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 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 XVII

By |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 [...]

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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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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XV

By |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 [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XIII

By |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 [...]

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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 X

By |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 [...]

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H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part IX

By |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 [...]

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