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unusual facts about Manhunt



Adolph Coors III

The subject of an international manhunt, Corbett was captured in Vancouver, British Columbia in October of that year.

Archie Doyle

It was a highly controversial affair, opposed by the IRA GHQ in Belfast as damaging to the Northern Campaign, and precipitating a massive manhunt by the Irish police.

Bill Miner

He and his two accomplices, Shorty Dunn and Louis Colquhoun, were located near Douglas Lake, British Columbia after an extensive manhunt.

Buck Frobisher

In his first appearance, in Manhunt, Frobisher appears to going through his Mid-life crisis; after a phone call from Geiger, one of the worst felons he had ever brought in years earlier, Frobisher flees to Chicago, running from both his pursuer, Geiger, and from the legend he was from years ago.

Burnt Cabins, Pennsylvania

The town received international attention in May 1966 as a chief location of an eight day manhunt for the ex-convict kidnapper of 17 year old Peggy Ann Bradnick.

Carol Thurston

She appeared in eight other films in the 1940s, including the roles of Rosa in the spy thriller, The Conspirators, Siu-Mei in Pearl S. Buck's China Sky, Toni Rosseau in Swamp Fire, Carmelita Mendoza in Jewels of Brandenburg, Narana in Arctic Manhunt, and Watona in Apache Chief.

Chester Stiles

Based in Pahrump, Nevada, both the FBI and the Las Vegas Police launched a nationwide manhunt which led to his capture.

Chris Ryan

He trained and managed a six-man team to represent Team GB at Sure for Men's Extreme Pamplona Chase in Spain, and starred in Hunting Chris Ryan with the BBC which later aired on the Military Channel as 'Special Forces Manhunt'.

Coward Springs, South Australia

Coward was then sent into Queensland as detective in the manhunt for the bushranger Frank Gardiner.

Derrick Todd Lee

During the manhunt, John Walsh, host of America's Most Wanted, added the Baton Rouge Serial Killer to his Top 10 Fugitives of 2002 at #3.

Doug Cotler

Cotler’s 1984 Grammy was awarded for writing “Manhunt,” a powerful song featured in the hit album and movie, “Flashdance.”

Fendler

Donn Fendler (born 1927), American whose disappearance launched a manhunt

Gustave Biéler

His operations were so successful that the Germans instituted a special manhunt to get him and his team and on 13 January 1944 the Gestapo arrested him and agent Yolande Beekman in the Café Moulin Brulé in Saint-Quentin.

Jason Chee

Chee has been placed in several contests he entered in Singapore such as Manhunt Singpore, Calendar Guys, CLEO Singapore's Most Eligible Bachelors.

Jeffrey Zheng Yu Guang

Prior to Manhunt International 2007, Guang has modeled for Nike, Adidas, Pierre Cardin, Zenith Timepieces, Zara, Dunhill and many other local and international brand names.

Julian Hee

He won Mr. Manhunt Singapore in 2002 and represented Singapore in Manhunt International 2002 held in Shanghai.

Lockdown

On 19 April 2013, the entire city of Boston was locked down and all public transportation stopped during the manhunt for Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the suspects of the 2013 Boston bombings, while the town of Watertown was under heavy-armed police and SWAT surveillance, as well as systematic house-to-house searches.

Manhunt International 1993

Thomas Sasse from Germany won the title, he became the first Manhunt International.

Now the Hell Will Start

Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World War II (2008) is a narrative nonfiction history book by United States author Brendan I. Koerner.

Patrick McVey

Manhunt was canceled in 1961, and McVey continued his career with guest roles on various television series including General Electric Theater, Cheyenne, The Rifleman, Have Gun – Will Travel, The Virginian, Gunsmoke and three appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of District Attorney Covington in the 1959 episode, "The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom."

Peggy Ann Bradnick

A massive manhunt (the largest conducted in Pennsylvania up to that time) of over 1,000 federal, state and local law officers, National Guardsmen, and civilian volunteers scoured the hills surrounding Shade Gap for any sign of Peggy Ann and her abductor.

Peter Maas

His other notable bestsellers include The Valachi Papers, Manhunt, and In a Child's Name, recipient of the 1991 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime book.

Phoolan Devi

It began to be said that the manhunt was not successful because Phoolan had the support of poor people in the region; stories on the Robin Hood model began circulating in the media.

Robert Charles Riots

The Robert Charles Riots of 1900 were sparked after African American laborer Robert Charles shot a white police officer which led to a manhunt.

Ruby Murders

A few months later, after the manhunt had ended unsuccessfully, the authorities received news that two men in a Sonora cantina had bragged about being responsible for robbing the Ruby Mercantile.

Sebastián Cordero

He was attached to direct the motion picture Manhunt that tells the story of what occurred in the lapse of the 48 hours that followed the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and was to star Harrison Ford.

Stanley Graham

Howard Willis: Manhunt: The Story of Stanley Graham: Christchurch: Whitcoulls: 1979: ISBN 0-7233-0629-X

Taken in Broad Daylight

He and FBI Agent Reynolds (Alexandra Castillo), who have taken over the case due to Anne being taken across state lines, learn that Tony Zappa is the abductor and that he is wanted on other charges for causing a manhunt after closing down the Mall of America in search of him the month before.

The Marshal

Due to the low shooting expense, The Marshal was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia and Calgary, Alberta which would double as "Anytown, U.S.A."; due to the manhunt nature of the series, they would serve as a variety of cities.

Tracy Tormé

"The Royale" and "Manhunt" went through such significant rewrites and treatments before being filmed that Tormé insisted he not be credited directly; using the pen names Keith Mills and Terry Devereaux respectively.

Veronica Gedeon

The manhunt which apprehended Irwin covered eight states and was the largest since the Lindbergh kidnapping.


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