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Episode 12: A Dog and A King

This month Al Getz & Jon Boucher discuss Sylvester Ritter’s experiences in a newly desegregated high school in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King. It’s a fascinating anecdote in the early life of the man who would later transcend race and achieve pro wrestling superstardom as The Junkyard Dog. They also look at Dick Murdoch & Killer Karl Kox, Stan Pulaski, Bennie Matta, Brute Bernard, Ron Starr, Houston Wrestling & tons more.

Charting the Territories is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network.

Episode 1: Blinded by the ‘Birds

Episode 1 of Charting the Territories features hosts Al Getz and Jon Boucher introducing listeners to their new podcast at the intersection of pro wrestling and statistics. They look at June 1980 in Mid-South Wrestling and one of the biggest angles in Mid-South history. From there they look at the territory in 1976, 1972 and go way back to 1961 and discuss Donn Lewin’s sister being horrified by Danny McShain. Then outraged. Then intrigued. And then…

Charting the Territories is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network