Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
Pühapäeva hommikul oli väga külm, Detsember 5, 1880, about 2 a.m., when St. Louis'i politseinik Sheehan leidis, et välisuks on John R-ile avatud. Lionbergeri kodu. Kareda külma tõttu, Sheehan kartis, et elamusse on sisenenud murdvargad. Sheehan helistas korduvalt kella, kuid ei suutnud kedagi sees äratada. Sheehan hakkas öökeppi vastu räppima
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 Faces Death (1943) on lõdvalt põhineb seiklus Musgrave Ritual. Novell ilmus Strand Magazine maikuu jooksul 1893. See oli hiljem koostatud mälestustest Sherlock Holmes. Lugu, Musgrave Mansion toimus salajane, et isegi see elanikud ei teadnud. This film follows the same plot line
Vähesed sündmused šokeeritud St. Louis nagu line tollimaks surma Lt. Sidney Sears juunis 1924. Peaaegu 30 aastat, Lt. Sears peeti parimaks püstol tulistas St. Louis politseijaoskond. Sisse 1904, Sears oli ka National püstol Champion USA. Sest keegi tappa Lt. Searsi tulistamises peeti võimatuks.
1802 N. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. Louis Place naabruses. 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. Need pildid on
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) peaosas
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Kuna fännid pidasid Clarence Whistlerit piisavalt osavaks, et tema valitsemisaega tõsiselt ohustada, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Mail 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, kes
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) is the final entry in “B” film seeria. 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 during 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