The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945)

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Warner Baxter returns for a fourth time as Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945). The newly married third wife of Gordon Carson asks Dr. Ordway to look into his first two wives’ mysterious deaths. Authorities declared both cases to be accidents. Kathleen Carson, played by Hillary Brooke, has begun to doubt the official verdict. Dr. Ordway arrives

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Juve versus Fantomas (1913)

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Juve vs.. Fantomas (1913) er Louis Feuillade nest filmversjonen av den populære krimserien ved Marcell Allain og Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre spiller rollen som Fantomas og hans mange aliaser. Edmund Breon skildrer Inspektør Juve. George Melchior spiller rollen Jerome Fandor, en ung journalist, som bistår Juve i sine undersøkelser av Fantomas. Juve and Fandor are

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Two Ruffians Beat Officer

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On Thursday, September 9, 1875, George “Mitchell” Gassert and William Salisbury went to Fred Fisher’s Saloon at the corner of N. Jefferson and Morgan (Delmar today). After ordering drinks, the two young men of unsavory reputation refused to pay for their drinks. Etter å ha forsøkt å ulovlig betaling, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, tildelt til

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John L. Sullivan arrestert

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On Tuesday, November 18, 1884, World Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan kjempet mot Al Greenfield ved Madison Square Garden i New York City. Sullivan trengte å overvinne mer enn bare motstanderen i denne kampen. Mennene ble opprinnelig enige om å slåss mandag, November 17, 1884, men myndighetene i New York truet mennene med arrestasjon. Kranglingen med

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Did Muldoon Duck McMahon?

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På Mars 22, 1881, Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon met Collar-and-Elbow World Champion John McMahon at the Terrace Garden in New York City. Muldoon and McMahon met in a best-two-out-of-three-falls match. The first fall was conducted by Greco-Roman rules. The second fall would be contested using collar-and-elbow rules. The last fall would be decided via what The New York

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