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

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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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	The Torch Gang 1918 St. Louis Arsonists https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1733...post-dispatch/ Irv Frew (1907-1995) Played in the NHL for the 1934-35 St. Louis Eagles. Union Avenue Opera https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Avenue_Opera Jim Pike (1936-2019) b. St. Louis Original member of the Lettermen. Merritt Blake (1935-2013) b. St. Louis Actor
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	Lake Forest Pastry Shop https://losttables.com/lakeforest/lakeforest.htm Ody Abbott (1886-1933) Played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1910. Alaric Jans b. St. Louis 1949 Composer 10 Burglaries In Neighborhood In 2 Weeks 1905 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5414...st-louis-post/ Leon Redbone performed at Mississippi Nights October 18, 1978.
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	Free Drinks At Burning Saloon 1911 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8839...ch24-dec-1911/ Adia b. St. Louis 1991 Gospel musician Gil Lefebvre (1910-1987) Played football for the 1934 St. Louis Gunners. The Queeny Tower https://losttables.com/queeny/queeny.htm Pure Prairie League performed at Six Flags over Mid-America June 25, 1977.
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	The Laclede Quartet is a female string quartet formed in St. Louis in 1978. Richard P Henrick b. St. Louis 1949 Writer Joe Lamb (1906-1982) Played in the NHL for the 1934-35 St. Louis Eagles. Bryan Adams and Journey performed at the Arena on April 11, 1983. Mayfair https://losttables.com/mayfair/mayfair.htm
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	The Michael Stanley Band performed at Kiel May 8, 1977. Dave Holmes b. St. Louis 1971 Actor/writer Maude Hill b. St. Louis 1885 Actress https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0384508/ Brian Hohlfeld b. St. Louis 1957 Writer Tom Bushby (1911-1983) Played football for the 1934 St. Louis Gunners.
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	Fire And Panic At Sportsman's Park 1898 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8963066/1898-fire/ Pickles Dillhoefer (1893-1922) Played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1919-1921. Glen Lambert b. St. Louis 1965 Actor Quiet Riot performed at Kiel December 28, 1983. Madame Defoe's https://losttables.com/defoes/defoes.htm
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	Bloodshed In East St. Louis 1886 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1993...post-dispatch/ Cleo King b. St. Louis 1962 Actress Cassani's https://losttables.com/cassanis/cassanis.htm Robert Kilcullen b. St. Louis 1936 Actor Samuel Lambert b. St. Louis 1909 Production manager
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	1881 Bakery Fire In St. Louis https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1446...ery-fire-1881/ Elester Latham b. St. Louis 1948 Actor/producer Buckingham's https://losttables.com/buckinghams/buckinghams.htm She Donahue (1877-1947) Played for the 1904 St. Louis Cardinals. Angela LaRocca b. St. Louis Actress
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	Ammonia Tank Explosion 1936 St. Louis https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8293...post-dispatch/ Sugar Cain (1907-1975) Played for the St. Louis Browns 1935-1936. Sloane Momsen b. St. Louis 1996 Actress The Town Hall https://losttables.com/townhall/townhall.htm Lars Woods b. St. Louis 1968 Actor
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Granite City Steel Explosion 1965

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3092...post-dispatch/

Bruno Betzel (1894-1965)
He played for the St. Louis Cardinals 1914-1918.

Speck Confectionery

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Anita Womack
b. St. Louis 1959
Producer

Bob Dotson
b. St. Louis 1946
Author

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dotson

Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings performed at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis September 14, 1985.

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	Connor Casteel b. St. Louis 1998 Actor Ou Ou was an electronic music duo formed in 2009 in St. Louis. Southern Air Café https://losttables.com/southern/southern.htm Jason Wright b. St. Louis 1971 Actor/writer Bunny Brief (1892-1963) He played for the 1912-1913 St. Louis Browns.
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