Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 annis, 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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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)

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On January 27, 1939, Columbia Pictures released the first of the Lone Wolf films, The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939). Warren William plays the “Lone Wolf” Michael Lanyard, a former safe burglar and jewel thief. The film opens with two men kidnapping Lanyard off the streets of Washington, D.C. A mysterious man asks Lanyard to burglarize a safe but he

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Marvin Hart’s Double Win

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In 1902, future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart was a rising contender. Fighting primarily out of his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, Hart was matched against Kid Carter at the Southern Athletic Club on May 2, 1902. At 17-1, Hart knew another victory would go a long way in securing a heavyweight title fight. The Brooklyn-born Kid Carter intended to

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Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

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Die Jovis, January 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, unus Sancti. Ludovicus’ ditissimi, possessores residentiales verus praedium et alia bona aestimantur 2 million pupa. Cooper vellet esse, cuius maxima in rebus sancti. Ludovicus. Et

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Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947)

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May 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd, reversi sunt ad suffragium in Dick Tracy Dick scriptor Tracy KTriaataQe (1947). Grata erat pro fans of libertatem licet Gould Cestriae erat insigne exceptionis. Tracy Gould creavit moribus lusoriam paginam in Detroit Mirror. Postquam enim comici Chicago tribuniciae sustulerunt syndication, explosa est scriptor acceptissimi. 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. Autem, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of

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Are Vampire Bats Killing People?

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Bat Vampire (1933) is a genre bending film (affiliate link) starring Lionel Atwill. Per speciem, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, brevis film intelligitur esse GUSTUS, consectetur adipiscing enim duplici cautionem. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet produci magnifica, which was directed by

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