Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
It was very cold on the morning of Sunday, Prosinec 5, 1880, about 2 dopoledne, when St. Louis Police Officer Sheehan found the front door open to John R. Lionberger’s home. Owing to the bitter cold, Sheehan feared burglars had entered the residence. Sheehan rang the bell repeatedly but could not awaken anyone inside. Sheehan began rapping his night stick against the
Over the next three weeks, I will be releasing posts, which are excerpts from the book I’m currently working on and one from a previously published book. The following unedited story is from the book I’m working on which will be released in the Fall or early Winter 2017. William Rudolph proved elusive after his Independence Day escape from the
Sherlock Holmes Tváře smrti (1943) je volně založený na Dobrodružství Musgrave rituálu. Povídka byla publikována v časopisu The Strand Magazine v průběhu května 1893. To bylo později sestaven v pamětech Sherlocka Holmese. V příběhu, Musgrave Mansion držel v tajnosti, že i to obyvatelé nevěděli. This film follows the same plot line
Jen málo událostí šokovalo St. Louis jako linii povinnosti smrt Lt. Sidney Sears v červnu 1924. Za téměř 30 let, Lt. Sears byl považován za nejlepší střelu z pistole na St. Louis Police Department. V 1904, Sears byl také National Pistol Champion Spojených států. Aby někdo zabil por. Sears v přestřelce byl považován za nemožné.
1802 N. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. Louis Place. I originally wrote about the building in 2013 but it was demolished sometime before March 2015. The building is part of an area being developed for a government complex in St. Louis, so it was not able to be saved. Tyto obrázky jsou
I’ve been on an Alan Ladd kick lately. When I was still in college, I watched a number of Alan Ladd films one summer. I’ve been watching them over again the last few weeks on Amazon Prime. I’ll share some of these films over the next few months. The first film I watched was Thunder in the East (1951) hrát
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Protože fanoušci považovali pouze Clarence Whistlera za dostatečně zručného, aby skutečně ohrozil jeho vládu, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Května 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, kdo
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) is the final entry in “B” film series. RKO Pictures took the series over from Republic Pictures, who released the original Dick Tracy serials in the late 1930s and early 1940s. RKO Pictures released the film to theaters on September 26, 1947. RKO brought Boris Karloff in to play Gruesome, one of Dick Tracy’s arch
When thinking about African American history month, I thought about the first great Black wrestler that I saw personally. When I started watching wrestling in St. Louis v průběhu 1979, “Sailor” Art Thomas wrestled regularly on Wrestling at the Chase, our local weekly wrestling show. Wrestling at the Chase aired every Sunday at 11 a.m. on KPLR Channel 11. Although Thomas
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the