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 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 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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H. H. Holmes and Dallas, Part V

By |2019-07-09T23:49:29+00:00July 9th, 2019|architecture, art, castle, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, Men, South Dallas, Texans, trains, Women|

Famous Serial Killer with Ties to Dallas   Minnie Williams, Dallas-area heiress, travels to Chicago during the early months of 1893. She is [...]

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H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part IV

By |2019-07-01T16:24:42+00:00July 1st, 2019|architecture, art, castle, Chicago world's fair, colorado, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Men, Murders, oak cliff, South Dallas, trains, Women|

Famous Serial Killer with Ties to Dallas Minnie Williams, a local Dallas victim of the serial killer Herman Mudgett/H.H.Holmes, completed her Boston musical [...]

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Busch – Kirby Building, Part II

By |2019-06-07T01:12:14+00:00June 7th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, innovations, rail lines, train history, trains|

Busch-Kirby Building 1509 Main Street, Dallas Originally built by Adolphus Busch as a 17-story office and retail space (it has more recently been [...]

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Mo’ Busch Money

By |2019-06-05T16:27:58+00:00June 5th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, beer, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, rail lines, train history, trains, West End|

I got a little flakey with posting there for a while, so your reward is this magnificent Dallas Building! It has a few [...]

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