Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Τον Απρίλιο του 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Τον Οκτώβριο του 20, 1916, Ad Santel, Αυτή η ανάρτηση είναι ένα απόσπασμα από το νέο μου βιβλίο, met Taro
Louis and True Crime? Louis and True Crime
Τα κτίρια είναι απλώς σωροί από σανίδες και τούβλα χωρίς τις ιστορίες που συνδέονται με αυτά. During November 1912, St. Ο αστυνομικός του Λούις, Άρθουρ Χάντλστον, σκοτώθηκε από τον δολοφόνο Άλμπερτ Γουάιτφιλντ που είχε αποφυλαχθεί. Ο Γουάιτφιλντ είχε ξαφνιάσει τη σύζυγό του με κοινό νόμο, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
Την Τρίτη, Νοέμβριος 5, 1901, St. Louis Police captured Ben Kilpatrick and Laura Bullion for their part in the Great Northern train robbery in Montana on July 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick would serve 10 years and Laura Bullion would serve three and a half years in the Missouri Penitentiary but it would take several weeks for
Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “B” film series. Williams played the debonair jewel thief, who somehow always ends up helping the police solve a series of crimes. Counter-Espionage (1942) begins with Lanyard stealing top secret plans from Sir Stafford Hart’s safe. Scotland Yard’s Inspector Stephens rushes to the scene
Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. Ενώ αυτή η ιστορία μπορεί ή μπορεί
Τον Μάιο του 5, 1898, Ο Γιουσούφ Ισμαήλ πάλεψε με τον Τομ Τζένκινς στο Κλίβελαντ, Ohio. Ο Ismail περιόδευσε στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες μόνο για έξι μήνες στις αρχές του 1898. Ο Ισμαήλ πάλεψε λιγότερο από δέκα αγώνες, αλλά άφησε ένα μονοπάτι καταστροφής που θυμάται μέχρι σήμερα. Ο Ismail έκανε ισχυρή εντύπωση νικώντας εύκολα και τον Evan “Strangler” Lewis. Ο Ισμαήλ έκανε επίσης ένα δυνατό
The Vampire Bat (1933) είναι ένα είδος κάμψης ταινία με πρωταγωνιστή τον Lionel Atwill. Φαινομενικά, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, μια μικρού μήκους ταινία προορίζεται να είναι το ορεκτικό για την κύρια ταινία σε ένα double bill. Majestic Εικόνες παρήγαγε την ταινία, το οποίο σκηνοθέτησε ο Frank R.
Τον Οκτώβριο του 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Μασαχουσέτη. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 λίρες. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Έφτασαν θαυμαστές και των δύο ανδρών
Τον Ιούλιο 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 να 1 underdog. Jack Root who would be the first light heavyweight championship was the favorite to succeed the recently retired James J. Jeffries. Jeffries would referee this title match to replace him. Marvin Hart had recently beaten Jack Johnson. Widely considered the
My second great-grandfather George Washington Story was born in August 1843 to Gilford Dudley Story and his second wife Nancy Jane Story nee Womack. George was born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA. He was the fourth of Dudley’s and Nancy’s nine children. George Washington Story married his first wife and my second great-grandmother Malinda Davis on November 26, 1863,
On September 16, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Most Dangerous Game (1932), a film about a big game hunter becoming the hunted. Joel McCrea plays big game hunter Bob Rainsford. Rainsford is on a yacht off the South American coast discussing his latest hunt, when another guest asks him, “Do you ever think how the tiger felt?” Rainsford laughs at