# The Fine Art of the Libelous Tombstone **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 31, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fine-art-of-the-libelous-tombstone/984834 "2023-05-31T18:12:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fine-art-of-the-libelous-tombstone/984834/1 "2023-05-31T18:12:42Z")
Truly, our Ancestors were masters of the Nifty. 1000 year from now, these will still be wrecking reputations. Today, all we got is Twitter. > **[The Fine Art of Libelous Tombstones; Or, Go Ahead and Speak Ill of the Dead,...](http://strangeco.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-fine-art-of-libelous-tombstones-or.html)** > > "Muskogee Phoenix," August 10, 1935, via Newspapers.com One of my favorite minor categories of Weird History is the Libelous Tombstone.  Sur...