Pertaining To St. Louis

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1. The Professional Corpse George Hausam (1877-1934) The Professional Corpse - Haunted Ohio Books https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3962...post-dispatch/ 71 people were killed and 600 injured by streetcars in St. Louis in 1900. On November 7, 1968, Red Berenson of the St. Louis Blues scored 6 goals against the Philadelphia Flyers. Myrtis Crinley (1905-1966) b. St. Louis Actress Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway performed at the Muny in " Hello Dolly " July 29-August 3, 1968.

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2. 	American Hauntings In St. Louis American Hauntings: St. Louis Max Judd (1851-1906) Chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Judd The oldest Mexican restaurant in St. Louis is Ruiz Mexican Restaurant which opened in Florissant in 1966. Corinne Parquet (1896-1975) b. St. Louis Actress The St. Louisan https://www.american-rails.com/louis.html
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3. The St. Louis Terriers https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Terriers On September 2, 1925, the airship Shenandoah left Lakehurst on her way to St. Louis, Mo. At 5:58 am she was caught in a severe thunderstorm and broke up into several sections over eastern Ohio. 14 of the 43 crew members were killed. John " Mushmouth " Johnson (1856-1907) " Negro Gambling King of Chicago " His mother was a nurse for Mary Todd Lincoln. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...john-v-johnson Dolores Brinkman (1910-2003) b. St. Louis Actress Marx Hardware on North 14th street is the oldest hardware store in St. Louis. It opened in 1882.

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4. 	Mermaid in St. Louis in 1880 Beautiful Mermaid | Mermaid Reports The World's Fair Baby 1904 World’s Fair Baby Named “Louisiana Purchase” – Nancy's Baby Names Tower Grove Park is the largest Victorian park in America. Lindbergh boulevard is the longest road in St. Louis. It covers about 30 miles. Betty White appeared at the Muny in " The King And I " July 29-August 4, 1963.
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5. 6 People Struck By Lightning 1974 https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/30/a...lightning.html Emmanuel DeHodiamont House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanu...odiamont_House William Shatner appeared at the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis on April 12,2012 Adam West (Batman) was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at St. Louis University. Ollie O'Mara (1891-1989) b. St.Louis Baseball player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ollie_O'Mara

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6. The Liberty Bell in St. Louis https://atthefair.homestead.com/Misc/LibertyBell.html Thomas Caute Reynolds (1821-1887) He was the Confederate governor of Missouri. In 1887 he jumped down an elevator shaft at the Customs House in St. Louis. A note in his pocket indicated he was afraid he was losing his mental capacity. Marion Foster Welch, daughter of composer Stephen Foster, once lived in St. Louis. The Hawken Rifle https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawken_rifle In 1868, Albert Kletzker of St. Louis patented a device to staple paper.

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7. 1866 St. Louis Tornado St. Louis, MO Destructive Tornado, Oct 1866 | GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods Benjamin Franklin Highsmith (1817-1905) He was at the Alamo https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/...jamin-franklin The 1904 Democratic National Convention ran from July 6-10 at St. Louis during the Olympics and World's Fair. Mountain Lion in St. Louis https://fox2now.com/news/reports-of-...ents-on-alert/ Harry Dooms (1867-1899) b. St. Louis Baseball player

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8. 	Ralston Purina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralston_Purina Dorothy Haydel (1893-1961) b. St. Louis Actress Henry Miller (1841- ?) b. St. Louis He was a firefighter who went up to Chicago to help battle the Great Fire of 1871. Franchon Frankel (1874-1937) b. St. Louis Actress Dutch Zwilling (1888-1978) b. St. Louis Baseball player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Zwilling
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9. 8 Killed in Auto Collision 1959 St. Louis, MO Auto Collision Kills Eight, Jul 1959 | GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods On May 24, 1904, the St. Louis County constable went up in a hot air balloon to try and catch motorists speeding. He was unable to spot any " scorchers " but became the very first to try and spot speeders from the air. The first boxcar of fruit to be shipped east from California was to St. Louis in 1877. Samuel B. Severs (1854-1919) b. St. Louis He fought at the Little Big Horn and was wounded in the hilltop fight. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...amuel-b-severs Clarette Ellis (1917-2002) b. St. Louis Actress

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10. The St. Louis Witch Murder 1911 The St. Louis Witch Murder - Weird Lectures https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1914...es-eisenbarth/ Red McKenzie (1899-1948) b. St. Louis Actor Jonathan Frid, of Dark Shadows, was in St. Louis in 1987 playing in Arsenic and Old Lace at the Muny. Cactus Keck (1899-1981) b. St. Louis Baseball player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus_Keck Black Bear in St. Louis https://patch.com/missouri/stlouis/b...an-saint-louis

