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På April 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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På Oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, en noterad "fnask" eller skicklig submission wrestler, met Taro
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Byggnader är bara högar av brädor och tegel utan de berättelser som är fästa vid dem. During November 1912, St. Louis-polisen Arthur Huddleston dödades av den villkorliga mördaren Albert Whitefield. Whitefield hade överraskat sin sambo, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
På tisdag, November 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” filmserie. 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. Medan den här historien kan eller kan
På maj 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail brottades med Tom Jenkins i Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail turnerade bara i USA i sex månader i början av 1898. Ismail brottades mindre än tio matcher men lämnade en väg av förstörelse som man minns till denna dag. Ismail gjorde ett kraftfullt intryck genom att enkelt besegra både Evan "Strängler" Lewis. Ismail gjorde också en stark
The Vampire Bat (1933) är en genre bock film starring Lionel Atwill. Skenbart, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, en kortfilm avsedd att vara en aptitretare för huvudfilmen på en dubbelräkning. Majestic Pictures produced the film, which was directed by Frank R.
På Oktober 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Massachusetts. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 pounds. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fans av båda männen kom in
På Juli 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 till 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,
På 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