Tag Archives: 1957

December 3, 1957: Girl kidnapped

Posted on December 29, 2025 by lmharnisch

Revisiting the 1957 abduction and killing of Maria Ridulph from Sycamore, Ill. Continue reading →

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Movieland Mystery Photo (Updated + + + +)

Posted on December 29, 2025 by lmharnisch

This week’s mystery movie was the 1957 Warner Bros. film Top Secret Affair, with  Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas, Paul Stewart, Jim Backus, John Cromwell, Roland Winters, A.E. Gould-Porter, Michael Fox, Frank Gerstle and Charles Lane.

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December 11, 1957: Heroic dog shot

Posted on December 11, 2025 by lmharnisch

December 11, 1957: A gunman shoots a dog during the robbery of a liquor store. After a previous holdup, the clerk kept a .45 under the counter and taught his dog to attack. In the next holdup, the robber fatally wounded the clerk. The suspects? Two teenagers, one of them a ‘good boy’ who didn’t need the money. Continue reading →

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November 13, 1957: Paul Coates — confidential file

Posted on November 13, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 13, 1957: Joseph Szabo tells Paul Coates about being tortured in Hungary before coming to America. Continue reading →

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November 7, 1957: Saucers Over Air Base!

Posted on November 7, 2025 by lmharnisch

November 7, 1957: Flying saucers menace Edwards Air Force Base! Continue reading →

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October 31, 1957: Trick or Treat murder

Posted on October 31, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 31, 1957: The Trick-or-Treat Murder. Joan and Goldyne planned for months on killing hairdresser Peter Fabiano on Halloween. Investigation revealed that Fabiano had recently reconciled with his wife, Betty, after separating over her relationship with Joan. Continue reading →

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October 23, 1957: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 23, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 23, 1957: An intoxicated woman hails a police car, which provides a ride to jail. She’s freed, but then arrested for a warrant on a traffic ticket on a 1956 car — only she says she never owned a 1956 model, just a 1926 that she sold a year ago. Continue reading →

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October 22, 1957: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 22, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 22, 1957: Yelling “Boy!” for a copy boy has nearly disappeared from the newsroom, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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October 22, 1957: Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on October 22, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 22, 1957: Paul Coates follows up on a series of articles he wrote about the “mordida” suffered by American tourists in Mexico. Continue reading →

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October 21, 1957: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 21, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 21, 1957: Matt Weinstock writes about a disgruntled car owner who discovers it’s no longer possible to rent a car battery for a few days. Continue reading →

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October 21, 1957: Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on October 21, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 21, 1957: Comedy writer Sy Miller writes a serious song, throws it in a drawer, but his daughters want to sing it at camp, so he agrees. The song: “Let there be peace on Earth,” Paul Coates says. Continue reading →

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October 19, 1957: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 19, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 19, 1957: Matt Weinstock profiles former newspaperman Edwin Anthony Browne, who appears in Carroll and Garrett Graham’s “Queer People” a hilarious book about crazy movie people in the crazy 1920s. Continue reading →

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October 19, 1957: Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on October 19, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 19, 1957: Paul Coates talks with scenarist Jack Wagner about his recent visit to Cuba and how the talk about Fulgencio Batista reminded him of the way Mexicans talked about Porfirio Diaz. Continue reading →

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October 18, 1957: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 18, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 18, 1957: The city health department has a complaint desk and some of the calls would test anyone’s sanity, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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October 17, 1957: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 17, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 17, 1957: Matt Weinstock interviews George B. Murphy, an aircraft inspector for whom Murphy’s Law was named. Continue reading →

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October 17, 1957: Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on October 17, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 17, 1957: Paul Coates talks to a man who fled because he was suspected in the still-unsolved killing of Marguerite Keota in 1954. Continue reading →

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October 16, 1957: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 16, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 16, 1957: Matt Weinstock writes about a man who claimed he saw Saturn from his backyard — without a telescope. Which was impossible. Was it spacemen? Continue reading →

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October 16, 1957: Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on October 16, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 16, 1957: Paul Coates has a moving tribute to a dead man and a son who loved to play the piano. Continue reading →

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October 14, 1957: Matt Weinstock

Posted on October 14, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 14, 1957: The Dodgers are coming, but there’s a reason to believe the Battle of Chavez Ravine is not quite over. Twelve families there are sitting tight, some of them on land their grandfathers bought and built homes on and they don’t think the city has done right by them, Matt Weinstock says. Continue reading →

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October 14, 1957: Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on October 14, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 14, 1957: Paul Coates has the story of Rosalee Cartwright, 14, who ran away five weeks ago and hasn’t been seen since. Continue reading →

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