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11. 	The First Movie Star (King Baggot) The Story of King Baggot, the First ‘King of the Movies’, Begins in St. Louis - We Are Movie Geeks https://www.azcentral.com/story/news...vies/19019405/ Evelyn Bell (1921-2016) b. St. Louis Actress Fred Medart (1841-1908) https://www.oldtimestrongman.com/blo...uring-company/ Deni Lamont (1932-1991) b. St. Louis Actor Sam Patterson (1881-1955) b. St. Louis Actor
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12. The Shepherdess Steamboat Disaster 1844 St. Louis, MO Steamboat SHEPHERDESS Disaster, Jan 1844 | GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods In March of 1853, the famous Irish dancer Lola Montez came to St. Louis and performed at Field's Variety Theater. She was said to have raised her skirt far too high while performing her famous spider dance. She later had an altercation with Joseph Field, the proprietor of the theater, beating him with her riding crop and breaking his nose with a candlestick. Mysterious Planchette The Mysterious Planchette | Manufacturers: Wilder Kate Toncray (1867-1927) b. St. Louis Actress Virginia Jencks (1917-1990) b. St. Louis Actress

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13. The Strange Mrs. Minor Morris 1906 Mrs. Minor Morris Escapes from State Hospital for Insane https://theodorerooseveltcenter.org/...ris%20Incident In February of 1900, W.C. Fields came to St. Louis to perform his juggling act at the Standard Theater. He was tired from the trip and rested on a stool back stage. When a stagehand took the stool away, Fields complained and was struck over the head with it and knocked unconscious. When he woke up he noticed the doorkeeper looking at him and found out later it was Frank James, brother of Jesse. Fields described James in a newspaper interview years later as a quiet, gentle man with a drooping mustache and cold gray eyes. The 1980 heat wave in Missouri caused 311 heat related deaths, the highest toll in the country. Most were in St. Louis and Kansas City. The Stout Sign Company https://stoutsign.com/about-stout-sign-company/ Rusty Burrell (1925-2002) He played for the St. Louis Browns farm team and was the bailiff for Judge Wapner's People's Court.

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14. The Alton Giant (Robert Wadlow) https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wadlow Charlie Chaplin appeared at the Empress Theater in St. Louis in 1911, 1912 and 1913. Only 3000 fans showed up to see the Rolling Stones perform at Kiel on July 12, 1966. Bug Holliday (1867-1910) b. St. Louis Baseball player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_Holliday Red Simon Killed By Gangsters 1914 Weird **** in historic newspapers: Ironic Death One-Armed Man Robbed 1915 Weird **** in historic newspapers: One Arm & Bandit

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15. 1871 St. Louis Tornado St. Louis, MO Tornado Catastrophe, Mar 1871 | GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods 1872 St. Louis Tornado St. Louis, MO Terrific Tornado In St. Louis, Mar 1872 | GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods John Halla (1884-1947) b. St. Louis Baseball player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Halla Adolph Silbers 1896 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5456...6-29-st-louis/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5456...6-30-st-louis/

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16. The Devil Came To St. Louis (1949) https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/devil https://occult-world.com/st-louis-exorcism-case/ Jack The Ripper Died In St.Louis American Hauntings: WAS JACK THE RIPPER FROM ST. LOUIS? H.H. Holmes In St. Louis https://kenzimmermanjr.com/robber-helps-catch-killer/ Henrietta Bamberger Murderess Unknown Gender History: Henrietta Bamberger, St. Louis “Wholesale Murderess” - 1899

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17. Old Timey Baseball Players Yats Wuestling (1903-1970) b. St. Louis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yats_Wuestling Fred Worden (1894-1941) b. St. Louis Jerry Witte (1915-2002) b. St. Louis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Witte Pat Whitaker (1865-1902) b. St. Louis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Whitaker T.E. Newell (1855-1936) b. St. Louis Played for the 1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings. Dickey Pearce (1836-1908) This guy was born the same year that Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett were getting knocked off at the Alamo. His last MLB appearance was with the 1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings.

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18. A Flying Snake Sighting 1911 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2126...ng-snake-1911/ In June of 1850, Ralph Waldo Emerson came to St. Louis but didn't stay long after he found out most of the people in his hotel were dying of cholera. He would visit St. Louis again two years later. Silver King (1868-1938) b. St. Louis First sidearm pitcher in the major leagues. https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Silver_King Mavrakos https://www.chocolatechocolate.com/mavrakos Picture of a 1908 St. Louis phone book Old Telephone Books: 1908 Saint Louis, Missouri United States

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19. The Flying Saucer Scare of 1947 https://www.stltoday.com/news/archiv...63de8ff39.html Ty Cobb's brother Paul, was drafted by the St. Louis Browns in 1908. The longest home run hit at Busch Stadium in St. Louis was 469 feet by Matt Holiday 7-20-12. Old St. Louis Select Beer Can Old St. Louis Select Beer Can from Lami Brewing Co. (Griesedieck) IBC Root Beer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBC_Root_Beer

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20. The Mysterious Francis Schlatter https://capturedandexposed.com/2017/...-hankie-panky/ Flora Cooke (1836-1923) b. St. Louis She was the wife of Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart. Jim Thorpe came to St. Louis on Thanksgiving Day of 1909 to watch his old team the Carlisle Indians beat St. Louis University 32-0. In 1898, John S. Thurman of St. Louis, invented a gasoline-powered vacuum cleaner that was so big it had to be pulled around by horses. He would park it in front of a house and blow all the dirt out with a long hose. Wally Mattick (1887-1968) b. St. Louis Baseball player with the White Sox and Cardinals.

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