Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Na mañá do domingo facía moito frío, Decembro 5, 1880, about 2 mañá, when St. O axente de policía de Louis Sheehan atopou a porta aberta para John R. A casa de Lionberger. Debido ao frío amargo, Sheehan temía que os ladróns entraran na residencia. Sheehan tocou o timbre varias veces pero non puido espertar a ninguén dentro. Sheehan comezou a golpear o seu pau de noite contra o
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) is loosely based on The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual. The short story was published in The Strand Magazine during May 1893. It was later compiled in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. In the story, the Musgrave Mansion held a secret that even it’s inhabitants did not know. This film follows the same plot line
Poucos eventos chocou St. Louis como a liña da morte deber de Lt. Sidney Sears en xuño 1924. a case 30 anos, Lt. Sears foi considerado o mellor tiro de pistola no St. Louis Departamento de Policía. En 1904, Sears tamén foi Campión Nacional Pistol estadounidense. Para alguén para matar Lt. Sears nun tiroteo era considerado imposible.
1802 N. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. Barrio Louis Local. 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. Estas imaxes son
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) starring
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Xa que os fans só consideraban que Clarence Whistler era o suficientemente hábil como para ameazar realmente o seu reinado, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. En maio 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, que
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 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