Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Napakalamig noong umaga ng Linggo, Disyembre 5, 1880, about 2 umaga, when St. Louis Police Officer Sheehan natagpuan ang pintuan sa harap na bukas kay John R. tahanan ni Lionberger. Dahil sa matinding lamig, Natakot si Sheehan na may mga magnanakaw na pumasok sa tirahan. Paulit-ulit na nag-bell si Sheehan ngunit wala siyang magising sa loob. Sinimulan ni Sheehan na i-rapping ang kanyang night stick laban sa
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 Kamatayan (1943) ay maluwag batay sa Ang Pakikipagsapalaran ng Musgrave ritwal. Ang maikling kuwento ay nai-publish sa Ang Strand Magazine sa panahon ng Mayo 1893. Ito ay pinagsama-sama sa ibang pagkakataon sa Ang mga gunita ng Sherlock Holmes. Sa kuwento, ang Musgrave Mansion gaganapin isang lihim na kahit na ito ay naninirahan ay hindi alam. This film follows the same plot line
Ilang pangyayari ang ikinagulat ni St. Louis tulad ng linya ng tungkulin pagkamatay ni Lt. Sidney Sears noong Hunyo 1924. Para sa halos 30 taon, Lt. Si Sears ay itinuturing na pinakamahusay na baril sa St. Louis Police Department. Sa 1904, Si Sears ay naging National Pistol Champion ng Estados Unidos. Para may makapatay kay Lt. Itinuring na imposible si Sears sa isang shootout.
1802 N. Jefferson Avenue was a two-family flat built in 1890 and located in the St. Kapitbahayan 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. Ang mga larawang ito ay
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. Since fans only considered Clarence Whistler skilled enough to really threaten his reign, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Sa Mayo 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, sino
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 panahon 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