Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 anos, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at

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O Lone Wolf Spy caza (1939)

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En xaneiro de 27, 1939, Columbia Pictures lanzou o primeiro dos filmes de Lone Wolf, O Lone Wolf Spy caza (1939). Warren William desempeña o “Lone Wolf” Michael Lanyard, un ex-asaltante e ladrón de xoias segura. A película abre con dous homes secuestro Lanyard fóra das rúas de Washington, D.C.. Un home misterioso pide Cordón para arrombar un cofre, pero

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Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

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O xoves, Xaneiro 23, 1902, St. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, un dos St. Louis’ homes máis ricos, de propiedade de inmobles residenciais e outros activos valorados en 2 millón de dólares. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. El

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Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947)

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En maio 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd returned to the Dick Tracy franchise in Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947). It was welcome news for fans of the franchise although Chester Gould was a notable exception. Gould created the Tracy character for the comic page of the Detroit Mirror. After the Chicago Tribune picked up the comic for syndication, it’s popularity exploded. Gould

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Ned O’Baldwin Shot

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In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Porén, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. A loita profesional no século XIX gozaba dunha mala reputación fóra de

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Are Vampire Bats Killing People?

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The Vampire Bat (1933) é unha película de flexión de xénero (enlace de afiliado) protagonizada por Lionel Atwill. Ostensivamente, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, un curtametraxe feito para ser o aperitivo para o principal película sobre un proxecto de lei dobre. Majestic Pictures produciu o filme, que foi dirixida por

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