In Only in St. Louis!, Charlie Brennan shares the most incredible, strange and inspiring stories he has come across in his three decades talking about the Gateway City. Readers will learn:
- Wilt Chamberlain was traded in a St. Louis restaurant.
- Jesus Christ Superstar was first staged in St. Louis, not New York.
- An inebriated St. Louis Cardinals pitcher outdueled Randy Johnson
- A St. Louis mayor was buried three times.
- Supreme Court Justices laughed aloud while hearing a St. Louis case.
- A St. Louis woman woke up when she heard an intruder…who turned out to be a national celebrity.
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s worst moment on stage was in St. Louis.
- A St. Louis man found $1,200 in his ceiling.
- J.S. Bach’s personal bibles are in St. Louis.
- A St. Louis high school name is actually misspelled.
- Why Kurt Warner listed his name and address in the phone book.
- The Air Force’s biggest weapon is made in St. Louis.
- John Lennon’s song “Imagine” has a St. Louis connection.
- The NFL’s “lowest blow” has ties to St. Louis.
- Twinkies were named in St. Louis.
- A lost wallet led to one of the best-selling songs of the 1960s.
- The woman who injected John Belushi with a fatal dose hid in St. Louis.
- A St. Louis man swam 292 miles of the Mississippi River without stopping.
- Why General William Tecumseh Sharman could defeat the south but not City Hall.
- The only company processing cocaine for medicinal use is in St. Louis.
- A St. Louis barista became a billionaire.
- A man was attacked by a shark in downtown St. Louis.
- A St. Louis man played basketball for St. Louis Community College, football for Yale and is now a top national journalist.
- Brennan, host of “The Charlie Brennan Show” on KMOX and provocateur of “Donnybrook” on KETC-TV, curates these and many other stories for the first time in one volume.