Cooling Weather

By |2019-09-23T18:17:40+00:00September 23rd, 2019|art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, fort worth, Men, Murders, Pumpkins, Texans, Women|

The weather is cooling down.  Book a walking tour with us for either the Dallas West End or the Garland Square. View our [...]

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H.H. Holmes and Minnie Williams – bonus episode

By |2019-09-19T02:18:42+00:00September 19th, 2019|Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Deaths, fort worth, Men, Murders|

Most articles (even contemporary newspapers) list Minnie Williams' uncle as Dr. JRP Williams, having died in 1878. Well, I found him - all [...]

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Fun with Historic Advertisements

By |2019-09-11T19:09:26+00:00September 11th, 2019|beer, Dallas People, historic food, Men, night clubs, train history, trains|

Sitting in the archives of the Dallas Public Library going through tax rolls and city directories is tough on the back, but a [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XXIV

By |2019-09-03T17:12:13+00:00September 3rd, 2019|Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, detective, fort worth, hanging, jail, Men, Murders, oak cliff, philadelphia, Private Investigators, Texans|

For our final (!) post about H.H. Holmes in this twenty-four part series (!), we return to Frank Geyer.  Remember our tenacious Philadelphia [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XXIII

By |2019-09-03T16:50:52+00:00August 31st, 2019|architecture, castle, cemeteries, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Fires, fort worth, graves, hanging, jail, Men, Murders, oak cliff, philadelphia, Texans|

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 [...]

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H.H Holmes in DFW, Part XXII

By |2019-08-29T18:05:55+00:00August 29th, 2019|Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, fort worth, graves, jail, Men, Murders, philadelphia, police, Uncategorized, Women|

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, [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XXI

By |2019-08-24T00:32:32+00:00August 24th, 2019|Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, fort worth, Men, Murders, oak cliff, philadelphia, police, Private Investigators, Texans, Women|

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 [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XX

By |2019-08-21T18:17:40+00:00August 21st, 2019|Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, detective, fort worth, jail, Men, Murders, oak cliff, philadelphia, police, Private Investigators, Texans, Women|

In 1895, serial killer H.H. Holmes (aka Herman Mudgett) is sitting in Moyamensing prison on charges of insurance fraud while a thorough investigation [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XIX

By |2019-08-19T23:59:20+00:00August 19th, 2019|Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas People, fort worth, jail, Men, Murders, philadelphia, police, Private Investigators|

Detective Frank Geyer was tasked with retracing serial killer H. H. Holmes’ steps throughout the Midwest and Canada.  He was looking for hard [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XVI

By |2019-08-15T16:30:17+00:00August 15th, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Deaths, fort worth, jail, Men, Texans|

Photo 1 – Moyamensing Prison when it was in use around 1904 Photo credit – Hidden City Philadelphia website Photo 2 – rampart [...]

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