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William McKenzie's Tomb
William MacKenzie was a man of moderate means who went on to become a Victorian railway entrepreneur in the early 1800s. However, more then for his business, MacKenzie was known for his gambling habits. Legend tells that MacKenzie made a deal with the Devil during a poker game. As these Faustian pacts go, he said he were to win the game, the Devil could have his soul. According to the legend as he neared his death in 1851, MacKenzie developed a plan to trick fate. He had a pyramid shaped tomb built and left instructions to be buried sitting at a card table, holding a perfect hand. So, if the Devil came to get him, since he wasn't buried and hadn't quite won the game just yet his soul couldn't go. The reason for the unusual pyramid shape of his tomb is a mystery. The tomb still stands in the run down St. Andrew's churchyard in Liverpool, though whether MacKenzie is sitting inside holding a perfect poker hand or not, we cannot say.  · |
