Adolphus Hotel Ghosts, Take IV

By |2021-04-02T22:23:04+00:00April 2nd, 2021|adolphus, architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, train history, trains|

For our fourth installment of Adolphus hotel elevator ghosts, we take a look at one of our most tragic haunt-inducing deaths. The day [...]

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Garland Square Tour – Food and Shopping

By |2020-09-09T23:51:01+00:00September 9th, 2020|architecture, beer, garland, Texas State Fair, Thanksgiving, trains|

4 pm, Garland Square, come join me for a tour!  $10 cash, 45 minutes around the Square, cool history stories, great architecture.  Should [...]

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On This Day In Dallas History – 75 years ago

By |2019-10-17T18:11:19+00:00October 17th, 2019|Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, detective, graves, Men, Murders, rail lines, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Dallas Morning News, October 17, 1944 Fatal Shooting Brings Dismissal of Divorce Suit Judge John A. Rawlins Monday dismissed a divorce suit styled: [...]

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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 XVIII

By |2019-08-18T16:07:14+00:00August 18th, 2019|Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, detective, Murders, oak cliff, philadelphia, police, train history, trains|

A name from the H.H. Holmes serial killing saga that you might not know: Detective Frank Geyer.  It is Geyer’s tireless work that [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, part XII

By |2019-08-02T02:57:06+00:00August 2nd, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, fort worth, jail, Men, Murders, rail lines, st. louis, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Our famous serial killer, H.H. Holmes has hightailed it out of Fort Worth, leaving the workers building his new hotel unpaid. He has [...]

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H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part XI

By |2019-07-31T01:16:13+00:00July 31st, 2019|architecture, castle, cemeteries, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, fort worth, graves, Men, Murders, oak cliff, train history, trains, Women|

After killing Minnie and her sister Nannie Williams in the Chicagoland area in 1893/94, H. H. Holmes quickly moved to claim his ill-gotten [...]

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H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part VIII

By |2019-07-22T21:10:01+00:00July 22nd, 2019|architecture, art, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Men, Murders, rail lines, train history, trains, Women|

Famous Serial Killer with Links to Dallas, Part VIII H.H. Holmes, active serial killer in Chicago during the Columbia Exposition of 1893, has [...]

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H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part VII

By |2019-07-17T23:30:25+00:00July 17th, 2019|architecture, art, brothel, castle, cemeteries, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Men, Murders, oak cliff, rail lines, South Dallas, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Famous Serial Killer with Links to Dallas Herman Mudgett, aka H.H. Holmes, had been killing women in his ‘murder’ hotel in the shadows [...]

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H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part VI

By |2019-07-10T17:38:11+00:00July 10th, 2019|architecture, castle, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, Men, Murders, oak cliff, rail lines, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Famous Serial Killer with Ties to Dallas Who is this Herman Mudgett/H.H. Holmes character?  How is he luring young women all the way [...]

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