Travels in History, Elisabet Ney, Part III
Elisabet Ney, our intrepid sculptor from (what we now call) west Germany, raised a lot of eyebrows in her time. Reminder that 'her [...]
Travels in History, Elisabet Ney, Part II
Elisabet Ney - Austinite late in life, sculptor to the rich and famous, including King Ludwig II. Not up on your Bavarian/German/Prussian history? [...]
Weekend Travels in History – Elisabet Ney
Y'all know I love to discuss the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. Mainly because of serial killer H H Holmes and his connection [...]
Thank the parking gods
I had the most fun with Bill, Karen, Becca and Alex yesterday on our tour. So much fun that we ran way over [...]
H.H. Holmes and Minnie Williams – bonus episode
Most articles (even contemporary newspapers) list Minnie Williams' uncle as Dr. JRP Williams, having died in 1878. Well, I found him - all [...]
H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XXIV
For our final (!) post about H.H. Holmes in this twenty-four part series (!), we return to Frank Geyer. Remember our tenacious Philadelphia [...]
H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XXIII
What type of burial does a serial killer request in the late 1890s? Well, if you are H.H. Holmes/Herman Mudgett, you request to [...]
H.H Holmes in DFW, Part XXII
How did serial killer H.H. Holmes/Herman Mudgett finally meet his end? Being sentenced to hang at Moyamensing Prison in Philadelphia on May 7, [...]
H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XXI
H.H. Holmes, the murderer/insurance fraudster/bigamist at the center of our story, sold not only his memoir from his prison cell in 1895, he [...]
H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XX
In 1895, serial killer H.H. Holmes (aka Herman Mudgett) is sitting in Moyamensing prison on charges of insurance fraud while a thorough investigation [...]