Stridssportshistoriker och kampsportare
När okända män sköt polisen Michael Walsh på grund av en förkylning, dimmig natt under december 1880, St. Louis Polisen trodde att den misstänkte kan vara inbrottstjuvar och inbrottstjuvar som arbetar i området. Emellertid, St. Louis detektiver hade inte lyckats hitta inbrottsteamet. En pratsam fånge klarade upp mysteriet i april 1881. Polisen grep Charlie Wilson med sin vän Tom Higgins
This post is an unedited excerpt from my newest book to be released in Fall or early Winter 2017. William Rudolph’s trial delayed George Collins’ execution to later in the day on March 27, 1904. Normally, executions occurred at dawn. Prior to being escorted to the gallows, Sheriff Bruch allowed Collins to say goodbye to Rudolph. Collins walked into the
På September 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation släppt Sergeant York (1941). The film (affiliate länk) berättar historien om sergeant Alvin C. York, a reluctant World War I hero from the small town of Pall Mall, Tennessee. Western film veteran Gary Cooper stars as Sergeant York. Filmen börjar med kontrasten mellan en söndagsgudstjänst och den
Det var mycket kallt på morgonen söndag, December 5, 1880, about 2 a.m., when St. Louis-polisen Sheehan hittade ytterdörren öppen för John R. Lionbergers hem. På grund av den bittra kylan, Sheehan fruktade inbrottstjuvar hade gått in i bostad. Sheehan ringde flera gånger men kunde inte väcka någon inne. Sheehan började rappa sin nattklubba mot den
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
Few events shocked St. Louis like the line of duty death of Lt. Sidney Sears in June 1924. For almost 30 år, Lt. Sears was considered the best pistol shot on the St. Louis polisen. I 1904, Sears was also National Pistol Champion of the United States. For someone to kill Lt. Sears in a shootout was considered impossible.
Kate Chopin, daughter of a prominent French family and at the time local author, collapsed at the St. Louis 1904 World’s Fair on August 20, 1904. Madame Chopin was only 54 years old and suffered a brain hemorrhage or aneurism. She died at her home on McPherson Avenue on August 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
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. Eftersom fansen bara ansåg att Clarence Whistler var skicklig nog att verkligen hota hans regeringstid, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. På maj 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, som