Dressed to Kill (1946)

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Dressed to Kill (1946) is the fourteenth and final Sherlock Holmes film (affiliate link) starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. Universal Pictures released the last film in the series on June 7, 1946. Once World War II ended, the series returned to non-war related crime stories. Cyril Delevanti plays a thief serving at Dartmoor

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Sullivan Wins Fight of the 19th Century

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John L. Sullivan adalah juara kelas Berat pertempuran hadiah transisi. He transitioned prize fighting from the bare knuckle era to modern boxing under the Marquis of Queensbury rules by refusing to fight in any more non-gloved bouts. Before he made this pledge, he took part in the Fight of the 19th Century with the formidable Jake Kilrain. Jake Kilrain was

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Itu 1904 Attempted St. Louis Jail Break

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George Collins, the second bank robber involved in the Union, MO bank robbery on December 26, 1902, mencoba untuk melarikan diri dari St. Louis Jail pada bulan Januari 1904. Selain bekerja sama dengan para tahanan lain untuk membuat lubang di dinding penjara, ia juga diatur dengan penjaga penjara untuk memiliki gergaji diselundupkan kepadanya. Collins intended to use

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House of Fear (1945)

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Pada bulan Maret 16, 1945, Universal Pictures released The House of Fear (1945), the eighth of twelve Sherlock Holmes films (affiliate link) produced by the studio. Basil Rathbone returned as Holmes for the tenth time. Rathbone played Sherlock Holmes twice for Twentieth Century – Fox before Universal started producing the series. Despite its late entry into the series, the film stands

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Uncle Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Lee” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee had the challenge of raising her two-year-old son Gilbert as a single

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St. Polisi Menangkap Louis Indiana pelarian

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St. Kapolda Louis Detektif William Desmond membuat banyak penjahat yang sulit berbicara atas karirnya. John Huey, pembunuh Indiana, bukan salah satu dari kasus-kasus ini. Huey bebas berbicara dengan Desmond tentang masa pidana. Huey melarikan diri dari Indiana setelah menjalani 13 tahun untuk pembunuhan di 1874. John Huey datang ke Lyon, Indiana 1874 sebagai 22 tahun.

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