

Previous research had identified a Philadelphia carpenter, James Morasco, as the likely placer of the tiles.

The filmmakers claim that Verna began by broadcasting a message via short wave radio about his theories before later beginning to place the tiles, at times through a hole in the floor of his car. A cautionary tale: Whenever one thinks she or he has reached the end of the. With Justin Duerr, Marc Duerr, Kevin Riley, Abby Miller. House of Hades Toynbee Tile 4 (detail), Blvd. I was taken aback as I have walked that strip thousands of times in my life and have never noticed it, despite. Toynbee Tiles Lyrics: Sweet dreams, Ill see you in the morning / All we need is a few hours sleep / And tomorrow, well keep looking for clues / To the riddles spelled out in our soup / Theres a. Today on my walk to the post office I noticed a Toynbee tile, in the middle of the southbound lane on Spadina, just to the south of the south side east-west crosswalk. Throughout the film, evidence is presented that a reclusive Philadelphia resident, Severino "Sevy" Verna, was responsible for the tiles. Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles: Directed by Jon Foy. Chinatown resident and conspiracy realist here. Philadelphia residents Justin Duerr, Jon Foy, Colin Smith, and Steve Weinik began work on the film in 2005, seeking to find the source of the tiles and the meaning of the message.
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They are generally about the size of an American license plate and contain some variation on the following inscription:

Since the 1980s, several hundred tiles have been discovered. Toynbee tiles are linoleum tiles of unknown origin found embedded in the asphalt of streets in about two dozen major cities in the United States and four South American capitals. Toynbee tiles are linoleum tiles of unknown origin found embedded in the asphalt of streets in about two dozen major cities in the United States and four South American capitals.
