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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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	Yogi Berra 1948 Careless Driving https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6151...post-dispatch/ Gary Owens, the announcer on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, was a morning DJ on WIL-AM 1430 radio in St. Louis from 1958-1959.
	Posted 08-21-2021 at 09:53 AM by aliasfinn

	Jack Benny At Kiel Auditorium 1959 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7832...-with-the-stl/ John Banner who played Sgt. Schultz on Hogan's Heroes, was at the Police Circus in St. Louis April 28, 1968.
	Posted 08-21-2021 at 10:26 AM by aliasfinn

	1964 Christmas Shows On Channel 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5885...ows-on-ksd-tv/ Matty's Funday Funnies 1961 Channel 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5174...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-21-2021 at 09:47 PM by aliasfinn

	Horse Identifies Stabbing Victim 1904 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2498...-brady-killed/ Cop On Horse Chases Stolen Auto 1914 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3718...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-21-2021 at 09:51 PM by aliasfinn

	Harry Howell (1876-1956) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1904-1910. Harry Niles (1880-1953) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1906-1907. Ike Rockenfield (1876-1927) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1905-1906. Tubby Spencer (1884-1945) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1905-1908. Barney Pelty (1880-1939) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1903-1912.
	Posted 08-22-2021 at 05:07 AM by aliasfinn

	Woman Student Dies After Alcohol Explodes During Experiment 1939 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4742...post-dispatch/ Gas Explosion On Carroll Street 1937 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6642...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-22-2021 at 05:11 AM by aliasfinn

	Channel 5 TV Listings May 2, 1950 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7795...post-dispatch/ St. Louis TV Listings July 4, 1965 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5640...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-22-2021 at 05:16 AM by aliasfinn

	Ron Hoover b. 1966 Played for the St. Louis Blues 1991-1992. Mario Marois b. 1957 Played for the St. Louis Blues 1990-1992. Stephane Quintal b. 1968 Played for the St. Louis Blues 1991-1993. Randy Skarda b. 1968 Played for the St. Louis Blues 1989-1992. Darin Kimble b. 1968 Played for the St. Louis Blues 1990-1992.
	Posted 08-22-2021 at 05:21 AM by aliasfinn

	Knocked Out Before He Could Stab Man 1903 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8922...post-dispatch/ Girl Refused To Go Home, Takes Poison 1900 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1955...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-22-2021 at 05:25 AM by aliasfinn

	The Glass Bottom Boat 1966 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3152...post-dispatch/ 1967 Movie Ads https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4226...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-22-2021 at 05:29 AM by aliasfinn

	Steve Bilko (1928-1978) Played Baseball for the Cardinals 1949-1954. Johnny Blatnik (1921-2004) Played baseball for the Cardinals 1950. Don Bollweg (1921-1996) Played baseball for the Cardinals 1950-1951. Harry Brecheen (1914-2004) Played baseball for the Cardinals 1940-1952, Browns 1953. Tommy Glaviano (1923-2004) Played baseball for the Cardinals 1949-1952.
	Posted 08-22-2021 at 05:35 AM by aliasfinn

	Public Defender 1954 Advertisement On Channel 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7210...post-dispatch/ Bugs Bunny Place Mats At Famous Barr 1946 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5906...t-famous-barr/
	Posted 08-22-2021 at 05:39 AM by aliasfinn

	1906 Train Collision https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3540...in-wreck-1906/ Dive Results In Death 1905 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2142...ving-accident/
	Posted 08-22-2021 at 05:43 AM by aliasfinn

	Stafford Mays b. 1958 Played football for St. Louis Cardinals 1980-1986. Rusty Lisch b. 1956 Played football for St. Louis Cardinals 1980-1983. E.J. Junior b. 1959 Played football for St. Louis Cardinals 1981-1987. Bruce Radford (1955-2011) Played football for St. Louis Cardinals 1981. Dave Stief (1956-2000) Played football for St. Louis Cardinals 1978-1982.
	Posted 08-22-2021 at 05:48 AM by aliasfinn

	Friday TV Programs July 11, 1958 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5548...-options-1958/ The U.S. Steel Hour 1959 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3157...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-22-2021 at 05:51 AM by aliasfinn

	Pickpocket Profits From Streetcar Wreck 1902 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2593...-15-1902peter/ Train Kills Man In Carondelet Park 1911 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6875...rain-accident/
	Posted 08-22-2021 at 05:55 AM by aliasfinn

	Widow Of Ex-Ballplayer Accused Of Arson 1932 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6241...post-dispatch/ Bill Gleason https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gleason Died After Stove Explodes 1932 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2178...post-dispatch/
	Posted 08-22-2021 at 03:38 PM by aliasfinn

	Karl Drews (1920-1963) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1948-1949. Ned Garver (1925-2017) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1948-1952. Don Lund (1923-2013) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1948. Roy Partee (1917-2000) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1948. Eddie Pellagrini (1918-2006) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1948-1949.
	Posted 08-23-2021 at 05:02 AM by aliasfinn

	How The Grinch Stole Christmas 1966 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7904...post-dispatch/ Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 1964 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8086...indeer-debuts/
	Posted 08-23-2021 at 05:07 AM by aliasfinn

	Play Misty For Me 1971 Advertisement https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7434...-opens-in-stl/ Jack Carson At The Municipal Opera 1961 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1571...sons-stars-01/
	Posted 08-23-2021 at 05:12 AM by aliasfinn

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