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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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	Dennis Cyr b. 1961 Played for the Blues 1984-1986. Gilbert Delorme b. 1962 Played for the Blues 1983-1985. Perry Ganchar b. 1963 Played for the Blues 1983-1985. Kevin LaVallee b. 1961 Played for the Blues 1984-1986. Craig Levie b. 1959 Played for the Blues 1984-1985.
	Posted 08-20-2021 at 04:20 AM by aliasfinn

	Kismet With Gene Barry At The Muny 1960 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5810...lobe-democrat/ Don "Red Ryder" Barry In St. Louis 1941 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6139...d-ryder-barry/
	Posted 08-20-2021 at 04:28 AM by aliasfinn

	Man Crushed By Loading Machine 1955 https://stltoday.newspapers.com/clip...post-dispatch/ Man Killed By Out Of Control Auto 1956 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4393...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-20-2021 at 04:33 AM by aliasfinn

	Don Blasingame (1932-2005) Played baseball for the Cardinals 1955-1959. Tom Cheney (1934-2001) Played baseball for the Cardinals 1957, 1959. Del Ennis (1925-1996) Played baseball for the Cardinals 1957-1958. Gene Green (1933-1981) Played baseball for the Cardinals 1957-1959. Lynn Lovenguth (1922-2000) Played baseball for the Cardinals 1957.
	Posted 08-20-2021 at 06:21 AM by aliasfinn

	10 Injured In 2 Car Collision On Highway 66 In 1957 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5166...post-dispatch/ 2 Killed, 1 Injured When Hit By Auto 1952 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4156...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-20-2021 at 06:25 AM by aliasfinn

	Bomb Explodes In Hotel 1923 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8099...otel-st-louis/ 4 Injured When Bomb Is Hurled Into House 1922 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6229...at-vance-home/
	Posted 08-20-2021 at 06:29 AM by aliasfinn

	Elton John Wearing A St. Louis Police Uniform 1982 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1634...post-dispatch/ The Breakfast Club 1985 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7805...-opens-in-stl/
	Posted 08-20-2021 at 08:04 PM by aliasfinn

	The Flintstones Debut 9-30-60 Channel 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7544...n-abc-9301960/ 1963 Children's Programs Listings https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2193...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-20-2021 at 10:23 PM by aliasfinn

	Frank Bertaina (1944-2010) Played baseball for the Cardinals 1970. Bob Chlupsa b. 1945 Played baseball for the Cardinals 1970-1971. Ed Crosby b. 1949 Played baseball for the Cardinals 1970-1973. Vic Davalillo b. 1939 Played baseball for the Cardinals 1969-1970. Leron Lee b. 1948 Played baseball for the Cardinals 1969-1971.
	Posted 08-21-2021 at 02:34 AM by aliasfinn

	A Sister's Avenger 1888 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3281...post-dispatch/ St. Louis TV Listings 1977 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1633...-the-st-louis/
	Posted 08-21-2021 at 02:37 AM by aliasfinn

	Alfred Hitchcock Presents Debut 10-2-55 Channel 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7603...nts-debuts-on/ James Drury "The Virginian" was at the Police Circus in St. Louis April 27, 1964.
	Posted 08-21-2021 at 02:41 AM by aliasfinn

	Owner Blows Up House Hours Before Auction 1984. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2791...post-dispatch/ 3 Injured In Gas Station Explosion 1986 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3937...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-21-2021 at 02:44 AM by aliasfinn

	Dr. No 1963 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6224...n-stl-5101963/ Days Of Wine And Roses 1963 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8072...-opens-at-the/
	Posted 08-21-2021 at 02:48 AM by aliasfinn

	St. Louis Gangsters Moving Into Joplin 1959 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7999...post-dispatch/ Hoods Blow Up Store 1959 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3437...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-21-2021 at 02:51 AM by aliasfinn

	Wagon Train Debut 9-18-57 Channel 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7651...n-nbc-9181957/ Bonanza Debut 9-12-59 Channel 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7577...miere-9121959/
	Posted 08-21-2021 at 02:55 AM by aliasfinn

	Greg Kindle b. 1950 Played for the St. Louis football Cardinals 1974-1975. Jim Tolbert b. 1944 Played for the St. Louis football Cardinals 1973-1975. Earl Thomas (1948-2020) Played for the St. Louis football Cardinals 1974-1975. Jerry Latin b. 1953 Played for the St. Louis football Cardinals 1975-1978. Ken Reaves b. 1944 Played for the St. Louis football Cardinals 1974-1977.
	Posted 08-21-2021 at 02:59 AM by aliasfinn

	St. Louis Blues With Nat King Cole 1958 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7824...ng-cole-opens/ The St. Ann 4-Screen Drive-In St. Ann 4-Screen Drive-In in St. Ann, MO - Cinema Treasures
	Posted 08-21-2021 at 03:03 AM by aliasfinn

	I Saw What You Did 1965 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4616...post-dispatch/ Maverick Debut 9-22-57 Channel 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7651...n-abc-9221957/
	Posted 08-21-2021 at 03:07 AM by aliasfinn

	Boat Explodes In River 1966 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3963...ing-explosion/ The Flood Of '73 https://www.ksdk.com/article/feature...4-6216b7c5793e
	Posted 08-21-2021 at 03:11 AM by aliasfinn

	Fire And Panic At Sportsman's Park 1898 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8963066/1898-fire/ Careless With Gasoline 1898 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2268...st-louis-mo-2/
	Posted 08-21-2021 at 03:15 AM by aliasfinn

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