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“A DEAD JOCKEY AND THE SWEET KISS OF DEATH” #MindOfMarlar - Publication Date |
- Jun 04, 2024
- Episode Duration |
- 00:05:41
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https://weirddarkness.com/frank-hayes-sweet-kiss/It’s a story that could easily have found itself written into a television sitcom – had television existed at the time. But it would be equally appropriate for a story in a horror comic… yet those had not yet come into existence
either.At New York’s Belmont Park on June 4th, 1923, Frank Hayes secured his place in history as the only jockey to have ever won an official horse race posthumously. For those who graduated from public high school, posthumously means he did so while being dead. Apparently Hayes suffered a fatal heart attack during the race, but he stayed on top of the horse right through to the finish… of the race, that is. And, well… through to his own finish too...
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