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🗓️ 30 September 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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0:00.0 | There were two more murders, 15 miles away. |
0:02.6 | When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines. |
0:06.0 | We have a weird homicide. |
0:08.8 | A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird... |
0:12.0 | A cup of murder... |
0:15.0 | Sometimes a crime, no matter the person at its center, is doomed to remain unsolved. |
0:24.8 | On September 30th, 1884, a young man was born who would find his growing career cut short by a crime that to this day remains unsolved. |
0:32.4 | So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder. |
0:39.8 | James Douglas Edgar, Doug to those who knew him, was born on September 30th, 1884 in England, |
0:46.7 | to a family who was described as not very well off. Because of this, when he was just 13 years |
0:52.9 | old, Doug began caddying at a local golf course to make some extra money. |
0:58.4 | Though he never actually played himself, one day a golfer invited the boy to try his hand at the game. |
1:05.5 | After swinging and missing seven times, Doug finally hit the ball, and the rest was history. |
1:12.9 | He fell madly in love with the sport, and though his game was described as mediocre at best, |
1:19.2 | due in large part to a hip injury, Doug's charisma and charm made him incredibly popular |
1:24.7 | amongst other players. |
1:27.1 | One day while practicing, Doug's ailing hip |
1:29.6 | began bothering him enough that he started taking these shortened swings with his upper arms |
1:34.6 | locked against his chest, basically making a back swing without turning his hips. To his |
1:41.3 | surprise, the ball sailed and landed exactly where he was aiming, going further than any other shot he had ever made. |
1:49.9 | Later calling the stance the movement, Doug had unknowingly not only improved his own golf game, but created a move that would become the cornerstone of golf instruction for the next century. |
2:02.8 | While sharing the movement with his fellow golfers, Doug began competing in high-level tournaments |
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