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Pertaining To St. Louis

Posted 02-13-2021 at 06:05 AM by aliasfinn
Updated 01-31-2022 at 04:08 AM by aliasfinn

Interesting Things To Google.

A St. Louis woman, Pearl Curran, claimed to receive poetry from a spirit through a Ouija board.

Clarence Terhune, a St. Louis caddy, stowed away on the German airship Zeppelin.

The bullet that killed Wild Bill Hickok is buried in St. Louis.

Pretty Boy Floyd was sent to the Missouri penitentiary for a $12,000 St. Louis payroll robbery.

John Dillinger attended an automobile show at Municipal Auditorium in St. Louis.

The Reno Gang and their father lived in St. Louis for a couple of years when things got too hot for them in Indiana.

Frank James, Jesse's brother, was cremated in St. Louis.

Outlaw Sam Bass ran away from his Indiana home when he was a teenager and went to St. Louis but didn't stay long because he thought the city was too dangerous.

Doc Holliday practiced dentistry in St. Louis.

Jack The Ripper died in St. Louis.

Billy The Kid's mother ran a boarding house in St. Louis.

The pirate Jean Lafitte lived his last years around St. Louis and is buried across the river in Alton.

The Sundance Kid and Etta Place were spotted by Pinkerton detectives at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

Charles Manson went to St. Louis in the 1950s and got a tattoo.

The 1949 exorcism in St. Louis.

Geronimo rode the Ferris wheel at the St. Louis World's Fair.

Serial killer H.H. Holmes was locked up in a St. Louis jail with a Missouri train robber.

John Slack, one of the men involved in the Great Diamond Hoax of 1872, moved to St. Louis and opened a casket making company.

Big Jim Kennally, a counterfeiter from St. Louis, came up with a plan to steal Lincoln's body in 1876.

Egan's Rats, St. Louis gangsters, were the main suspects in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

John Wilkes Booth was arrested in St. Louis for making anti-government threats.

Mark Gray, who worked for a St. Louis dry goods firm, attempted to assassinate Edwin Booth during a play in Chicago.

Martin Monti, a St. Louis born pilot, defected to Nazi Germany during the war and worked as a propagandist.

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	Patton 1970 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6988...-lux-Cinerama/ 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7520...-opens-at-the/
	Posted 08-10-2021 at 05:43 AM by aliasfinn

	Satchel Paige (1906-1982) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1951-1953. Dick Kryhoski (1925-2007) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1952-1953. Johnny Hetki (1922-2019) Played for the 1952 St. Louis Browns. Earl Harrist (1919-1998) Played for the 1952 St. Louis Browns. Bob Cain (1924-1997) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1952-1953.
	Posted 08-10-2021 at 05:48 AM by aliasfinn

	17-Year-Old Shot Multiple Times 2021 https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/17...s-in-st-louis/ Cab Driver Shot And Killed 1896 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2177...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-10-2021 at 05:52 AM by aliasfinn

	St. Louisans React To The War Of The Worlds 1938 https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...d70a70f8c.html The Exorcist 1973 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6674...the-brentwood/
	Posted 08-10-2021 at 08:28 AM by aliasfinn

	Cat People 1942 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5215...post-dispatch/ Ben-Hur 1960 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5715...oews-mid-city/
	Posted 08-10-2021 at 12:24 PM by aliasfinn

	Driver Who Killed Deputy Dies Of Wound 1923 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3581...g-may-21-1923/ St. Louis Businessman Dies When Plane Falls 1929 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5565...-stl-dispatch/
	Posted 08-10-2021 at 02:02 PM by aliasfinn

	The "Little Chloroformer" Hanged 1888 https://www.stltoday.com/news/archiv...0253b93ed.html Students Charged In Bombing 1983 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3182...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-10-2021 at 05:50 PM by aliasfinn

	Willie Belton (1948-1992) Played for the St. Louis football Cardinals 1973-1974. Tom Brahaney b. 1951 Played football for the St. Louis Cardinals 1973-1981. Dwayne Crump b. 1950 Played football for the St. Louis Cardinals 1973-1976. Chuck Detwiler b. 1947 Played football for the St. Louis Cardinals 1973. Clarence Duren b. 1950 Played football for the St. Louis Cardinals 1973-1976.
	Posted 08-11-2021 at 04:25 AM by aliasfinn

	Bullitt 1968 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6530...-stl-12201968/ Vertigo 1958 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5548...louis-theatre/
	Posted 08-11-2021 at 04:30 AM by aliasfinn

	Easy Rider 1969 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7031...n-stl-1031969/ Where Eagles Dare 1969 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7582...-at-the-loews/
	Posted 08-11-2021 at 04:35 AM by aliasfinn

	Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? 1962 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6695...by-jane-opens/ Dirty Harry 1971 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7143...t-the-esquire/
	Posted 08-11-2021 at 06:20 AM by aliasfinn

	The Godfather 1972 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7359...n-stl-3241972/ Slap Shot 1977 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7793...n-stl-3251977/
	Posted 08-11-2021 at 06:24 AM by aliasfinn

	Airport 1970 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6912...n-stl-5221970/ Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory 1971 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6753...olate-factory/
	Posted 08-11-2021 at 06:28 AM by aliasfinn

	6 Children Shot In East St. Louis 1986 https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/29/u...-illinois.html Doctor Killed, Son Arrested 1986 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3454...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-11-2021 at 12:00 PM by aliasfinn

	The Futo Family Massacre 1991 https://www.kmov.com/news/emory-futo...52a052b2d.html Knifed Over A Soft Drink 1972 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5867...gate-stabbing/
	Posted 08-11-2021 at 07:15 PM by aliasfinn

	Damn Yankees 1958 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7250...e-fox-1031958/ Cat Ballou 1965 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6894...t-the-esquire/
	Posted 08-12-2021 at 05:55 AM by aliasfinn

Sam Silas
b. 1940
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals football team 1963-1967.

Ray Ogden
b. 1942
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals football team 1965-1966.

Sonny Randle Jr. (1936-2017)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals football team 1960-1966.

Bill Koman (1934-2019)
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals football team 1960-1967.

Billy Gambrell
b. 1941
Played for the St. Louis Cardinals football team 1963-1967.

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	V.P. Fair Riot 1989 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7771...r-riot-751989/ Charged In Slaying Of Neighbors 1988 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2771...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-12-2021 at 06:04 AM by aliasfinn

	The Odd Couple 1968 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7511...n-stl-6191968/ Scarface 1932 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6978...-opens-at-the/
	Posted 08-12-2021 at 06:08 AM by aliasfinn

	Charged In Killing Of Handball Enthusiast 1979 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6291...harged-29-jul/ Suspect Held In Stabbing Death 1978 https://stltoday.newspapers.com/clip...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-12-2021 at 06:34 AM by aliasfinn

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