. TUPELO KINGS He explains that Dutschke is a black belt in karate and was a well -known martial arts instructor, and after he arrived in town and became known and loved by the community, Kevin began taking karate classes (though not with Dutschke). Kevin also copied Dutschke's clothes and his way of speakingBut it was too far away in his “mission” of overshadowing Dutschke.
Kevin even made his own monthly certificate, as Dutschke was an official member, which Dutschke considered very disrespectful.
Kevin created a Facebook profile called “Billy Bobby Body Parts”, where she shared photos of Dutschke's wife and Photoshoped his own face in Dutschke's wedding photosPhotos with other politicians and more. Kevin even made his own monthly certificate, as Dutschke was an official member, which Dutschke considered very disrespectful.
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President Obama was not the only one who received poisoned letters
The letters were sent to three people
Kevin Curtis's conflicts and his rivalry with Everett Dutschke led to a huge scandal: the poisoned letter sent to President Obama in April 2013. The letter contained ricina, a highly toxic protein from castor seeds.. However, President Obama was not the only one who received a poisoned letter from Mississippi with the same message, because Mississippi Republican Senator Roger Wicker and Lee County Court judge Sadie Holland (Steve Holland's mother) also received a. The letters said:
No one wanted to hear me before.
There are still 'pieces missing'
Maybe I have your attention now
Even if it means that someone must die.
This should stop.
To see an error and not expose it,
Is to become a silent partner for its continuity
I am kc and I approve this message
FBI investigation led them to Kevin Curtis, as there were some obvious clues that led to him, like the Missing pieces reference and its initials in the last line, among other details found in the letters. However, when Kevin was interrogated and he really didn't know what ricin was, besides the lack of ricin evidence in his home, the investigation turned a turn.
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Kevin Curtis did not send the poisoned cards
Kevin Curtis was incriminated
When they asked Kevin Curtis if he had enemies that could get to the point of incriminating him for something like this, he named them with Everett Dutschke. After investigating Dutschke, following him around the city and reviewing his home, the authorities determined that there was enough evidence to arrest him by sending poisoned letters to President Obama, Senator Wicker and Judge Holland. Furthermore, Dutschke was also accused of child sexual abuse and sexual aggression.
After further investigating Dutschke and talking to people closest to him, there was enough evidence to bring Dutschke to the court for trying to kill President Obama, Senator Wicker and Judge Holland and incriminate Kevin Curtis. Kevin was released and received a lot of media attention, while Dutschke stated guilty in May 2014 and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
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Everett Dutschke claims to have worked at Cia
Everett Dutschke makes some shocking revelations
The name of Kevin Curtis being clean and Everett Dutschke going to prison is not the end of TUPELO KINGS. After showing how Kevin realized that the true “piece was missing” was his family, that he had set aside for years to focus on his investigation into the collection and sale of parts of human bodies, and meet with his brother to a final presentation in Double Trouble, TUPELO KINGS Return Kevin and Dutschke nine months later.
According to Dutschke, in 2012 he worked for the CIA and received important information about the operational financing of terrorism.
Kevin explains that he searched Google the case of Everett Dutschke and found a photo of the Attorney General and the husband of Kevin's lawyer. This takes Kevin back to his old habits and believes Dutschke was a Cia agent… What Dutschke confirms. According to Dutschke, in 2012 he worked for the CIA and received important information about the operational financing of terrorism. That was “very harmful to Obama government officials”And he refused to give them to themWhich, according to Dutschke and Kevin, may have led Cia to incriminate Dutschke.
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Kevin Curtis and Everett Dutschke believe the latter has been framed
But they have different ideas about it
After all they went, Kevin Curtis and Everett Dutschke finally agree on something: both believe Dutschke has been incriminated, but they have different ideas about it. Kevin Curtis is sure that very powerful people have incriminated Dutschke and he is innocent, but he also believes that these people hate him too, and that is why he was dragged to it and incriminated at first. Dutschke also believes it was incriminated, but insists that Kevin Curtis has nothing to do with it And it was just an “scapegoat” in the scheme.
TUPELO KINGS It ends with Kevin writing to Dutschke exposing his new theory about what really happened and offering to unite to find out who is the true responsible for the whole scandal of the poisoned cards, but Dutschke is not interested, because it has nothing to do with Kevin – But he agrees that powerful people were behind the scandal.
TUPELO KINGS
An Elvis imitator is entangled in a conspiracy theory, reflecting on the challenges of small towns and the dangers of online misinformation. Having as its background the southern life, the series investigates identity themes and the search for meaning in the midst of rumors and conflicts of the digital age.
- Release date
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December 11, 2024
- Directors
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Maclain Way, Chapman Way