Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > Blogs > aliasfinn
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Rate this Entry

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.
Posted in Uncategorized
Views 176217 Comments 2241
Total Comments 2241

Comments

  1. Old Comment
    permalink
    Posted 10-08-2021 at 10:33 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  2. Old Comment
    permalink
    Posted 10-08-2021 at 10:36 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  3. Old Comment
    permalink
    Posted 10-08-2021 at 10:41 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  4. Old Comment
    permalink
    Posted 10-09-2021 at 05:01 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  5. Old Comment
    permalink
    Posted 10-09-2021 at 05:06 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  6. Old Comment
    permalink
    Posted 10-09-2021 at 05:10 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  7. Old Comment
    Xavier Scruggs
    b. 1987
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 2014-2015.

    Jhonny Peralta
    b. 1982
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 2014-2017.

    Seth Maness
    b. 1988
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 2013-2016.

    John Lackey
    b. 1978
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 2014-2015.

    Jason Heyward
    b. 1989
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 2015.
    permalink
    Posted 10-09-2021 at 05:14 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  8. Old Comment
    Antique Tool Collectors

    https://www.greatplanestrading.com/



    Skeet Shooting

    https://stlskeettrap.com/
    permalink
    Posted 10-09-2021 at 05:16 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  9. Old Comment
    permalink
    Posted 10-09-2021 at 05:21 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  10. Old Comment
    permalink
    Posted 10-09-2021 at 05:25 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  11. Old Comment
    Hillsboro Nursing Home Fire 1952

    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9748...post-dispatch/



    Subversive Activity At Army Finance Center 1948

    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3297...post-dispatch/
    permalink
    Posted 10-09-2021 at 05:29 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  12. Old Comment
    Sandy Alcantara
    b. 1995
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 2017.

    Lance Lynn
    b. 1987
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 2011-2017.

    Tyler Lyons
    b. 1988
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 2013-2018.

    Alex Mejia
    b. 1991
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 2017.

    Juan Nicasio
    b. 1986
    Played baseball for the Cardinals 2017.
    permalink
    Posted 10-09-2021 at 05:34 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  13. Old Comment
    permalink
    Posted 10-09-2021 at 05:38 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  14. Old Comment
    permalink
    Posted 10-09-2021 at 08:57 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  15. Old Comment
    permalink
    Posted 10-09-2021 at 09:02 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  16. Old Comment
    Ed Wells (1900-1986)
    Played for the St. Louis Browns 1933-1934.

    Sam West (1904-1985)
    Played for the St. Louis Browns 1933-1938.

    Lou Polli (1901-2000)
    Played for the St. Louis Browns 1932.

    Lefty Stewart (1900-1974)
    Played for the St. Louis Browns 1927-1932.

    Ed Grimes (1905-1974)
    Played for the St. Louis Browns 1931-1932.
    permalink
    Posted 10-10-2021 at 04:44 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  17. Old Comment
    Blood Of The Vampire And Monster On The Campus 1959 Ad.

    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3154...post-dispatch/



    Monsters Inc. 2001 Ad

    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2434...post-dispatch/
    permalink
    Posted 10-10-2021 at 04:51 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  18. Old Comment
    Joel McCrea In St. Louis 1950 Ad

    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5703...post-dispatch/



    John Bromfield Of TV's U.S. Marshal In St. Louis 1959.

    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3154...post-dispatch/
    permalink
    Posted 10-10-2021 at 04:55 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  19. Old Comment
    permalink
    Posted 10-10-2021 at 05:00 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
  20. Old Comment
    permalink
    Posted 10-10-2021 at 05:04 AM by aliasfinn aliasfinn is online now
 

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 07:58 PM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top