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A Dead Man's Order Arrives 14 Years Late: The Douglas Crale Mystery

A Dead Man's Order Arrives 14 Years Late: The Douglas Crale Mystery

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A Dead Man's Order Arrives 14 Years Late: The Douglas Crale Mystery

Cold dread: a folded diner order dated December 17, 2007 appears in 2021, written on Patty's Blue Ribbon thermal receipt stock - but the man who always placed that order died on October 9, 2007. How did a check bearing his handwriting and an obsolete menu item reappear fourteen years later, and who had access to the diner's receipt rolls in 2007?

In this episode, we follow the sequence of events at Patty's Blue Ribbon Diner in Farwell, Indiana, from long-time regular Douglas Crale's weekly ritual through his death and the later discovery of the dated check, exploring the conflicting memories, physical evidence, and the oddity of a removed menu item that resurfaces. What does the paper trail really tell us about that December order?

Person: Douglas Crale
Date: December 17, 2007 (date on the found check)
Date: October 9, 2007 (Douglas Crale's death)
Location: Patty's Blue Ribbon Diner, Farwell, Indiana
Analyst: Paul Weston (document analyst, Bloomington)

- Douglas Crale visited the diner every Wednesday at 7:15 for 31 years and always ordered two eggs over-easy, white toast, black coffee, and a side of scrapple.
- Douglas Crale died on October 9, 2007, at age sixty-four.
- The found check was folded inside an exterior utility panel and unfolded on December 17, 2021 at 8:47 AM.
- The check was written on the diner's thermal receipt stock and dated December 17, 2007, six weeks after Crale's death.
- Document analyst Paul Weston confirmed the paper matched the diner's receipt stock from the mid-2000s and the ink showed no artificial aging.

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