Pertaining To St. Louis
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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.
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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Wild Dog Attacks In St. Louis
1959
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5330...ll-toddler-in/
2020
https://patch.com/missouri/stlouis/4...ogs-florissantPosted 05-02-2021 at 02:33 PM by aliasfinn
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Thief Steals 42,000 Golf Balls
42,000 Balls Stolen From St. Louis Driving Range - Off the Deck
Julie Freeman (1869-1921)
Pitcher for the 1888 St. Louis Browns
Van Morrison performed at the Ambassador Theatre on January 18, 1974.
Annalise Basso
Actress born in St. Louis in 1998
St. Louis had its first automobile show in 1907 in the Jai Alai building on DeBaliviere.Posted 05-02-2021 at 08:08 PM by aliasfinn
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The Riverport Riot in 1991
https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverport_Riot
Mircea Monroe
Actress born in St. Louis in 1982
Antique St. Louis Waffle Iron
https://line.17qq.com/articles/cdlnlmldpv.html
Boy Dies From Rabies 1952
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3387...post-dispatch/
Aerosmith performed at the Kiel on April 16, 1976Posted 05-03-2021 at 04:37 AM by aliasfinn
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Creepy Crespi (1918-1990)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Creepy_Crespi
Deep Purple performed at the Kiel on December 3, 1974
Police Chase Stolen Dump Truck
https://fox2now.com/news/suspect-in-...olice-custody/
Juliana Dever
Actress born in St. Louis
Erin Daniels
Actress born in St. Louis in 1972Posted 05-03-2021 at 08:04 AM by aliasfinn
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St. Louis Olympians Who Struck Gold
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/olym...d88e966.html#1
Butch Weis (1901-1997)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Weis
Eric Clapton performed at Kiel On July 25, 1974.
Ken Page
b. St. Louis in 1954
Actor
Thieves Hit Ice Cream Trucks
https://fox2now.com/news/thieves-tar...-cream-trucks/Posted 05-03-2021 at 05:55 PM by aliasfinn
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St. Charles Bridge Collapse 1870
St. Charles, MO Bridge Collapse, Nov 1870 | GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods
Grand Funk Railroad performed at Kiel on November 4, 1972.
Jewel Thieves Hit While Family Is Having Dinner 1903
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8356...post-dispatch/
Hal Ebersole (1899-1984)
b. St. Louis
Football player
Neil Young performed at Kiel on January 24, 1970.Posted 05-04-2021 at 02:47 AM by aliasfinn
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Raising The Bodies With Dynamite 1891
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4625...post-dispatch/
Pat Lafontaine
b. St. Louis
Hockey player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_LaFontaine
The Missouri School For The Blind, founded in St. Louis in 1851, was the first school in the western hemisphere to use braille.
Frank Zappa and Styx performed at Kiel on May 13, 1975.
Hec Garvey (1900-1973)
b. St. Louis
Football playerPosted 05-04-2021 at 09:37 AM by aliasfinn
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1895 Saloon Brawl St. Louis
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2874...ight-st-Louis/
Chris McGinn
b. St. Louis 1955
Actress
Harry Lunte (1892-1965)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Lunte
Humble Pie performed at the Arena on April 10, 1972
Alice Cooper performed at the Arena on December 17, 1971.Posted 05-04-2021 at 02:29 PM by aliasfinn
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Safe Cracker Blows Safe Gets Nickels 1915
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5653...post-dispatch/
Gerry Becker
b. St. Louis 1951
Actor
The Jackson 5 performed at Kiel on August 19, 1972
Barney Mathews (1903-1970)
b. St. Louis
Football player
On November 14, 1946, Chuck Connors (The Rifleman) while with the Boston Celtics, came to St. Louis to play the Bombers. He didn't do too good.
What Peculiar Punishment Did Future TV Star Chuck Connors Suffer While Playing for the Boston Celtics?Posted 05-04-2021 at 06:05 PM by aliasfinn
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Madman Wielded Club 1902 St. Louis
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5866...post-dispatch/
Ernest Borgnine and Lee Van Cleef were in St. Louis in 1981 while filming Escape From New York.
Rush performed at the Ambassador Theatre on November 10, 1974.
1800s Photos From St. Louis
https://vintagereveries.com/1800s-ph...m-st-louis-mo/
Alexandra Kekeris
b. St. Louis 1990
ActressPosted 05-05-2021 at 04:44 AM by aliasfinn
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Marine Deserter Confesses To Burglaries 1920
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6499...post-dispatch/
Rudy Kling (1870-1937)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
KISS and Bob Seger performed at the Kiel on July 30, 1976.
