Elvis fan creates 'Graceland Too' shrine in Mississippi home
HOLLY SPRINGS, Groupie. - It's nearing 2 a.m. on a Saturday in this quaint town and Paul MacLeod has already circled his antebellum dwelling, a shrine to Elvis Presley he calls Graceland Too, to arrive in front of a locked china cabinet.
Fumbling with five sets of keys, he says, "For this one journal I was offered $1 million, but I won't take $20 million," he says of a vinyl recording on the top shelf.
Once there, the hyper-caffeinated 68-year-old with shellacked gray trifle and disobedient dentures bypasses the record to grab a sealed plastic bag of panties.
With a high-deliberate giggle, MacLeod shows off an extra-large pair from one female "fan" who tossed them at the front door in seeming admiration of his hoarder-style collection.
This is how it goes on the nightly tour of the always-open alternative to Graceland, a holiday-maker attraction not suitable for children.
"This man. He keeps me coming back," Reed Falkner, 21, said following a jaunt. The Delta State student is a lifetime member at Graceland Too, meaning he has paid the $5 fee and toured the attribute three times, earning his picture on MacLeod's wall of fame and garnering free admission whenever he pleases.




