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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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)

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Em janeiro de 27, 1939, Columbia Pictures released the first of the Lone Wolf films, The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939). Warren William plays the “Lobo solitário,,en,da Scotland Yard Inspector Stephens corre para o local para investigar,,en,Stephens é acompanhado por Lone Wolf regulares Inspector guindaste,,en,interpretado por Thurston Hall,,en,e Detective Dickens,,en,interpretado por Fred Kelsey,,en,Guindaste e Dickens foram visitar Inspector Stephens,,en,quando recebeu o telefonema sobre Lanyard roubar os documentos do cofre,,en,Cordão é auxiliado por seu fiel mordomo Jamison,,en,interpretado por Eric Blore,,en,Jamison e Detective Dickens fornecer a maior parte do alívio cômico na série,,en,Ler vários comentários on-line,,en,que disse que a série tornou-se mais grave com,,en,Não concordo com esta afirmação,,en,Os escritores introduzir temas mais graves como espionagem e II Guerra Mundial,,en,Jamison e Dickens continuar a proporcionar o alívio comédia nos filmes,,en,eu vi,,en” 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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Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

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Na quinta-feira, Janeiro 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, one of St. Louis’ wealthiest men, owned residential real estate and other assets valued at 2 milhão de dólares. Cooper aspirava a ser o maior proprietário do imóvel em St. Louis. Ele

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Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947)

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Em Maio 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd voltou para a franquia Dick Tracy no dilema de Dick Tracy (1947). Foi uma boa notícia para os fãs da franquia, embora Chester Gould era uma notável exceção. Gould criou o personagem Tracy para a página de quadrinhos do Detroit Espelho. 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. However, 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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John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

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John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Agricultor” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 libras. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg wrestled in

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