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Ken Zimmerman, Jr
Who captured members of the Wild Bunch? Solved a nationally known 1893 train robbery? WHo helped to capture H.H. Holmes, America's first serial killer?
Not a Western sheriff nor a…
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The early years of one of the top two legitimate professional wrestlers of all-time
Myths and tall tales obscure the true history of Ed "Strangler" Lewis' early years in professional…
The Double Cross Which Brought Down the Most Powerful Organization in Professional Wrestling
Between 1923 and 1928, the Gold Dust Trio of World Champion Ed Strangler Lewis, manager Billy Sandow…
Powerfully built, skilled at submissions and vicious, Evan The Strangler Lewis earned his reputation as the most feared professional wrestler of the 19th Century. Even a squad of Buffalo Police…
The One Opponent Gotch Feared Could Beat Him
Wrestling fans believed no living man could defeat World Champion Frank Gotch. To stimulate fan interest, Gotch's manager lured Stanislaus Zbyszko, a…
The Daring Robbers Who Took on the Most Powerful Detective Agency in the World
Two daring young burglars. The most powerful detective agency in the world. A nationwide manhunt. Read…
The Deadliest Twenty Year Period for the St. Louis Police
Bank Robberies. Prohibition. Civil War Within Egan's Rats. This book focuses on the St. Louis Police Department during the deadliest…
Famous robbers. A Trunk Murder. The deadliest incident in St. Louis Police history. This book focuses on the St. Louis Police shortly after the reorganization of the department in the…
The Man John L. Sullivan Feared
William Muldoon reigned as undefeated World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion for 9 years before embarking on a career as America’s first celebrity trainer.
Initially training…
In 1908, George Hackenschmidt, the touring World Champion for the past 8 years, wrestled Frank Gotch, the American Heavyweight Champion. This match turned professional wrestling into a massive spectator sport…
The Gimmick That Saved the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in 1913, it left a void that many promoters tried to fill…
On July 26, 1854, World Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey challenged part-time prize-fighter and New York Whig enforcer William "Bill the Butcher" Poole to a street fight. The fight at the…
Lewis, Burns, Jenkins and Gotch, Legendary Wrestlers of the Legitimate Era
In January 1881, Edwin Bibby defeated Duncan C. Ross to establish the first American based title, the American Heavyweight…
The first Japanese professional wrestler in the United States
In late 1883, Kojiro Matsuda, a former Sumo wrestler named Torakichi, traveled to the United States to learn professional wrestling. After…