James Garner stayed at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis. He was in St. Louis for a race at Mid-America Raceway at Wentzville.
Fleetwood Mac performed at Busch Stadium on May 28 and June 29, 1976.Posted 05-05-2021 at 08:17 AM by aliasfinn
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Sugarloaf Mound Preservation
https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/who-...ugarloaf-mound
Everest & Jennings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everest_and_Jennings
James Finnegan (1901-1967)
b. St. Louis
Football player
Foghat and Edgar Winter performed at Kiel October 25, 1973
Jordan Nichols
b. St. Louis 1992
ActorPosted 05-05-2021 at 12:13 PM by aliasfinn
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Pastor Catches Thief At Poor Box 1920
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4356...post-dispatch/
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils performed at Washington University October 11, 1973.
George C Scott enrolled at the University of Missouri and studied journalism before becoming an actor.
Brewery Shenanigans
https://www.stlmag.com/history/archi...of-monkeying-/
Big Wrench
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/11828Posted 05-05-2021 at 05:35 PM by aliasfinn
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East St. Louis Riots 1917
https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/East_St._Louis_riots
Basil Rathbone performed at the Olympic Theatre in St. Louis December 22-27, 1913, in " As You Like It."
The Theatre
https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/umsl...t/umsl%3A36167
Roberta Sherwood (1913-1999)
b. St. Louis
Actress
Pink Floyd performed at Kiel March 6, 1973.
Fleetwood Mac performed at the Hearnes Center May 6, 1973.Posted 05-05-2021 at 09:39 PM by aliasfinn
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Sleepwalker Falls 16 Feet 1905
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2806...ouis-republic/
Joe Mowry (1908-1994)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
Alan Sciranko
b. St. Louis 1958
Actor
1920s Tin Whistle Made in St. Louis
https://www.icollect247.com/item/139...oys--And-Girls-
AC/DC performed August 9, 1977 at Mississippi Nights.Posted 05-06-2021 at 04:59 AM by aliasfinn
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Cards Fan Grazed By Stray Bullet 8th Inning
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...730568ca6.html
Charlie Grimm (1898-1983)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Grimm
St. Louis Breweries From The 1800s
Missouri | Old Breweries Information | Breweriana Values - Part 5
Anita Barone
b. St. Louis 1964
Actress
Andy Gross
b. St. Louis 1968
ActorPosted 05-06-2021 at 08:04 AM by aliasfinn
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Submarine Flotilla In St. Louis 1919
https://www.semissourian.com/blogs/flynch/entry/50345
The Mexican outlaw Rafael "Red" Lopez was seen in St. Louis while on the run from southwestern authorities. The St. Louis police kept an eye out for him.
Steve Miller performed at Kiel on October 20, 1977.
1927 Tornado Newspaper Story
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1370...post-dispatch/
Ambre Lake
b. St. Louis
ActressPosted 05-06-2021 at 12:14 PM by aliasfinn
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The No Pants Burglar 1932
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3369...horts-burglar/
1904 Saloon Fight
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2691...ight-st-louis/
Tom Loftus (1856-1910)
b. St. Louis
Baseball player
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Loftus
Anna Ingenthron
b. St. Louis 1983
Actress
Jethro Tull and Rory Gallagher performed at Kiel on August 7, 1976.Posted 05-06-2021 at 03:46 PM by aliasfinn
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The Willow Bunch Giant
https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Beaupr%C3%A9
Virtual Saskatchewan - The Giant Edouard Beaupr?
Nathaniel Taylor (1938-2019)
b. St. Louis
Actor who played Rollo on Sanford & Son.
Arrested For Stolen Goods 1913
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3839...post-dispatch/
Tina Turner moved to St. Louis when she was 16.
Tom Cruise lived in St. Louis as a toddler.Posted 05-06-2021 at 07:02 PM by aliasfinn
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Doctor Beaten And Robbed Of Narcotics 1953
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4092...post-dispatch/
Anna Knobeloch
b. St. Louis 1984
Actress
Man Lights Cigarette As Thief Points Gun At Him
https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/31/man-c...-him-10661824/
Van Halen performed at the Arena on September 16, 1978.
Kellen Winslow
b. St. Louis 1957
Football playerPosted 05-07-2021 at 05:16 AM by aliasfinn
