On October 12, 1853, 23 year-old John Morrissey would meet 40 year-old “Yankee” Sullivan
For a number of years, I could only trace the Zimmerman (Simmerman) line
On Friday, April 24, 1953, three men and a getaway driver attempted
On August 1, 1941, Monogram Pictures released Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941), the latest in the East Side Kids film franchise. The film finds Danny Breslin, played as usual by Bobby Jordan, falling in with bad company. Monk Martin, played by Bobby Stone, turns Danny’s head with his flashy car. How can such a young man afford it though?
Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Louis”, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. Louis Police history, Desmond met one of the most famous international criminals in history, Eddie Guerin, in the mid-1880s. Guerin robbed the American Express Office in Paris in
On December 25, 1952, Universal Pictures released The Black Castle (1952), a mystery-thriller set in an Austrian castle. Oddly, the film was released in Sweden ten days earlier. Universal must have wanted a Christmas release for its U.S. debut. Richard Green plays Sir Richard Burton, an English nobleman travels to the castle of Count von Bruno to investigate the
On Saturday, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minutes. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in
Podcast: Play in new window | Download In this episode, I’ll be talking about some brave World War I African-American Soldiers from St. Louis. Today is the 15th Anniversary of the Terrorist Attack on the United States. Like Pearl Harbor for my grandparent’s generation or the assassination of John F. Kennedy for my parents generation, I can
My great grandmother Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Story Zimmerman’s youngest sister Hattie May Story was born on August 20, 1896. Hattie was Dollie’s half-sister as she was the daughter of George Washington Story and his second wife Margaret Sweat. Dollie’s mother was George Story’s first wife Malinda Davis. Hattie’s mother Margaret either died in giving birth to
On Wednesday, September 7, 2016, I begin a 100 day challenge, which will end on Friday, December 15, 2016. The goal of the program is to complete 10,000 steps a day. If I meet this goal, I will walk 1 million steps during the challenge. However, I’ve just barely missed 2 million steps during the last two challenges.
21-year old Charles Merrell had already served a term in the Missouri Penitentiary for stealing a car in Scotland County, when he got the idea to hold up the Morris Packing Company on Saturday, April 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell was employed
I started my Fall training program on Monday, August 22, 2016, at 255 pounds with the goal of being 230 pound on December 15, 2016. The training consists of martial arts and Kris Gethin’s 12 Week Hardcore Daily Trainer. I’ve included a sample week of my training below. Before trying this or any physical fitness program, you should have a complete
Podcast: Play in new window | Download In this episode, I’ll be talking about Liverpool FC TV, Inclusion in the Olympics and Its Effect on Judo and Taekwondo and a practical fiscal audit. I’m enjoying my Liverpool FC TV subscription although I didn’t enjoy the result of their match with Burnley. They need to strengthen their central