H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XVII
Taking a break from the bleak story of Holmes’ crimes, let’s go back to the mess he left in Fort Worth – the [...]
By Greta|2019-08-16T15:01:17+00:00August 16th, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Design, fort worth, graves, jail, Texans|
Taking a break from the bleak story of Holmes’ crimes, let’s go back to the mess he left in Fort Worth – the [...]
By Greta|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 [...]
By Greta|2019-08-15T00:39:24+00:00August 15th, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Fires, graves, Men, Texans|
Pictured: what was 1316 Callowhill Road in Philadelphia Photo Credit: Me! I was there! Just a few days ago! Why am I flying [...]
By Greta|2019-08-07T17:40:52+00:00August 7th, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, fort worth, jail, Men, oak cliff, st. louis, Texans, Women|
Image: A life insurance policy dating to 1893 – it is unrelated to serial killer H H Holmes himself, but gives us an [...]
By Greta|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 [...]
By Greta|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 [...]
By Greta|2019-07-28T19:18:35+00:00July 28th, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, fort worth, graves, Men, oak cliff, South Dallas, Texans, train history, Women|
Image: 705 N Marsalis Street, the (Charles) Betterton house, has been standing since 1888. It is in this area of the DFW metroplex [...]
By Greta|2019-07-24T00:37:34+00:00July 24th, 2019|architecture, castle, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, graves, Men, Murders, oak cliff, Texans, Women|
Image: a drawing of a quick lime grave from the basement of the ‘Murder Castle’, belonging to H.H. Holmes, aka Herman Mudgett. He [...]
By Greta|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 [...]
By Greta|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 [...]