Tag: Col. James McLaughlin
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The Barney Smith mystery
On a new DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, I present hour 36 of 1000 Hours, my series all about the pioneer era of pro wrestling. On this episode, we do a lot of research including some new tidbits about Col. James H. McLaughlin (seen above) which leads us back to our most enduring mystery: did McLaughlin…
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DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show: The mystery of Barney Smith
On this week’s DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, it’s another episode in my 1000 Hours series. Hour 21 focuses on the mystery of Barney Smith. While his current status of being alive or dead isn’t a mystery (he lived 150 years ago), the question is whether Col. James H. McLaughlin (seen above) killed him. In the…