From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Patrick Murphy goes deep into the Channel 9 archives to find footage from the show, The City Around Us, which aired in 1959. The show toured the Corvette production plant in downtown St. Louis to see how these classic cars were made. Murphy also highlights a r...
From KETC, Living St. Louis Producer Jim Kirchherr looks back at the ethnic, political and social conflicts taking place in East St. Louis in the early 1900s. These tensions erupted into violence on July 1, 1917, after police officers were shot.
From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Jim Kirchherr finds a unique bike track in Penrose Park called a velodrome. Cyclists from all around come to compete here in events that demand speed and strategy—riding specialized bikes without brakes or gears.
From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Anne-Marie Berger visits with the Zombie Squad. A fun and arresting way of drumming up awareness of disaster preparedness in the St. Louis area, the Zombie Squad protects the population from zombie outbreaks, and encourages people to take appropriate self prot...
From KETC, Living St. Louis Producer Jennifer Roller tours the Maull's BBQ production facility in St. Louis, where some 40000 bottles of barbeque sauce are produced each day during the company's busy seasons of spring and summer. Louis Maull IV has owned Maull's BBQ Sauce for more than 40 years a...
From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS producer Anne-Marie Berger traces Katherine Dunham's life, artistic career and influence on the people where she lived in East St. Louis, Illinois. Although it was broadcast shortly after Dunham's death in May 2006 at age 96, the profile contains what is believed to ha...
From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Jim Kirchherr checks in on the reconstruction and restoration efforts at St. Alphonsus Church in St. Louis' Grand Center neighborhood. Heavily damaged in a fire during August 2007, the historic Catholic church is now covered in scaffolding, with the congregati...
From KETC, Living St. Louis Producer Jim Kirchherr travels to Cahokia Mounds in Illinois where budding archeologists are digging to find artifacts from the ancient civilization that once called the area home. Only 1% of the land has been excavated, and current work is performed by Earthwatch volu...
From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Ruth Ezell takes a special look back at the life of Josephine Baker, the first African-American female to reach international stardom. Born in St. Louis in 1906, it was Baker's early years marked by poverty and transience that influenced her most. She lived in...
From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Patrick Murphy explores the work of Eero Saarinen, whose work was the subject of an exhibit at the Kemper Art Museum at Washington University. Best known for the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Saarinen also designed the TWA Flight Center and JFK Airport in New Yor...
From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Jim Kirchherr discovers the rare art of paper marbling—an old-fashioned way of making decorative sheets for the inside covers of books. Curtis Finley of Pacific, Missouri, is still one of the few people that marbles in his basement, using many different techni...
From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Anne-Marie Berger profiles the life and career of Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer, Johnnie Johnson. He came to St. Louis in the 1950s and became a member of the Chuck Berry Trio.
From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Patrick Murphy recounts the "Great St. Louis Bank Robbery" of 1953 at Southwest Bank. While it was in progress, the robbery drew a crowd of thousands of people. A movie was later made about the robbery, in which police officer Mel Stein played himself.
From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Ruth Ezell profiles the life of Missouri musician, Mel Bay. Growing up, he was a talented guitar player, but his great success came from making instructional books that taught others how to play the guitar. Bay later opened a music store in Kirkwood that would...
From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Anne-Marie Berger goes mushroom hunting.
From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Ruth Ezell visits Sweetie Pie's Restaurant in St. Louis for a serving of soul food. Sweetie Pies is owned by Robbie Montgomery, whos first career was as a backup singer for musical acts like Ike Turner. The menu at Sweetie Pies comes from family recipes for au...
