Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
V nedeľu ráno bolo veľmi chladno, December 5, 1880, about 2 a.m., when St. Louis policajný dôstojník Sheehan našiel predné dvere otvorené pre Johna R. Lionbergerov dom. Kvôli krutému chladu, Sheehan sa obával, že do rezidencie vstúpili zlodeji. Sheehan opakovane zazvonil na zvonček, ale nedokázal nikoho vo vnútri prebudiť. Sheehan začal klepať nočnou palicou o ňu
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
Len málo udalostí šokovalo sv. Louis ako línia povinnosti smrť por. Sidney Sears v júni 1924. Za takmer 30 rokov, Lt. Sears bol považovaný za najlepší výstrel z pištole na St. Police Department Louis. V 1904, Sears bol tiež národným pištoľovým šampiónom Spojených štátov. Aby niekto zabil por. Sears v prestrelke sa považoval za nemožné.
1802 N. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. Louis Miesto susedstve. 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. Tieto obrázky sú
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) hrať
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Pretože fanúšikovia považovali Clarencea Whistlera za dostatočne zručného, aby skutočne ohrozil jeho vládu, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Mája 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, kto
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